AACTA Award for Best Short Animation

{{Infobox award

| name = Best Short Animation
AACTA Award

| awarded_for =

| presenter = Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)

| country = Australia

| year = 1979

| holder = Nullarbor (2011)

| website = http://www.aacta.org

}}

The AACTA Award for Best Short Animation, is a short film award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) to the producer and director of an Australian short animated film that is "a self-contained and continuous animated film of short fiction or documentary of less than 40 minutes in duration."{{cite web|title=Rule Seven –Special Conditions for Short Fiction Film and Short Animation |work=2011 AFI Awards Rule Book |publisher=Australian Film Institute (AFI) |url=http://www.afi.org.au/AM/ContentManagerNet/ContentDisplay.aspx?ContentID=12421&Section=Documents_2011 |access-date=19 December 2011 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808083129/http://www.afi.org.au/AM/ContentManagerNet/ContentDisplay.aspx?ContentID=12421&Section=Documents_2011 |archive-date=8 August 2011 }} Prior to the establishment of the academy in 2011, the award was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI) at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (more commonly known as the AFI Awards) from 1979 to 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.org.au/Content/NavigationMenu/Archive/2010Awards/2010AwardsPDF/Non-Feature_Award_Winners_1958-2010.pdf |publisher=Australian Film Institute (AFI) |title=Australian Film Institute – Non-Feature Award Winners 1958–2010 |year=2009 |access-date=14 December 2011 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319123721/http://www.afi.org.au/Content/NavigationMenu/Archive/2010Awards/2010AwardsPDF/Non-Feature_Award_Winners_1958-2010.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2012 }} The award is presented at the AACTA Awards Luncheon, a black tie event which celebrates achievements in film production, television, documentaries and short films.{{Cite web|url=http://aacta.org/media/137245/aacta%20awards_presented.pdf |title=AACTA – Awards Presented |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=12 November 2011 }}{{dead link|date=September 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.aacta.org/the-awards/dates.aspx |title=AACTA – The Awards – Dates |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=8 November 2011 }}{{dead link|date=September 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Winners and nominees

In the following table, winners are listed first, in boldface and highlighted in gold; those listed below the winner that are not in boldface or highlighted are the nominees.{{cite web|url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees.aspx|title=AACTA – Winners & Nominees|publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)|access-date=17 November 2011}}

=AFI Awards (1979–2010)=

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! width="5%" | Year

! width="25%" | Film

! width="25%" | Producer(s)

! width="25%" | Director(s)

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| align="center" | 1979
(21st)

| Letter to a Friend

| Sonia Hofmann

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| align="center" | 1980
(22nd)

| Pussy Pumps Up

| Antoinette Starkiewicz

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1981
(23rd)

| The Animation Game

| Eric Halliday

| David Johnston

align="center" | 1981
(23rd)

| Bushed

| Stephen French

align="center" | 1981
(23rd)

| Foxbat and the Mimi

| John Skibinski

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1982
(24th)

| Flank Breeder

| Bruce Currie

align="center" | 1982
(24th)

| Dudu and the Line

| Steve French

align="center" | 1982
(24th)

| The Great Wave

| Tony Gooley

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1983
(25th)

| Dance of Death

| Dennis Tupicoff

align="center" | 1983
(25th)

| Foxbat and the Demon

| John Skibinski

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1984
(26th)

| Ned Wethered

| Lee Whitmore

align="center" | 1984
(26th)

| Anatomy of a Businessman

| Bruce Currie

align="center" | 1984
(26th)

| The Thief of Sydney

| Toby Zoates

align="center" | 1984
(26th)

| Waltz Mambo

| Andrew Quinn

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1985
(27th)

| Waltzing Matilda

| John Morris

| Michael Cusack and Richard Chataway

align="center" | 1985
(27th)

| Cut Out Animation

| David Johnson

align="center" | 1985
(27th)

| Kitchen Sync

| Maree Woolley

align="center" | 1985
(27th)

| Pianoforte

| Julia Overton

| Antoinette Starkiewicz

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1986
(28th)

| The Huge Adventures of Trevor, A Cat

| John C. J. Taylor

align="center" | 1986
(28th)

| Change of Place

| Kathy Smith

align="center" | 1986
(28th)

| Elephant Theatre

| Sabrina Schmid

align="center" | 1986
(28th)

| Joshua Cooks

| Penny Robenstone

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1987
(29th)

| Crust

| John E. Hughes

align="center" | 1987
(29th)

| 224

| Dirk de Bruyn

align="center" | 1987
(29th)

| In Love Cancer

| David Atkinson

| Jenni Robertson

align="center" | 1987
(29th)

| Worry

| Charles Amsden

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1988
(30th)

| Where the Forest Meets the Sea

| Jeannie Baker

align="center" | 1988
(30th)

| A Craven

| Anne Algar

align="center" | 1988
(30th)

| Feathers and Fools

| Penny Robenstone

align="center" | 1988
(30th)

| Home Sweet Home

| Simone Lindhout

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1989
(31st)

| Still Flying

| Robert Stephenson

align="center" | 1989
(31st)

| Lucky Girl

| Jeffrey Noonan

align="center" | 1989
(31st)

| Ratropolis

| Jenni B-Zipporah and Bix Nussey

align="center" | 1989
(31st)

| The Shadowlands

| Anthony Lucas

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1990
(32nd)

| Picture Start

| David Atkinson and John Bird

| Jeremy Parker

align="center" | 1990
(32nd)

| Once As If A Balloon

| Sabrina Schmid

| Jeremy Parker and Sabrina Schmid

align="center" | 1990
(32nd)

| The Emu and the Sun

| John Skibinski

align="center" | 1990
(32nd)

| Tiga

| Lucinda Clutterbuck

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1991
(33rd)

| Union Street

| Anne Grieve

| Wendy Chandler

align="center" | 1991
(33rd)

| Feral Television

| David Ledwich

align="center" | 1991
(33rd)

| Reaper Madness

| Nick Donkin

align="center" | 1991
(33rd)

| Two Fish

| Unjoo Moon

| Rohan Smith

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1992
(34th)

| Shelf Life

| Andrew Horne

align="center" | 1992
(34th)

| Secrets of the City

| Cathy Linsley

align="center" | 1992
(34th)

| The Amphibian

| Sina Azad and Anthony Lucas

align="center" | 1992
(34th)

| The Descent

| Andrew Schult

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1993
(35th)

| The Darra Dogs

| Dennis Tupicoff

align="center" | 1993
(35th)

| A Saucer of Water for the Birds

| Ann Shenfield

align="center" | 1993
(35th)

| Arnold Has A Thought

| Peter McDonald

align="center" | 1993
(35th)

| The Web - 'Bandicoot'

| Lucinda Clutterbuck and Sarah Watt

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1994
(36th)

| Gorgeous

| Rob Wellington

| Kaz Cooke

align="center" | 1994
(36th)

| Muttaburrasaurus

| David Roberts

| Grahame Binding and Norman Yeend

align="center" | 1994
(36th)

| The Junky's Christmas

| Francis Ford Coppola

| Nick Donkin and Melodie McDaniel

align="center" | 1994
(36th)

| Total Recession

| Hugh Freitag and Durand Greig

| Durand Greig

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1995
(37th)

| Small Treasures

| Fiona Eagger and Sarah Watt

| Sarah Watt

align="center" | 1995
(37th)

| Great Moments In Science: Falling Cats

| Andrew Horne

align="center" | 1995
(37th)

| The Story of Rosie Dock

| Screen Australia

| Jeannie Baker

align="center" | 1995
(37th)

| Writer's Block

| Michael Lawrence

| Leon Cmielewski

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1996
(38th)

| Blood on the Chandelier

| Jeffrey Norris

align="center" | 1996
(38th)

| Lovely Day

| Chris Backhouse

align="center" | 1996
(38th)

| The Journey

| Robert Gudan

align="center" | 1996
(38th)

| The Web 2 - 'Wolf'

| Lucinda Clutterbuck

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1997
(39th)

| Uncle

| Ann Shenfield, Robert Stephenson and Sarah Watt

| Adam Elliot

align="center" | 1997
(39th)

| Heartbreak Motel

| Greg Holfeld

align="center" | 1997
(39th)

| His Mother's Voice

| Dennis Tupicoff

align="center" | 1997
(39th)

| On a Full Moon

| Lee Whitmore

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1998
(40th)

| Vengeance

| Wendy Chandler

align="center" | 1998
(40th)

| Harry The Human Fly

| Darryl Aylward

align="center" | 1998
(40th)

| Has Beans

| Miriam Stein

| Andrew Tamandl

align="center" | 1998
(40th)

| Seabound

| Ann Shenfield, Robert Stephenson and Sarah Watt

| Donna Kendrigan

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 1999
(41st)

| Cousin

| Adam Elliot

align="center" | 1999
(41st)

| HeadSpace

| Chris Backhouse

align="center" | 1999
(41st)

| Project Vlad

| Aaron Rogers

align="center" | 1999
(41st)

| Slim Pickings

| Anthony Lucas

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 2000
(42nd)

| Brother

| Adam Elliot

align="center" | 2000
(42nd)

| Full Circle

| Adam Head

align="center" | 2000
(42nd)

| Leunig: Tricks

| Andrew Horne

align="center" | 2000
(42nd)

| The Way of the Birds

| Sarah Watt

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 2001
(43rd)

| Living With Happiness

| Sarah Watt

align="center" | 2001
(43rd)

| Bad Baby Amy

| Anthony Lucas and Edwina von Stiegler

| Anthony Lucas

align="center" | 2001
(43rd)

| The Collective

| Daniella Ortega

| Norah Mulroney

align="center" | 2001
(43rd)

| The Exploding Woman

| Melissa Johnston

| Nancy Allen

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 2002
(44th)

| Shh.

| Andi Spark and Paul Fletcher

| Adam Robb

align="center" | 2002
(44th)

| Into the Dark

| Fiona Cochrane and Dennis Tupicoff

| Dennis Tupicoff

align="center" | 2002
(44th)

| Pa

| Andrew McVitty

| Neil Goodridge

align="center" | 2002
(44th)

| Show and Tell

| Mark Gravas

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| align="center" | 2003
(45th)

| Harvie Krumpet

| Melanie Coombs

| Adam Elliot

align="center" | 2003
(45th)

| Cane Toad: What Happened To Baz?

| David Clayton and Andrew Silke

align="center" | 2003
(45th)

| Hello

| David Atkinson and Jonathan Nix

| Jonathan Nix

align="center" | 2003
(45th)

| Mother Tongue

| Lea Croyden and Susan Kim

| Susan Kim

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 2004
(46th)

| Birthday Boy

| Andrew Gregory

| Sejong Park

align="center" | 2004
(46th)

| Footnote

| Pia Borg

align="center" | 2004
(46th)

| It's Like That

| Susan Earl, Nicole McKinnon, Sharon Parker and Sophie Raymond

| Southern Ladies Animation Group (SLAG)

align="center" | 2004
(46th)

| Lucky For Some

| Robert Stephenson

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 2005
(47th)

| The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello

| Anthony Lucas and Julia Lucas

| Anthony Lucas

align="center" | 2005
(47th)

| 2:41 Upfield

| Callum Cooper

align="center" | 2005
(47th)

| Fritz Gets Rich

| Sam White

| Eddie White and James Calvert

align="center" | 2005
(47th)

| Piñata

| Thomas Schober

| Mike Hollands

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 2006
(48th)

| Gargoyle

| Michael Cusack

align="center" | 2006
(48th)

| Carnivore Reflux

| Huy Nguyen and Sam White

| Eddie White and James Calvert

align="center" | 2006
(48th)

| The Astronomer

| Kate McCartney

align="center" | 2006
(48th)

| The Safe House

| Denise Haslem

| Lee Whitmore

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 2007
(49th)

| The Girl Who Swallowed Bees

| Justine Kerrigan

| Paul McDermott

align="center" | 2007
(49th)

| An Imaginary Life

| Steve Baker

align="center" | 2007
(49th)

| Dust Echoes 2 - 'The Bat And The Butterfly'

| Michael Wagner, Dave Jones

align="center" | 2007
(49th)

| The Goat That Ate Time

| Lucinda Schreiber

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 2008
(50th)

| Dog With Electric Collar

| Damon Escott

| Steve Baker

align="center" | 2008
(50th)

| Chainsaw

| Fiona Cochrane and Dennis Tupicoff

| Dennis Tupicoff

align="center" | 2008
(50th)

| Mutt

| Beth Frey

| Glen Hunwick

align="center" | 2008
(50th)

| Paper City

| Daniel Agdag

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 2009
(51st)

| The Cat Piano

| Jessica Brentnall

| Eddie White and Ari Gibson

align="center" | 2009
(51st)

| Chicken of God

| Jodi Satya, Frank Woodley

| Frank Woodley

align="center" | 2009
(51st)

| The Not-So-Great Eugene Green

| Melanie Brunt

| Michael Hill

align="center" | 2009
(51st)

| Reach

| Luke Randall

style="background:#FAEB86"

| align="center" | 2010
(52nd)

| The Lost Thing

| Sophie Byrne

| Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan

align="center" | 2010
(52nd)

| Zero

| Christine Kezelos

| Christopher Kezelos

=AACTA Awards (2012–present)=

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! width="5%" | Year

! width="25%" | Film

! width="25%" | Producer(s)

! width="25%" | Director(s)

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| align="center" | 2011
(1st)

| Nullarbor

| Alister Lockhart, Patrick Sarell, Katrina Mathers, Merrin Jensen and Daryl Munton

align="center" | 2011
(1st)

| Forget Me Not

| Emily Dean

align="center" | 2011
(1st)

| The Missing Key

| Garth Nix, Anna McFarlane and Jonathan Nix

align="center" | 2011
(1st)

| The Moment

| Justin Wight, {{Not a typo|Kristian Moliere}}, Troy Bellchambers and Shane McNeil

References

External links

[http://www.aacta.org The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Official website]

Category:Awards established in 1979

Short Film

Category:Animated short film awards

AACTA Award for Best Short Animation

Winners and nominees

=AFI Awards (1979–2010)=

=AACTA Awards (2012–present)=

See also

References

External links