Shaun Tan Film Nominated for Oscar

AussieCon Four Artist GoH Shaun Tan is up for an Oscar in the Best Short Film (Animation) category for The Lost Thing, based on Tan’s book.

The full slate of nominees in the category is:

Short Film (Animation):

  • “Day & Night” Teddy Newton
  • “The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
  • “Let’s Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
  • “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
  • “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois

Tan and a small team worked on the adaptation from 2002 to 2010. It uses CGI with 2D handpainted elements.

The trailer is available here (YouTube).

[Thanks to Steven H Silver for the story.]

Update 01/26/2011: I don’t think too many people will suppose we mean Shaun Tan was GoH of the 1975 AussieCon, but no reason to needlessly worry Janice!

2 thoughts on “Shaun Tan Film Nominated for Oscar

  1. Oh, no, not you too! The convention that is very proud of its GoH Shaun Tan is “Aussiecon 4”

  2. It’s a great short too. I think that Let’s Pollute, by Pixar master animator Gweefee Boedoe, should win as it’s easily the best short I couldn’t get into Cinequest last.
    Chris

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