Australian Showcase – Official Opening [2024]
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From a record number of submissions comes this year’s snapshot of the independent Australian animation scene in all of its wildly eclectic diversity. In an environment starved of funding and confronted by the indifference of mainstream media incredible, original films are being made by a thriving community of creatives and this is the program that celebrates their dedication, originality and artistry.
As Above, Do Not Know
Costas Lambrou
Australia, 7’12, 2023
A monkey climbs a mountain but finds there is more mountain than expected… looks like the only way is up, leaving reality well and truly behind.
Skyward
Sean Liao, Ren Davies
Australia, 2’06, 2023
A young pilot spreads her wings and, with her late father’s advice ringing in her ears, faces a threatening thunderstorm.
Munch
Michael Byrne
Australia, 4’01, 2023
Have you ever been THIS hungry? A journey from beyond the bizarre starting at 42,000 feet.
Side Sidemi
Zoe Medcraft
Australia, 4’11, 2023
As winter ends and spring begins, a colony of ants prepare the ultimate royal feast.
Mr Chicken Goes To Mars
Katrina Mathers, Leigh Hobbs
Australia, 3’15, 2023
Mr Chicken goes to Mars. It’s a big day, he’s got a long way to go and, luckily, a pretty special spaceship.
The Age of Dinnersaurs
Matt Bissett-Johnson
Australia, 2’31, 2024
A trip into to Prehistory, exploring the world of the Dinnersaurs – creatures with particularly interesting appetites.
Banksia
Lachlan Plain
Australia, 5’20, 2023
Man needs war like the bush needs fire. We say, lest we forget, but still we find ourselves drawn to the next great conflict.
Our Wellbeing, Our Way
Luisa Mitchell, Radheya Jegatheva
Australia, 7’38, 2023
Indigenous Australian’s holistic and interconnected ways of experiencing wellbeing is brutally disrupted by British colonisers.
Sapere Aude
Chadai Chamoun
Australia, 5’42, 2023
Dare to know; regret what you discover. A man of science, trapped between the arcane and incomprehensible grief, resorts to unthinkable measures to try to prolong his beloved’s life.
Competing Patterns Of Thought
Paul Fletcher
Australia, 4’50, 2023
Somewhere in a distant galaxy of noise…our thoughts connect and reverberate. At the end of the day they return home…and surprise us with their apparent clarity.
Furever After
Doan Thu Nguyen
Australia, 4’00, 2023
An orb of golden light entangles a stray cat in mischief.
My Jumper, It Roars!
Isabella Spagnolo
Australia, 6’15, 2023
Ellie spends her life channelling her frustrations into the collar of her jumper, and one day it decides to fight back.
Reality Bytes-Virus Alert!
Johnny Hoare
Australia, 7’00, 2023
A lawnmower and a nerdy floppy disc must work against time to stop their friend Petey from succumbing to an insidious computer virus!
Monster Save Me
Polly Huang
Australia, 6’20, 2023
A mass breakout from a containment lab takes an unusual turn when the escapees make it to a forest clearing.
Manimorphs
Georgia Kriss
Australia, 11’00, 2023
A surreal-hilarious jaunt following three lab-test animals who get a crash course in humanity after being doused in a mysterious chemical, morphing into (kinda) humans and escaping their cages.
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This session is classified: Unclassified (M) Mature, not recommended for viewers under 15 years.