Animation Shorts: Life As We Know It 1990 – 2007 Ages 15+
Production still from Chainsaw 2007 / Director: Dennis Tupicoff / Image courtesy: Dennis Tupicoff / View full image
When
6.00pm, Wed 16 Mar 2022 (48 mins)About
A selection of delightfully razor-sharp animations exploring the stresses of life, love, and the questionable responses that may follow.
Shh… 2001
"A deliciously black insight into baby-rage." Screen Australia
4.14 minutes | Ages 15+
Gorgeous 1994
"Animation based on Kaz Cooke's book of the same name. Centers on the life of Hermoine, the girl who wants to be glamourous, no matter what the costs. She visits a beauty salon in preparation for a job interview, where she is plucked, shaved, waxed and covered with bright make up. The moral of the story is that the beauty obsession has gone too far, and it's better to be happy with who you are and the way you look, rather than chasing after an image from a magazine." National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra
8.33 minutes | Ages 15+
Catch of the Day 1990
"Fed up with her more disagreeable customers in the fish market, Jane's game of pretending people are fish becomes a reality.' Victorian College of the Arts - School of Film & Television.
11 minutes | Ages 15+
Chainsaw 2007 2007
From hazardous mechanical equipment to a famous rodeo bull named ‘Chainsaw’, this multi-award winning animation is a tapestry of poignant, violent and tantalising tales that explore the fragility of life and love and how they can turn on a chainsaw-edge.
Chainsaw will screen from a 35mm archival print.
25 minutes | Ages 15+ | Contains mature themes
Production Credits
Shh…
- Director: Adam Robb
- Script: Adam Robb
- Animator: Adam Robb
- Music: Justin Marshall
- Producers: Andi Spark, Paul Fletcher
- Print Source: University of Melbourne - VCA Film & Television
- Rights: University of Melbourne - VCA Film & Television
- Year: 2001
- Runtime: 4.14 minutes
- Shooting Format: Betacam SP
- Screening Format: DCP
- Animation Technique: Hand-drawn Animation
Gorgeous
- Director: Kaz Cooke
- Script: Kaz Cooke
- Animation Director: Maurice Giacomini
- Music: Kirke Godfrey
- Producers: Sharon Connolly, Film Australia
- Print Source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra
- Rights: Screen Australia
- Year: 1994
- Runtime: 8.33 minutes
- Animation Technique: Hand-drawn Animation
Catch of the Day
- Director: Sarah Watt
- Script: Sarah Watt
- Animator: Sarah Watt
- Print Source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra
- Rights: William McInnes
- Year: 1990
- Runtime: 11 minutes
- Country: Australia
- Language: English
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: 16mm
- Screening Format: 16mm
- Animation Technique: Hand-painted Animation
Chainsaw 2007
- Director: Dennis Tupicoff
- Producers: Dennis Tupicoff, Fiona Cochrane
- Script: Dennis Tupicoff
- Animation: John Skibinski, Stuart Murray, Rosi Osman, Alan Bell, Dennis Tupicoff
- Editor/Visual Effects: David Tait
- Print Source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra
- Rights: Dennis Tupicoff, Jungle Pictures
- Shooting Format: Digital
- Screening Format: 35mm
- Year: 2007
- Runtime: 25 minutes
- Language: English
- Sound: Stereo
- Colour: Colour