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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

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Episode 1 - Forest of Fears

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Episode 2 - Reflecting Times

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Episode 3 - Singing Grubs & Spiders

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Episode 4 - Connected by the Sun

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Episode 5 - Messages from the Mountain

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Image credit Elizabeth Barsham

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Image credit Allan Mansell

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Image credit Lucy Gouldthorpe

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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

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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

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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