Hidden in the thick forest of the fictional island of Carpathia lives the Ochi, an orange-furred primate that communicates through distinct whistling sounds — a song, if you will. Though these ...

Have you ever watched a movie and it felt so heavily inspired by another filmmaker where it’s almost like you’ve stumbled upon some lost relic that nobody else seems to know about? The Legend of Ochi ...

Isaiah Saxon shows the use of practical puppets, animatronics and computer animation to create his cute ochi monster after earlier online claims that he'd used AI. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief ...

Logline: In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a farm girl named Yuri (Helena Zengel) is raised to fear an animal species known as Ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby Ochi has been ...

Willem Dafoe and Helena Zengel star in Isaiah Saxon's gorgeously crafted debut about a girl trying to reunite a mythical forest creature with its family. The Ochi are a mythical forest species that ...

“The Legend Of Ochi” is a children’s fantasy that is equal parts “The Dark Crystal,” “E.T.,” and “The Lord of the Rings.” Entertainment Critic The spirits of Jim Henson and Steven Spielberg are ...

What to do about a work like Isaiah Saxon’s “The Legend of Ochi?” A curious little fantasy adventure built around the scruffy titular creature that leads a lonely youth on a magical journey, the film ...

It feels appropriate that director Isaiah Saxon is being interviewed in front of a pile of books that chronicle the work of such arts legends as Bertolt Brecht, Darryl F. Zanuck and Jean-Luc Godard.