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Octopus

Country: United Kingdom, Language: English, 12 mins

  • Director: Ella Glendining
  • Writer: Ella Glendining
  • Producer: Jessi Gutch

CGiii Comment

Technically, accomplished...lighting and cinematography, lovely. Alastair McNamara's score is a bit of a beauty.

Just tone down the melodrama and the obvious PC box-ticking...and then, this could go on to become something rather special.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Upon returning to her home town for a funeral, a young woman reconnects with the friends she left behind.

Cast & Characters

Simon Bass (as Marcus)
Annabelle Davis (as Mini)
Mary Malone (as Celeste)
Oliver Westlake (as Jamie)
Yaz Zadeh (as Sasha)