A Beautiful Trailer For Short Film THE MISSING KEY

I had the pleasure of seeing and reviewing the Australian animated short film THE MISSING KEY at the Sydney Film Festival earlier this year, and am still disappointed that I had to decline the opportunity to see the film again at a subsequent special screening that I was invited to. However, I am very pleased to hear that the film has been nominated for a variety of awards, which hopefully means more people in both Australia and around the world will get the chance to see this beautiful little film with a big, big heart.

Here's what the filmmakers had to say about the film, written and directed by Jonathan Nix, and produced by Garth Nix, Anna McFarlane and Jonathan Nix:

Created by a small team of Animators over a period of seven years, the film is set in a re-imagined Venice of the 1920's, where the characters have mechanical devices for heads. The film features approx 20,000 pencil on paper drawings, hundreds of water color paintings, as many shots and music cue's as a feature film, and one truly awful flute and tuba duet. Production began with two Animators Jonathan Nix and Shane Ingram, who were joined a few years later by Animators Brendan Williams, Sharon Sanders, and in the last six months Simon Gruer.

I have just come across a high quality new trailer, and have embedded it below for your viewing pleasure. 

 

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