DreamWorks Animation: The Exhibition

Overview

Starting in April, Federation Square will get a little more animated, thanks to a world-first exhibition at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image showcasing the work of DreamWorks Animation Studios.

Inspired, no doubt, by the success of previous ACMI shows focused on Pixar in 2007 and Disney in 2010, the new exhibit – the centre's biggest ever – will honour the animation company’s rich 20-year history, one defined by imagination, innovation and wise-cracking, pop-culture referencing animals who sound suspiciously like your favourite Hollywood celebrities.

With over 400 items from concept drawings and animation tests to interviews with artists and animators, patrons will be taken inside the creative process behind modern day classics including Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and How To Train Your Dragon, as well as less fondly remembered efforts like Shark Tale and that one where Jerry Seinfeld plays a bee.