There is No 'I' in Island
Welcome to our animated documentary web series THERE IS NO 'I' IN ISLAND. Every voice you hear in this project was self-recorded by people from the Island of lutruwita (Tasmania) during the COVID-19 lockdown in May 2020. These unique reflections have been paired with beautiful imagery and music produced by an award winning team of Tasmanian Visual Artists, Animators, Designers, and Composers.
You can also watch the full episodes, meet the creative team and get the latest updates here
Full version (22mins)
Episode 1 - Forest of Fears
Episode 2 - Reflecting Times
Episode 3 - Singing Grubs & Spiders
Episode 4 - Connected by the Sun
Episode 5 - Messages from the Mountain
Image credit Elizabeth Barsham
Image credit Allan Mansell
Image credit Lucy Gouldthorpe
There Is No ‘I’ In Island was created by Catherine Pettman (RUMMIN Productions) and Rebecca Thomson (Women of the Island). It was originally commissioned by Ten Days On The Island and received principal support from Screen Australia, proof of concept funding through Screen Tasmania and a Creative Hobart medium grant to support local artists and animators. The filmmakers also received assistance through the Bellendena Small Grants scheme and Thrive Women’s Grants.
Catherine and Rebecca describe how the concept evolved, “It came about as an amalgam of our shared interest in telling stories from our local community and our love of fairy tales and telling stories using fantasy, metaphor, and symbolism. We liked the idea of exploring the psyche of Tasmania at this extraordinary moment in history in a creatively unique way, and indeed a safe way.
Also we envisaged a project that could be realised from start to finish without any of the team or participants needing to be in the same physical space together as we didn’t know at this point how long the pandemic and the lockdown would last. We invited people to self-record answers to specific prompts into their own recording devices (mainly smartphones) and ask them to text or email these audio ‘gifts’ to us. We decided that we would visualise these recordings through animation working with ideas from Tasmanian visual artists.
Image credit Joshua Santospirito
We wish to thank Ten Days On The Island who commissioned the project and Screen Australia for their principal support. It also received support from Screen Tasmania, City of Hobart, Bellendena Small grants, and Tassie Women's small grants scheme. During Ten Days on the Island in March 2021, it screened in Burnie, Launceston, and finally in New Norfolk as part of the Intimate Epics weekend.
Image credit Vivien Mason
Official Festival Selections & Awards
Ten Days On The Island
Screenings in Burnie, Launceston + New Norfolk
Tasmania, Australia
5th – 21st March, 2021
City of Hobart Liberty Loop
Screenings on public screen in central Hobart
Tasmania, Australia
March - April 2021
ANIMATOR: International Animated Film Festival
Poznan, Poland
July 9th 2021
Oscar Qualifying Festival
Sicily Webfest
Ustica, Sicily, Italy
July 16th, 2021
Realist Web Fest
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
July 29, 2021
Seoul Webfest
Seoul, South Korea
August 19, 2021
NOMINATED Best Documentary, Best Animation and Best Special FX
Supernova Digital Animation Festival
Denver, USA
September 3, 2021
Lima Web Fest
Lima, Peru
September 14, 2021
The Animattikon Project
Singing Grubs and Spiders, Forest of Fears
Paphos, Cyprus
September 11, 2021
*/ 17th Athens Digital Arts Festival | Tactus
Forest of Fears
Athens, Greece
September 20th 2021
Anmtn! – Online Animation Awards
Forest of Fears
Online event
September 22, 2021
HollyShorts Film Festival
Los Angeles, USA
September 23, 2021
Oscar Qualifying Festival
Rising of Lusitania – AnimaDoc Film Festival
Forest of Fears
Poland
September 24, 2021
Montreal Digital Web Fest
Montreal, Canada
September 30, 2021
NOMINATED Best Documentary Web Series and Best Animated Web Series
Factual Animation Film Festival
Forest of Fears
Online event
October 16, 2021
Bilbao Seriesland
Bilbao, Spain
October 19, 2021
WINNER Best Documentary
Animae Caribe International Animation & Digital Media Festival
Forest of Fears
Port of Spain
October 28, 2021
TIAF – Tbilisi International Animation Film Festival
Tbilisi, Georgia
October 30, 2021
JURY SPECIAL MENTION Best Documentary
Copenhagen Webfest
Copenhagen, Denmark
November 1, 2021
WINNER Best Documentary
Baltimore Next Media Webfest
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
November 4th, 2021
WINNER Best Animated Series
Cygnet Arts Council Screening Series
Cygnet, Australia
November 6th& 7th 2021
Rio Webfest
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
November 25th, 2021
WINNER Best Quarantine Series
ATOM Awards 2021
Australia
December 16th
FINALIST for Best Web Series and Best Animation
Los Angeles Animation Festival
Forest of Fears
Los Angeles, USA
December 4, 2021
Digital Media Fest
Rome, Italy
December 10, 2021
WINNER Best Original Idea
Los Angeles Animated Film Festival
Los Angeles, USA
January 13, 2022
Palm Springs Animation Film Festival
Forest of Fears
Palm Springs, USA
March 24, 2022
Webseries World Cup
Creator’s Choice Award
March 2022
NOMINATION Best Animation and Puppets
