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Lost & Found - Short Film Animation
Lost & Found is a stop motion short film that tugs at the heartstrings. A clumsy crochet dinosaur must unravel itself to save the love of its life.
7mins / Australia / 2018
The dialogue-free film, which follows a knitted dinosaur who must unravel himself to save the love of his life, was written by Slabe and produced by Lucy J. Hayes.
The film has screened at a number of festivals around the world including Berlinale, where it made its premiere, as well as locally at Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and CinefestOz.
In Australia, Lost & Found has already won a number of significant awards, including the AACTA Award for Best Animated Short; Short Film Production of the Year at the Screen Producers Australia Awards; and Best Animation and the Major Award at the AWGIE Awards. Internationally, the film is also currently in contention for the Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject.
Directors: Bradley Slabe, Andrew Goldsmith
Screenplay: Bradley Slabe
Producer: Lucy Hayes
Awards: AACTA Award for Best Short Animation, Screen Producers Australia Awards for Short Film Production of the Year
Cast: Maria Angelico, Marc Gallagher
Two Balloons
Two adventurous lemurs navigate their dirigibles halfway around the world to a place where happenstance and fate threaten to disrupt their reunion.
Director: Mark C. Smith is a filmmaker from Portland, Oregon. He has produced the films North, Denmark and A House, A Home. As a cinematographer Mark spent many years filming winter expeditions in North America and South America. He is the co-author of two photography books, Osterlandet and The Powder Road. Two Balloons is Mark’s first animated film.
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Stop Motion Animator
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Daniel Alderson (Fantastic Mr. Fox, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls), takes viewers behind the scenes to show what he does as a stop motion animator.
Head of Puppetry
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Georgina Hayns (Coraline, ParaNorman), takes viewers behind the scenes to show what she does as the head of puppetry.
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