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Playful design and animation

 
 
 

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Handmade Happiness (2022)

Short Animated Documentary

Watch the trailer for our new film Handmade Happiness.

Winner of best documentary at Los Angeles Animation Festival 2022 and part of the official selection for Sydney Film Festival 2023 and London International Animation Festival 2023.

 
Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky

Case Study

Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky (2020)

Feature Documentary

Read about the process of creating the animation for this fantastic Australian film which was named a highlight of Melbourne International Film Festival 2020 and is currently available to stream on NITV/SBS Viceland.

Winner of best factual single documentary at AIDC 2021.

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Case Study

There Is No I In Island (2021)

Web Series - Documentary Animation

Read about the process of creating animation for this five part animated documentary series which was nominated for Best Animation and Best Web Series at the 2021 ATOM Awards.

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Behind the scenes

There Is No I In Island (2021)

Web Series - Documentary Animation

See more behind the scenes photos of how we made stop motion puppets of a host of Tasmanian cave creatures…

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Past work

Past work
THE STUFF OF DREAMS
THE STUFF OF DREAMS

A short film commissioned by Hannah Moloney of Good Life Permaculture and nonprofit Australia reMADE who asked Tasmanians to imagine a climate safe future for lutruwita/Tasmania.

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A GIRL NEEDS A BIKE
A GIRL NEEDS A BIKE

Clara discovers that learning to ride takes courage, crashes and a whole village. An animated documentary.

Official selection Flickerfest 2017

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I DON'T DRIVE
Music Video
I DON'T DRIVE
Music Video

A music video with killer plant puppets for Enola Fall.

Rage “Indie clip of the week” (ABC TV)

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Music Video
Past work
GENERAL EXHIBITION
Web Series
GENERAL EXHIBITION
Web Series

Titles and editing for a comedy series about friendship, VHS, abandonment, VHS, not growing up and VHS.

Web Series
BERLIN SYNDROME
Book Trailer
BERLIN SYNDROME
Book Trailer

A book trailer for the novel Berlin Syndrome by Melanie Joosten.

Book Trailer
TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
Television Commercial
TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
Television Commercial

A television commercial for the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

Television Commercial
 

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I'm joining an online Q&A for @cardiffanimfest this week. I'm a bit nervous about the crunching time difference 😅. The digital part of the festival continues until May 12th with screenings talks and other fun stuff. Link in bio. 🥳🌟 #stopmoti
Over the weekend Handmade Happiness was part of @cardiffanimfest . Looks like it was a great event! I sure would have loved to see some of the puppet and model making demos 😍 #stopmotion #animation #craft
Handmade Happiness is part of @animationfest! Congratulations to all the cast and crew. Thank you @wideangletasmania @screentasmania @tascommunityfund for making the film possible. __________ #animation #documentary #womeninfilm #tasfilm #felt #cra
I'm looking forward to catching the online program for @cardiffanimfest at the end of April. If you're in Cardiff irl you can see my film Handmade Happiness on April 25th, tickets out now (link in bio)!
It was exciting to see the launch of Unshackled at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery last week. If you have convict relatives it's definitely worth a look. So many hours of work went into the beautifully presented audiovisual elements, congratulat
Handmade Happiness is playing at The Regent Theater in Picton, Ontario on Monday March 18th 7pm alongside "Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe". What a spectacular theater! 🍿🎞️🎟️ #femaledirector #stopmotion #ausfilm
When I was at home with Covid recently I had time to catch up on films. I looked through the Sydney Film Festival program to get the names of things I missed last year and was surprised to see team Handmade Happiness on their call out for new films ?

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