My Octopus Teacher

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South African film documentary film nature documentary

My Octopus Teacher is a 2020 South African nature documentary film that follows filmmaker Craig Foster’s emotional year-long relationship with a wild octopus in a kelp forest off the coast of Cape Town.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	South African film → documentary film → nature documentary →
academyAwardsYear	93rd Academy Awards →
ageRating	TV-G →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature → BAFTA Award for Best Documentary → IDA Documentary Award → Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures →
baftaAwardsYear	74th British Academy Film Awards →
basedInPartOn	experiences of Craig Foster free-diving →
cinematographyBy	Craig Foster → Roger Horrocks →
countryOfOrigin	South Africa →
director	James Reed → Pippa Ehrlich →
distributor	Netflix →
editedBy	Dan Schwalm → Pippa Ehrlich →
filmingLocation	False Bay → South Africa → Western Cape NERFINISHED →
genre	documentary → nature film → wildlife documentary →
hasPoster	film poster for My Octopus Teacher →
hasWebsite	https://www.netflix.com/title/81045007 →
mainAnimal	common octopus →
mainCharacter	Craig Foster →
musicBy	Kevin Smuts →
narrator	Craig Foster →
originalLanguage	English →
platform	Netflix →
producer	Craig Foster → Ellen Windemuth →
productionCompany	Off the Fence →
publicationDate	2020-09-07 →
releaseYear	2020 →
runtimeMinutes	85 →
setting	False Bay → kelp forest → near Cape Town →
starring	Craig Foster →
subject	human–animal relationship → kelp forest ecosystem → octopus →
theme	connection with nature → marine conservation → personal healing →
title	My Octopus Teacher →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature →	notableWinner
My Octopus Teacher →	title