Draft:The Boy & The Octopus

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	The Boy & The Octopus, full film, YouTube video, on the official Disney channel.

The Boy & The Octopus
The Boy & The Octopus
	File:The Boy & The Octopus.jpg Poster
Directed by	Taika Waititi
Written by	Taika Waititi
Produced by	Matt Buels; Hannah Stone
Starring	Solomon Horta; Solaya Sang; Samuel Fernandez; Miluse Sedlaczkova
Cinematography	Mike Berlucchi
Edited by	Joe Guest
Music by	Paul Campbell
Production; companies	Walt Disney Animation Studios; Hungry Man;
Release date	November 2024 (YouTube);
Running time	4 minutes
Country	USA
Languages	English;

Submission declined on 11 April 2025 by RangersRus (talk).

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Declined by RangersRus 15 days ago. Last edited by Citation bot 11 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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The Boy & The Octopus is a 2024 American short film written and directed by Taika Waititi.^[1]

The film is about a young boy making friends with an octopus

Plot

While snorkeling on a seaside vacation. A young boy encounters an octopus in the water. When he comes out to the surface the adventurous mollusk has attached itself to the boy's head with no intention to leave it whatsoever, becoming his friendly passenger, discovering along this ride all things magic about christmas in the human world. Past the initial scare the situation quickly turns into a symbiotic partnership thanks to kindness and curiosity of both parties.

Reception

Shortly after its release, Brian MacNamara of TL;DR Movie Reviews blog praised the film's visual design, with a moving story, while also pointing out its commercial aspect, writing that the film "crammed with product placement to the point of rupture[...] is essentially an advertisement for Disney dressed up as a short film"^[2]

Awards Nomination

2025 Nominated for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial, Visual Effects Society Awards
2025 Nominated for Outstanding Character in an Episode, Commercial, Game Cinematic, or Real-Time Project, Visual Effects Society Awards
2025 Nominated for Outstanding Compositing and Lighting in a Commercial, Visual Effects Society Awards

References

^ "Disney Debuts Original Holiday Short in Collaboration with Award-Winning Director Taika Waititi, Adding to Disney's Legacy of Timeless Storytelling". 2024. Archived from the original on 10 December 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
^ MacNamara, Brian (18 November 2024). "The Boy & The Octopus - Movie Review". TL;DR Movie Reviews. Retrieved 11 April 2025.

External links

Video on YouTube, posted by Disney
The Boy & The Octopus at IMDb
The Boy & The Octopus at Rotten Tomatoes
The Boy & The Octopus at The Walt Disney Company
The Boy & The Octopus - Movie Review at TL;DR Movie Reviews

Category:2024 films Category:2024 short films Category:Films directed by Taika Waititi Category:English-language drama short films

References

[1] "Disney Debuts Original Holiday Short in Collaboration with Award-Winning Director Taika Waititi, Adding to Disney's Legacy of Timeless Storytelling". 2024. Archived from the original on 10 December 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2025.

[2] MacNamara, Brian (18 November 2024). "The Boy & The Octopus - Movie Review". TL;DR Movie Reviews. Retrieved 11 April 2025.

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