SHORT #9
OF 15
95TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 2023 OSCARS CHALLENGE
“An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It”
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
YOUTUBE
DAY 29
OF 48
Best Animated Short Film
Lachlan Pendragon
Lachlan Pendragon went above and beyond with his short film, “An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It.” What appears to be a student project that is now Oscar-nominated, Pendragon crafts a funny and thought-provoking stop-animation film. The story looks at the mundane life of an office worker who suddenly realizes he’s part of a stop-animation student film. The self-awareness and breaking of the fourth wall work wonders, although the choice to film the camera filming the animation was a choice I’d be interested in understanding what thought went behind it. Regardless, I hope Lachlan got a passing grade for this one.
PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS
Lachlan Pendragon
| First-time nominee |
A young office worker uncovers the flaws in his stop-motion universe with the help of a mysterious talking ostrich.
Directed by Lachlan Pendragon
Griffith Film School
June 7, 2022
11 minutes
ACCOLADES
Annecy Int’l Animated Film Festival — Best Graduation Film (Nominee)
Berlin Interfilm Festival — Best Short Film/Int’l Competition (Nominee)
Student Academy Awards — Gold Medal/Animation [Winner]
Stuttgart Int’l Trickfilm Festival — Grand Prix/Int’l Competition (Nominee)
Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films — Best Student Film (Nominee)
EXPERT PREDICTIONS
1. “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”
2. “My Year of Dicks”
3. “An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It”
4. “The Flying Sailor”
5. “Ice Merchants”
PERSONAL PREDICTIONS
1. “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”
2. “Ice Merchants”
3. “The Flying Sailor”
4. “My Year of Dicks”
5. “An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It”
