The Lost Thing
- Studio
- Passion Pictures Australia.
In Association With: Screen Australia - Distributor
- Madman Entertainment
Synopsis
A boy discovers a bizarre-looking creature while out collecting bottle caps at the beach. Realizing it is lost, he tries to find out who owns it or where it belongs, but is met with indifference by everyone else, who barely notice its presence, each unwilling to entertain this uninvited interruption to their day-to-day lives. For reasons he does not explain, the boy empathizes with the creature, and he sets out to find a "place" for it.
Characters
Boy, Creature
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Shaun Tan, Andrew Ruhemann
Producing
- Producer
- Sophie Byrne
Writing
- Created By
- Shaun Tan
- Script/Storyboard Editor
- Polly Watkins
Voices
- Voice
- Tim Minchin (Narrator)
Music
- Music
- Michael Yezerski
Animation
- Animator
- Leo Baker (Key Animator)
- Modeling, Texture and Lighting Lead
- Tom Bryant
- Rigging
- Leo Baker
- Secondary Rigging
- Phil Jennings
- Lighting and Compositing
- Tom Bryant, Steve Evans, Leo Baker
Editing
- Editor
- Leo Baker
- Offline Editing
- Leo Baker, Jamie Foord
Sound
- Sound Designer
- John Kassab
- Supervising Sound Editor
- John Kassab
- Sound Editors
- Adrian Medhurst, Daniel Varricchio
- Sound Effects Recordist
- Bart Bee
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Doron Kipen
- Foley Artist
- Adrian Medhurst
- Foley Engineer
- Daniel Varricchio
Crew
- Pre-Visualization
- Leo Baker
- Lead 2G/CG Artist and CG Supervisor
- Tom Bryant
- Special Thanks
- Martin Wiseman
Companies and other credits
- Secondary Rigging: Halo Pictures
- Legal Advisor: Julia Adams Shiff & Company
Production notes
Based on the highly acclaimed picture book by multiple award-winning author and illustrator Shaun Tan.
The directorial debut of both Tan and Andrew Ruhemann.
Release date is that of premiere at the Sydney Film Festival.
Budgeted at an estimated $500,000 Australian.
The directorial debut of both Tan and Andrew Ruhemann.
Release date is that of premiere at the Sydney Film Festival.
Budgeted at an estimated $500,000 Australian.
Awards
Academy Award Nominee, Best Animated Short Film, 2010.
Australian Screen Sound Guild Award, Best Achievement in Sound for an Animated Short Film or Program, 2010.
Autodesk IF Award for Best Short Animation, Inside Film Awards, Sydney, 2010.
Dendy Award for Australian Short Film, Sydney Film Festival, 2010.
Yoram Gross Animation Award, Sydney Film Festival, 2010.
Jury Award, Austin Film Festival, 2010.
Jury Award, Best Animated Short (Second Place), Palm Springs International ShortFest, 2010.
Grand Prix for Best Short, Melbourne International Film Festival, 2010.
Annecy Crystal (Best Short Film), Annecy International Animation Festival, 2010.
Best Soundtrack, Anima Mundi, Brazil, 2010.
Best Short Film, Australian Effects and Animation Festival, 2010.
Nominee, Best Short Film, Samsung AFI (Australian Film Institute), 2010.
Best Animation, Qantm Desktop CREATE:Awards, Australia, 2010.
Creative of the Year, Qantm Desktop CREATE:Awards, Australia, 2010.
Best Film by the Public, Image en Vues, Quebec, 2010.
Best Animated Short Film, Anaheim International Film Festival, 2010.
Best Short Film, ANIMACOR International Short Film Competition, Spain, 2010.
Special Award of Children to the Best Short Film, ANIMACOR International Short Film Competition, Spain, 2010.
Adult Jury Prize for Best Animated Short, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, 2010.
Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Prize, Best Film by an Emerging Director, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, 2010.
Best Music in a Short Film, Screen Music Awards, Australia, 2010.
Audience Prize, Best of International Animation 2009/2010, Wiesbaden International Weekend Animation, 2010
Australian Screen Sound Guild Award, Best Achievement in Sound for an Animated Short Film or Program, 2010.
Autodesk IF Award for Best Short Animation, Inside Film Awards, Sydney, 2010.
Dendy Award for Australian Short Film, Sydney Film Festival, 2010.
Yoram Gross Animation Award, Sydney Film Festival, 2010.
Jury Award, Austin Film Festival, 2010.
Jury Award, Best Animated Short (Second Place), Palm Springs International ShortFest, 2010.
Grand Prix for Best Short, Melbourne International Film Festival, 2010.
Annecy Crystal (Best Short Film), Annecy International Animation Festival, 2010.
Best Soundtrack, Anima Mundi, Brazil, 2010.
Best Short Film, Australian Effects and Animation Festival, 2010.
Nominee, Best Short Film, Samsung AFI (Australian Film Institute), 2010.
Best Animation, Qantm Desktop CREATE:Awards, Australia, 2010.
Creative of the Year, Qantm Desktop CREATE:Awards, Australia, 2010.
Best Film by the Public, Image en Vues, Quebec, 2010.
Best Animated Short Film, Anaheim International Film Festival, 2010.
Best Short Film, ANIMACOR International Short Film Competition, Spain, 2010.
Special Award of Children to the Best Short Film, ANIMACOR International Short Film Competition, Spain, 2010.
Adult Jury Prize for Best Animated Short, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, 2010.
Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Prize, Best Film by an Emerging Director, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, 2010.
Best Music in a Short Film, Screen Music Awards, Australia, 2010.
Audience Prize, Best of International Animation 2009/2010, Wiesbaden International Weekend Animation, 2010
