The Anonymous Site

A young girl’s attempt to swim to the bottom of a billabong turns sinister when she quickly realises she is unable to return to the surface.

Text by Scarlett Wightley

Narrated by Scarlett Wightley

Adapted Into: The Bottom of the Billabong

  • Isabella  – Courtney Henri.
  • Mother – Jean Goodwin.
  • Director – Ben McCullough.
  • Sound Designer – Jacob Waxman.
  • A Film By – 54th Story.

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Jungle Train

A man’s dull morning commute to the city is transformed when his train carriage begins to change in ways unimaginable and invisible to almost all his fellow passengers.

Text by Danielle Baldock

Narrated by Danielle Baldock

Adapted Into: Jungle Train

  • Animators – Hayley Rudkin, Marshella Gohan, Joanna Nguyen, Leyao Huang.
  • Sound Designers – Jaeha Park, Guy Brown, Linden Norton.
  • With Thanks To – Felicity Wilcox, Deborah Szapiro, UTS Animation Cohort, Krister Looveer, Matthew Vo, Yun Chen, Yu Huang.

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In the Scheme of Things

An explorer weathers a harsh and unforgiving landscape, pondering the meaning of their existence in this place now and when they are gone. 

Text by Amanda Berry

Narrated by Amanda Berry

Adapted Into: In the Scheme of Things

  • Animators – Yaoqing Yu, Yuxin Yang, Geyaun Cao, Jiatao Chen, Truong Thinh Phan.
  • Sound Designers – Simran Sultana, Ethan Tabell.
  • With Thanks To – Anna Spencer, Deborah Szapiro, George Catsi.

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Portals

A cat discovers a portal to another world and begins to bring its owner increasingly strange and disturbing findings from this mysterious place.

Text by Jane O’Sullivan

Narrated by Jane O’Sullivan

Adapted Into: Portals

  • Animators – Jasmine Chia, Shi Yi, Jing He, Sophie Yang, Wendy Xayalith.
  • Sound Designers – Declan Travers, Julian de Ros, Victoria Cutts.
  • With Thanks To – Deborah Szapiro, George Casti, Felicity Wilcox, Jane O’Sullivan

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451 – Life, Burning

A woman starts on her collection of books by reading her least favourite first, and thus comes to terms with the changing nature of one of her most important relationships.

Text by Danielle Baldock

Narrated by Danielle Baldock

Adapted Into: We Moved

  • Animators – Justin Hsieh, Jaris Valls H., Bethany Xue, Jerry Har.
  • Composers – Justin Hsieh, Isaac Burton.
  • Sound Designers – Isaac Burton, Seaon Dawson.
  • With Thanks To – Simon von Wolkenstein, Deborah Szapiro, Felicity Wilcox.

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Hope is an Inanimate Object

As social media becomes more and more prevalent in our lives, so too does our desire to be constantly entertained, loved and appreciated. But what happens to those things we disregard in favour of our dependence on this instant gratification?

Text by Seetha Dodd

Narrated by Seetha Dodd

Adapted Into: Pebbles in the Daylight

  • Animators – Vivian Chiu, Shannon Choy, Xing Lin, Erika Zhu.
  • Composer/Performer – Julian di Iorio.
  • Sound Designers – Hyun Woo Cho, James Bongers.
  • With Thanks To – Simon von Wolkenstein, Deborah Szapiro, Felicity Wilcox.

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