Animation Shorts: New Voices Ages 15+

A selection of works by emerging Australia animators grappling with today's challenges surrounding besties, boundaries, night life, social media and an angry unicorn.

iRony 2018 dir. Radheya Jegatheva (8 mins)

“A film that explores the relationship between man and technology...told from the perspective of a phone.” Radheya Jegatheva

GNT 2019 dir. Rosemary Vasquez-Brown and Sara Hirner (4 mins)

“Glenn is a woman on an unwholesome mission, but just how far will she go to conquer the clique – and social media at large?” The University of Technology, Sydney

The Likes of Brian 2015 dir. Jake Duczynski and Colin Ross (4.30 mins)

“Brian’s just an ordinary guy from Wollongong but when his ‘like’ goes viral, Brian goes psychedelic.” The University of Technology, Sydney

One Thousand Eyes 2019 dir. Nina Blasche (2.15 mins)

“Perpetually confronted by the eager eyes of men, womankind stares back.” Nina Blasche

Bela 2019 dir. Nick Simpson (4.52 mins)

“The biography of Bela Julesz, Hungary's most famous visual neuroscientist, creates a disturbance in the tedious lives of two isolated people.” Nick Simpson

Urbanality 2019 dir. Evan McInnes (3.28 mins)

“Urbanality is an exploration of isolation in our modern environment, our technological obsessions and the resistance we have to change. There is so much beauty to be seen if only we look up.” Evan McInnes

The Granny Flat 2019 dir. Rachel Mackey (7.55 mins)

“Whilst their parents are off trainspotting, two siblings wake to find an elderly woman baking scones in their kitchen.” Australian Film Television and Radio School, Sydney

Off the Rails 2021 dir. Isabelle Coury and Bel Holborow (4 mins)

“Two besties abroad in a Russian city are hustling to catch the last train. When Cookie suddenly disappears, Bonbon is swept up in a chaotic odyssey to find her friend.” Isabelle Coury and Bel Holborow

Peepin 2017 dir. Haein Kim and Paul Rhodes (4.38 mins)

“Dorian is playing ball on her own when she discovers a hole in the wall that reveals a public hook up spot. She runs to show her new discovery to the school’s popular girls Kimmy K and Jae Lee.” University of Technology, Sydney

Welcome to Shmeven 11 2017 dir. Dru Shaw (5 mins)

“After going to the local Shemeven Eleven to get a Slurpee, A little alien boy gets tangled up in a robbery from an Angry Unicorn.” Dru Shaw

iRony 2018

DIGITAL, HAND-DRAWN ANIMATION, COLOUR, STEREO, 8 MINUTES, AUSTRALIA, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR/SCRIPT/ANIMATOR: RADHEYA JEGATHEVA / PRODUCER: JAY JAY JEGATHESAN / PRINT SOURCE/ RIGHTS: RADHEYA JEGATHEVA / SCREENING FORMAT: DCP

GNT 2019
DIGITAL, 2D COMPUTER ANIMATION, COLOUR, STEREO, 4 MINUTES, AUSTRALIA, ENGLISH / DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS/SCRIPT/ANIMATORS: ROSEMARY VASQUEZ-BROWN, SARA HIRNER / MUSIC: JULES WUCHERER, UNCANNY VALLEY / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: ROSEMARY VASQUEZ-BROWN, SARA HIRNER / SCREENING FORMAT: DCP

The Likes of Brian 2015

DIGITAL, 2D COMPUTER ANIMATION AND LIVE ACTION, COLOUR, STEREO, 4:30 MINUTES, AUSTRALIA / ENGLISH / DIRECTORS/SCRIPT/LEAD ANIMATORS: JAKE DUCZYNSKI, COLIN ROSS / MUSIC: OLIVER HOLLENBACH, NICHOLAS SAVVAS, BOBBY LEE / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: JAKE DUCZYNSKI, COLIN ROSS / SCREENING FORMAT: DCP

One Thousand Eyes 2019

DIGITAL, 2D COMPUTER ANIMATION, COLOUR, STEREO, 2:15 MINUTES, AUSTRALIA, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/SCRIPT: NINA BLASCHE / ANIMATOR: HARRY CARTER / SOUND: MARIA MCGARATH / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: NINA BLASCHE / SCREENING FORMAT: DCP

Bela 2019

DIGITAL, 2D COMPUTER ANIMATION, COLOUR, STEREO, 4:52 MINUTES, AUSTRALIA, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR/SCRIPT/ANIMATOR: NICK SIMPSON / MUSIC: GRIFFIN JAMES / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: NICK SIMPSON / SCREENING FORMAT: DCP

Urbanality 2019

DIGITAL, 2D COMPUTER ACTION, COLOUR, STEREO, 3:28 MINUTES, AUSTRALIA, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR/SCRIPT/ANIMATOR: EVAN MCINNES / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: EVAN MCINNES / SCREENING FORMAT: DCP

The Granny Flat 2019

DIGITAL, 2D COMPUTER ANIMATION, COLOUR, STEREO, 7:55 MINUTES, AUSTRALIA, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR/SCRIPT/ANIMATOR: RACHEL MACKEY / MUSIC: KANE GAUNDAR

Off the Rails 2021

DIGITAL, 2D COMPUTER ANIMATION, COLOUR, STEREO, 4 MINUTES, AUSTRALIA, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR/SCRIPT/ANIMATION: ISABELLE COURY, BEL HOLBOROW / SOUND: LAURA PARKER / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: ISABELLE COURY, BEL HOLBOROW / SCREENING FORMAT: DCP

Peepin 2017

DIGITAL, 2D COMPUTER ANIMATION, COLOUR, STEREO, 4:38 MINUTES, AUSTRALIA, ENGLISH / DIRECTORS/SCRIPT: HAEIN KIM, PAUL RHODES / ANIMATORS: HAEIN KIM, PAUL RHODES, LESTER CHAN, NANCY LI, BRYCE PEMBERTON, ERIC LIEU, BONNIE FORSYTH / MUSIC: PAUL RHODES / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: HAEIN KIM, PAUL RHODES / SCREENING FORMAT: DCP

Welcome to Shmeven 11 2017

DIGITAL, 2D COMPUTER ANIMATION, COLOUR, STEREO, 5 MINUTES, AUSTRALIA, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR/SCRIPT/ANIMATOR: DRU SHAW / MUSIC: MITCH BARRETT / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: DRU SHAW / SCREENING FORMAT: DCP