Awards and Recognition

• SEMI-FINALIST ~ Animated Short Film Oscar®, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, USA, 2005
• WINNER ~ FIPRESCI Prize (Federation of International Film Critics), Valladolid International Film Festival
• WINNER ~ San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival: Best Short Film and  Audience Award
• WINNER ~ Fantasiafest, Montreal: Gold audience award for best short film
• WINNER ~ Fantasiafest Montreal: Kung Fu Cult Cinema Award, Bronze
• WINNER ~ Lexus IF Awards 2003: Best Animated Film
• WINNER ~ Tirana International Film Festival (Albania): Best Animation
• WINNER ~ Realm of the Senses Outdoor Short Film Festival: Best Film
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• WINNER ~ Anima Mundi: Special Award for First Animated Production
• WINNER ~ Animadrid 2004: Audience Award
• WINNER ~ Zagreb Animafest 2004: Audience Award in the Grand Competition
• WINNER ~ I Castelli Animati: Audience Award
• WINNER ~ Resfest 2004: Audience Choice for Best Short Film
• WINNER ~ Dead by Dawn Horror Festival, Edinburgh 2004: Audience Award for Best Short
• WINNER ~ Silhouette Film Festival, Paris 2005: Audience Award for Best Short Film
• WINNER ~ Dahlonega International Film Festival: Audience award for short animation
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• SPECIAL MENTION ~ Sedicicorto, Forli, Italy 2005
• SPECIAL MENTION ~ Ottawa International Animation: "...for amazing timing and extreme imagination in animation."
• SPECIAL MENTION ~ 20th Short Film Festival Hamburg: Special Mention by the Jury for "An animation whose action sequences are in no way inferior to those of live action thrillers."
• SPECIAL MENTION ~ 12th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film: Special Mention by the Jury for its effective, fast-paced editing.
• FINALIST ~ Festival, La Ciotat: Best Short Film
• FINALIST ~ Fitz Awards 2004: Best Film
• WINNER ~ Flickerfest Award for Best Editing 2004
• FINALIST ~ 2003 ASSG Australian Screen Sound Awards for Best Achievement in Sound for an Animation
• FINALIST ~ 2003 APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards: Best Music for a Short Film