The Show

An animated short film surrounding the routine lives and pre-show practices of a small traveling carnival troupe.

SYNOPSIS

As the daily routines of a traveling carnival unfold, in all its tired backstage banality, the elusive character of The Trickster moves fluidly amongst his undisturbed cohort. Even in their everyday rituals, the Carnival folk entertain in short, intimate ‘performances’ that are at once a collision of comedy and tragedy.

CREDITS

Writer | Director | Animator: Rebecca Hayes
Sound Design: Angela Grant
Produced at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), 2010

SELECTED SCREENINGS:

2016 “Animated Antipodes: An Eye on Australian Animation”, Animasyros International Animation Festival +Agora, Greece
2016 “Down Under 1”, Tricky Women Festival, Vienna, Austria
2013 “Spotlight on Women in Film”, Red Hot Shorts @ The George Revival Cinema, Melbourne
2012 The Shadow Electric Open Air Cinema (Shorts program, January- April 2012), Melbourne
2011 Animpact Animation Festival (Animpact MAX), Seoul, Korea
2011 ASIFA Australia International Animation Day, Brisbane
2011 Corona Cork Film Festival, Ireland
2011 ATOM Awards, Melbourne (WINNER- Best Tertiary Animation)
AniMazSpot 2011 Festival, Burbank CA (WINNER- Best Student Animated Short)
2011 Australian Effects & Animation Festival, Sydney (WINNER- Best Student Film)
2011 RMIT Student Film Awards, Melbourne (WINNER- Best Comedy)
2011 Revelation Perth International Film Festival, Perth
2011 Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne (Special Mention- Best Australian Film)
5th Annual Dungog Film Festival 2011, Dungog, NSW
Australian International Animation Festival, Wagga Wagga, NSW
16th National Festival of Auteurs in Animation (OFAFA), Krakow, Poland

SPECIFICATIONS

running time: 4 mins 25 secs
category: 2d animation
aspect ratio: 16:9
completed: 2010
country of origin: Australia
language: English (no dialogue)

CONTACT

Please email rebeccakhayes@gmail.com for high-resolution stills or screening enquiries