Returning in spring 2025, nipaluna/Hobart
A one day festival celebrating animation from lutruwita/Tasmania and around the world.
Watch films, attend talks or participate in the student competition.
STUDENT, PARENT OR EDUCATOR? Register your interest to receive updates about our 2025 Student Competition and watch our free video tutorials to start learning to animate.
Lutruwita Animation Festival 2025
Student Animation Competition
Make your own animation and win great PRIZES, plus
the chance to see your film play on the BIG SCREEN!
REGISTER to get updates and access to a selection of VIDEO TUTORIALS, WORKSHEETS and FURTHER RESOURCES. We will provide all the info you need to help a beginner make their first animation using free apps for mobile or desktop. Our tutorials were made with support from Creative Hobart.
Entries will close in September and entry is free. Students of any age statewide can participate. The screening of finalists will be part of LUTAF 2025 in nipaluna/Hobart.
Please read the ENTRY GUIDELINES below before starting your film.
ENTRY GUIDELINES
LUTAF Student Competition 2025
Understanding these important points will help you make a film that can be screened publicly.- Entries can only be accepted from students who are residents of lutruwita / Tasmania. All ages are accepted including Primary, Secondary, College, TAFE and University students.- The film must be the original work of the entrant.- Music and sound effects in films must be both composed by and recorded by students or sourced from a website of copyright free music or sound effects (further resources available in our workshop material).- Your film must be suitable for showing in a public space that includes primary school students. We will be unable to screen explicit material or hate speech.- We accept that students may choose to use AI tools, however we prefer to see unique creativity and age appropriate artwork. Any use of AI will need explaining in a note to the judges so they can understand your process and why AI was appropriate.- The organisers cannot guarantee every film will be screened depending on the volume of entries and other unforeseen circumstances.- A team of two independent professionals will decide the finalists and prizewinners and their opinions must be respected.- Any style of animation is accepted.- The same student can submit multiple entries.- Entries will be accepted from teams and individuals.- We may add more entry guidelines as queries from educators come up across the year.- Entries will close on a date TBC in September at the end of term 3. Subscribers will be emailed more information about submitting entries in term 3.
FESTIVAL PROGRAM 2024
Saturday 9th November
Theatre Royal, Hobart
ANIMATION WORKSHOPS
Theatre Royal, Vanessa Goodwin City Room, LEVEL 4
PROCREATE DREAMS Workshop - 11.00am to 12:30pm
Tickets Free. Bookings Essential.
This event is supported by the Spring Animation Forum
Introduction to Procreate Dreams sponsored by ProcreateLearn to animate using the award-winning iPad App Procreate Dreams. This workshop is open to both spectators and participants with their own iPad.
SCREENINGS AND TALKS
Theatre Royal, Studio Theatre LEVEL 4
Session 1 - 1.30pm to 2.30 pm
Move Me Student Animation Competition Screening and
Animation Careers Q&A (1hr)
Unclassified. Under 15s must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian.Discover the competition winners and celebrate the work of Tasmanian animation students. The session will include a Q & A with professional animators, who will speak about their work and how they got started.Tickets Free. Bookings Essential.
This event is supported by the Spring Animation Forum
Lutruwita Animation Festival Launch - 2:45PM
Session 2 - 2:45pm to 3:45pm
Little J and Big Cuz Screening and Q&A with Tony Thorne (1hr)
Rated GDirector and designer Tony Thorne presents a newly released episode and a behind the scenes look at the groundbreaking NITV / ABC series, winner of the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Children's Program.Tickets Free. Bookings Essential.
This event is supported by the Spring Animation Forum
Session 3 - 4.00pm to 5.00pm
Panorama: Animated Short Films Made in Tas (1hr)
Unclassified. Under 15s must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian.Explore the diverse films of animators working in Tasmania.Tickets Free. Bookings Essential.
This event is supported by the Spring Animation Forum..........Featuring films by: @nocturnalanimals.art, @thisisgracechia, @TurboChookTV, @alexmachinanimator, @vivienmadethis, Sally McAteer, @ianchia, @sadattahouri, @adamwalkerstudio, @olddogpictures, Roar Film, @magiekhameneh, Huni Bolliger, Procreate.
Networking drinks - 5.00pm to 5.30pm
Theatre royal studio bar (Level 4)
Session 4 - 5.30pm to 7.30pm
Feature Film – The Secret Kingdom (2hrs)
Rated PGPeter, an anxious twelve-year-old, and his sister, Verity, find themselves in a strange, new world when the floor of their bedroom breaks away. Now, Peter must summon his courage when an ancient prophecy believes him to be the vanquisher of an ancient evil enveloping this secret kingdom.This cinematic adventure, animated in Launceston, will inspire animators young and old.Tickets Free. Bookings Essential.
This event is supported by the Spring Animation Forum
Thank you to festival partner the City of Hobart, workshop sponsor Procreate and venue partners the University of Tasmania and The Theatre Royal.
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We are thrilled to present a whole program of films animated by or collaborating with artists living in lutruwita / Tasmania.
The Lutruwita Animation Festival respectfully acknowledges the Tasmanian Aboriginal People, the original owners and cultural custodians of all the lands and waters across Lutruwita/Tasmania.
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