AACTA Award for Best Short Animation

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."^[1] 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.^[2] The award is presented at the AACTA Awards Luncheon, a black tie event which celebrates achievements in film production, television, documentaries and short films.^[3][4]

Best Short Animation AACTA Award
Country	Australia
Presented by	Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)
First award	1979
Currently held by	Nullarbor (2011)
Website	http://www.aacta.org

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.^[5]

  Winner

AFI Awards (1979–2010)

Year	Film	Producer(s)	Director(s)
1979 (21st)	Letter to a Friend	Sonia Hofmann	Sonia Hofmann
1980 (22nd)	Pussy Pumps Up	Antoinette Starkiewicz	Antoinette Starkiewicz
1981 (23rd)	The Animation Game	Eric Halliday	David Johnston
1981 (23rd)	Bushed		Stephen French
1981 (23rd)	Foxbat and the Mimi		John Skibinski
1982 (24th)	Flank Breeder	Bruce Currie	Bruce Currie
1982 (24th)	Dudu and the Line	Steve French	Steve French
1982 (24th)	The Great Wave	Tony Gooley	Tony Gooley
1983 (25th)	Dance of Death	Dennis Tupicoff	Dennis Tupicoff
1983 (25th)	Foxbat and the Demon	John Skibinski	John Skibinski
1984 (26th)	Ned Wethered	Lee Whitmore	Lee Whitmore
1984 (26th)	Anatomy of a Businessman	Bruce Currie	Bruce Currie
1984 (26th)	The Thief of Sydney	Toby Zoates	Toby Zoates
1984 (26th)	Waltz Mambo	Andrew Quinn	Andrew Quinn
1985 (27th)	Waltzing Matilda	John Morris	Michael Cusack and Richard Chataway
1985 (27th)	Cut Out Animation	David Johnson	David Johnson
1985 (27th)	Kitchen Sync	Maree Woolley	Maree Woolley
1985 (27th)	Pianoforte	Julia Overton	Antoinette Starkiewicz
1986 (28th)	The Huge Adventures of Trevor, A Cat	John C. J. Taylor	John C. J. Taylor
1986 (28th)	Change of Place	Kathy Smith	Kathy Smith
1986 (28th)	Elephant Theatre	Sabrina Schmid	Sabrina Schmid
1986 (28th)	Joshua Cooks	Penny Robenstone	Penny Robenstone
1987 (29th)	Crust	John E. Hughes	John E. Hughes
1987 (29th)	224	Dirk de Bruyn	Dirk de Bruyn
1987 (29th)	In Love Cancer	David Atkinson	Jenni Robertson
1987 (29th)	Worry	Charles Amsden	Charles Amsden
1988 (30th)	Where the Forest Meets the Sea	Jeannie Baker	Jeannie Baker
1988 (30th)	A Craven	Anne Algar	Anne Algar
1988 (30th)	Feathers and Fools	Penny Robenstone	Penny Robenstone
1988 (30th)	Home Sweet Home	Simone Lindhout	Simone Lindhout
1989 (31st)	Still Flying	Robert Stephenson	Robert Stephenson
1989 (31st)	Lucky Girl	Jeffrey Noonan	Jeffrey Noonan
1989 (31st)	Ratropolis	Jenni B-Zipporah and Bix Nussey	Jenni B-Zipporah and Bix Nussey
1989 (31st)	The Shadowlands	Anthony Lucas	Anthony Lucas
1990 (32nd)	Picture Start	David Atkinson and John Bird	Jeremy Parker
1990 (32nd)	Once As If A Balloon	Sabrina Schmid	Jeremy Parker and Sabrina Schmid
1990 (32nd)	The Emu and the Sun	John Skibinski	John Skibinski
1990 (32nd)	Tiga	Lucinda Clutterbuck	Lucinda Clutterbuck
1991 (33rd)	Union Street	Anne Grieve	Wendy Chandler
1991 (33rd)	Feral Television		David Ledwich
1991 (33rd)	Reaper Madness		Nick Donkin
1991 (33rd)	Two Fish	Unjoo Moon	Rohan Smith
1992 (34th)	Shelf Life		Andrew Horne
1992 (34th)	Secrets of the City	Cathy Linsley	Cathy Linsley
1992 (34th)	The Amphibian		Sina Azad and Anthony Lucas
1992 (34th)	The Descent		Andrew Schult
1993 (35th)	The Darra Dogs	Dennis Tupicoff	Dennis Tupicoff
1993 (35th)	A Saucer of Water for the Birds	Ann Shenfield	Ann Shenfield
1993 (35th)	Arnold Has A Thought	Peter McDonald	Peter McDonald
1993 (35th)	The Web - 'Bandicoot'		Lucinda Clutterbuck and Sarah Watt
1994 (36th)	Gorgeous	Rob Wellington	Kaz Cooke
1994 (36th)	Muttaburrasaurus	David Roberts	Grahame Binding and Norman Yeend
1994 (36th)	The Junky's Christmas	Francis Ford Coppola	Nick Donkin and Melodie McDaniel
1994 (36th)	Total Recession	Hugh Freitag and Durand Greig	Durand Greig
1995 (37th)	Small Treasures	Fiona Eagger and Sarah Watt	Sarah Watt
1995 (37th)	Great Moments In Science: Falling Cats		Andrew Horne
1995 (37th)	The Story of Rosie Dock	Screen Australia	Jeannie Baker
1995 (37th)	Writer's Block	Michael Lawrence	Leon Cmielewski
1996 (38th)	Blood on the Chandelier		Jeffrey Norris
1996 (38th)	Lovely Day		Chris Backhouse
1996 (38th)	The Journey		Robert Gudan
1996 (38th)	The Web 2 - 'Wolf'		Lucinda Clutterbuck
1997 (39th)	Uncle	Ann Shenfield, Robert Stephenson and Sarah Watt	Adam Elliot
1997 (39th)	Heartbreak Motel		Greg Holfeld
1997 (39th)	His Mother's Voice		Dennis Tupicoff
1997 (39th)	On a Full Moon		Lee Whitmore
1998 (40th)	Vengeance		Wendy Chandler
1998 (40th)	Harry The Human Fly		Darryl Aylward
1998 (40th)	Has Beans	Miriam Stein	Andrew Tamandl
1998 (40th)	Seabound	Ann Shenfield, Robert Stephenson and Sarah Watt	Donna Kendrigan
1999 (41st)	Cousin	Adam Elliot	Adam Elliot
1999 (41st)	HeadSpace		Chris Backhouse
1999 (41st)	Project Vlad		Aaron Rogers
1999 (41st)	Slim Pickings		Anthony Lucas
2000 (42nd)	Brother	Adam Elliot	Adam Elliot
2000 (42nd)	Full Circle		Adam Head
2000 (42nd)	Leunig: Tricks		Andrew Horne
2000 (42nd)	The Way of the Birds		Sarah Watt
2001 (43rd)	Living With Happiness	Sarah Watt	Sarah Watt
2001 (43rd)	Bad Baby Amy	Anthony Lucas and Edwina von Stiegler	Anthony Lucas
2001 (43rd)	The Collective	Daniella Ortega	Norah Mulroney
2001 (43rd)	The Exploding Woman	Melissa Johnston	Nancy Allen
2002 (44th)	Shh.	Andi Spark and Paul Fletcher	Adam Robb
2002 (44th)	Into the Dark	Fiona Cochrane and Dennis Tupicoff	Dennis Tupicoff
2002 (44th)	Pa	Andrew McVitty	Neil Goodridge
2002 (44th)	Show and Tell		Mark Gravas
2003 (45th)	Harvie Krumpet	Melanie Coombs	Adam Elliot
2003 (45th)	Cane Toad: What Happened To Baz?	David Clayton and Andrew Silke	David Clayton and Andrew Silke
2003 (45th)	Hello	David Atkinson and Jonathan Nix	Jonathan Nix
2003 (45th)	Mother Tongue	Lea Croyden and Susan Kim	Susan Kim
2004 (46th)	Birthday Boy	Andrew Gregory	Sejong Park
2004 (46th)	Footnote		Pia Borg
2004 (46th)	It's Like That	Susan Earl, Nicole McKinnon, Sharon Parker and Sophie Raymond	Southern Ladies Animation Group (SLAG)
2004 (46th)	Lucky For Some		Robert Stephenson
2005 (47th)	The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello	Anthony Lucas and Julia Lucas	Anthony Lucas
2005 (47th)	2:41 Upfield		Callum Cooper
2005 (47th)	Fritz Gets Rich	Sam White	Eddie White and James Calvert
2005 (47th)	Piñata	Thomas Schober	Mike Hollands
2006 (48th)	Gargoyle		Michael Cusack
2006 (48th)	Carnivore Reflux	Huy Nguyen and Sam White	Eddie White and James Calvert
2006 (48th)	The Astronomer	Kate McCartney	Kate McCartney
2006 (48th)	The Safe House	Denise Haslem	Lee Whitmore
2007 (49th)	The Girl Who Swallowed Bees	Justine Kerrigan	Paul McDermott
2007 (49th)	An Imaginary Life	Steve Baker	Steve Baker
2007 (49th)	Dust Echoes 2 - 'The Bat And The Butterfly'	Michael Wagner, Dave Jones
2007 (49th)	The Goat That Ate Time	Lucinda Schreiber	Lucinda Schreiber
2008 (50th)	Dog With Electric Collar	Damon Escott	Steve Baker
2008 (50th)	Chainsaw	Fiona Cochrane and Dennis Tupicoff	Dennis Tupicoff
2008 (50th)	Mutt	Beth Frey	Glen Hunwick
2008 (50th)	Paper City	Daniel Agdag
2009 (51st)	The Cat Piano	Jessica Brentnall	Eddie White and Ari Gibson
2009 (51st)	Chicken of God	Jodi Satya, Frank Woodley	Frank Woodley
2009 (51st)	The Not-So-Great Eugene Green	Melanie Brunt	Michael Hill
2009 (51st)	Reach		Luke Randall
2010 (52nd)	The Lost Thing	Sophie Byrne	Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan
2010 (52nd)	Zero	Christine Kezelos	Christopher Kezelos

AACTA Awards (2012–present)

Year	Film	Producer(s)	Director(s)
2011 (1st)	Nullarbor	Alister Lockhart, Patrick Sarell, Katrina Mathers, Merrin Jensen and Daryl Munton
2011 (1st)	Forget Me Not	Emily Dean
2011 (1st)	The Missing Key	Garth Nix, Anna McFarlane and Jonathan Nix
2011 (1st)	The Moment	Justin Wight, Kristian Moliere, Troy Bellchambers and Shane McNeil

See also

• List of animation awards
• AACTA Awards