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Oscar for Octopus? Tentacles tensing

Film shot in Cape and edited in attic up for Hollywood renown

25 April 2021 - 00:00 By claire keeton

Its tentacles reached into millions of hearts, and earlier this month they grasped a British Academy of Film and Television Awards (Baftas) gong.

Tonight, the SA-made film that was a surprise worldwide lockdown hit for Netflix, My Octopus Teacher, stands on the threshold of the ultimate recognition: an Oscar...

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