Overview
Some of the biggest and most imaginative names in Australian animation will explore the ins and outs of their craft, in an exclusive ACMI panel discussion on Monday, September 15. Hosted in conjunction with the final months of the DreamWorks Animation Exhibition, Legends of Australian Animation will bring together award-winning local filmmakers in order to examine the boundaries of the animated medium.
The five-strong panel represents a diverse cross-section of visual styles. Adam Elliot's morbid claymation Harvie Krumpet won the 2004 Oscar for Best Animated Short, as did Shaun Tan's computer-animated fable The Lost Thing seven years later. The pair are in good company with Bruce Petty, whose hand-drawn satire Leisure became the first Australian cartoon to win Academy gold back in 1977.
Rounding out the lineup are Sejong Park and Anthony Lucas, best known for their shorts Birthday Boy and The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello, respectively.