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Gobelins Students Do it Again: Oktapodi

Although it was created in 2007, the student short film from Gobelins, “Oktapodi,” has finally been released into the wild. (Ha, given the storyline of the film, that’s actually a pun.)

Julien Bocabeille, Francois-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier and Emud Mokhberi have upheld the French academy’s incredibly high standards of excellence with this charming story. Three cheers for their incredibly hard work.

Don’t miss the Gallery and Making Of video on the Oktapodi site.

UPDATE: At the request of Gobelins, our hosted version of the film has been taken down. All links are currently redirecting to the official site. Our apologies.

Via Drawn!

Posted on 15 August 2008 by justin

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Comment by oeuf
2008-08-15 09:41:51

Wow, just wow. Make sure to see the making of. Good stuff.
This Gobelins school and Supinfocom put out some crazy nice shit.

 
Comment by MrTsLuvChild
2008-08-15 10:03:20

absolutely brilliant.

LOVE the creamsicle-style color palette.

the set design is amazing too - you instantly get “mediterranean” but it’s also set up perfectly for chase choreography.

and i ALWAYS appreciate clean, concise exposition/setup.

one of the best shorts (student or professional) i’ve ever seen.

 
Comment by dieLAMB
2008-08-15 10:24:58

Big big big ups guys. I wouldn’t have rather lost to anyone else!

 
Comment by Frozensmokeprod
2008-08-15 11:13:52

amazing….love it

 
Comment by barret
2008-08-15 13:35:49

this is not just good. This is Pixar-good.

 
Comment by MHR
2008-08-15 14:32:18

Exactly.

Still shocked that this is a student production.

 
Comment by mtgentry
2008-08-15 15:50:25

fantastic!

 
Comment by v.shergill
2008-08-15 16:19:16

Oh the emotion…oh how thick that emotion is. let me see more of that emotion everyday!

 
Comment by grandchildren
2008-08-15 17:38:15

Loved it. The environments and editing are superb.

 
Comment by najork
2008-08-16 01:09:07

Outrageously good. I’d hope these people are already in the midst of directing a feature.

 
Comment by Simon Robson
2008-08-17 04:50:51

Outrageously good…

 
Comment by oddfew
2008-08-17 08:56:57

This is absolutely brilliant.. Being a student myself,…it offers so so much encouragement. Cheers Justin for the post. Tip top..

 
Comment by sergio
2008-08-17 14:10:30

damn! i’m with barret here. this is Pixar good allright!

 

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