Huni Bolliger animation showreel
After completing an Arts degree and Diploma of Education, I taught myself animation as a way of combining my love of art and storytelling. Following the success of my initial films, I went on to complete a Masters of Film, Television and Animation at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne University with Honours, in 2008.
My graduate animation The Dressmaker’s Daughter screened at over twenty international film festivals, winning multiple awards in Australia and overseas, including the Special Jury prize at Hiroshima Animation Film Festival.
In 2014, I was the animator for the historical ABC documentary Blown Away, the story of Cyclone Tracy. It was during the making of this film that I developed a passion for working with local history, documentary and archival photographs. In 2018 I was the Creative in Residence at the Northern Territory Archives Service where I made four animated films using local stories and archival materials.
Most recently, I designed and co-animated sections of a First Nations anthology feature film called We Are Still Here, supported by Screen Australia and the New Zealand Film Commission. The film had it’s world premiere at the opening night of the 2022 Sydney Film Festival, and it’s international premiere at Toronto International Film Festival.
I was thrilled to have two films selected for the 2022 exhibition The Magic Arts: Australian Animation from the 1970s to Now at the Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland.
AWARDS AND SCREENINGS
2023
We Are Still Here anthology feature film (role was designer of animation graphics and compositing)
Cinema release Australia and New Zealand 2023
2022
We Are Still Here anthology feature film (role was designer of animation graphics and compositing)
Official Selection/World Premiere/ Opening Night Sydney Film Festival
Official Selection/International Premiere/Toronto International Film Festival
Official Selection Hawaii International Film Festival
Official Selection imagiNATIVE Film Festival, Winner Media Arts Festival Dramatic Feature Award
Official Selection New Zealand International Film Festival
Exhibition: The Magic Arts: Australian Animation from the 1970s to Now Gallery of Modern Art QLD.
Selection of two films included in this program including The Dressmaker’s Daughter and In My Own Skin.
In My Own Skin from Huni Bolliger on Vimeo.
In My Own Skin (role was artwork and animation, co-producer, co-director)
Official Selection Darwin International Film Festival
Winner Capricornia Award Best Animation
Winner Capricornia Award Best Short Documentary
2021
In My Own Skin (role was artwork and animation, co-producer, co-director)
Official Selection NT Travelling Film Festival
Official Selection Darwin International Film Festival
Darwin Festival – commission to create an animated installation celebrating the 40th anniversary of the festival screened nightly throughout the festival.
2018
Under Lock and Key The Story of Rodney Spencer (role was artwork, animation, writer, director, producer)
Selection for inclusion in ABC online Educational Resource and Screening at Deckchair Cinema, Darwin.
2014
Blown Away The Story of Cyclone Tracy (artwork, animation)
Screened ABC television
Winner Best Documentary Capricornia Awards
2008-2010
The Dressmaker’s Daughter (role was writer/director/animator/producer/art director) Masters of Animation film, Melbourne University.
Winner Special Jury prize Hiroshima Animation Festival
Winner Best Film Fistful of Films Australia
Winner Best Animation Fistful of Films Australia
Winner E.H Shepherd Award Best Visualization of a Script
Winner Digital Pictures Script Award Best Animation Script
Victorian College of the Arts nomination Most Promising Student
Official Selection Animapact Korea
Official Selection Animex Animation Festival UK
Official Selection Melbourne International Animation Festival
Official Selection FIPA France
Official Selection Tel Aviv Student film festival
Screening Srpska National Television
Official Selection Circuito Off Venice Italy
Official Selection Monterrey Film Festival Mexico
Official Selection Young Cinema Art Poland
Official Selection Melbourne International Animation Festival Opening night
Official Selection Stavanger Film Festival Norway – special mention
Official Selection Red Rock Film Festival USA
Official Selection Finalist Angelus Film Festival LA, USA
Official Selection Banjaluka Animation Festival Bosnia
Official Selection 16th World of Women Film Festival Australia
Official Selection St Tropez Antipodes Film Festival France
Official Selection Sydney International Animation Festival Australia
Official Selection Shorts Film Festival Australia
2006-2007
The Red Thread (role writer, director, art, animation)
Screening at Art at the Heart Regional Arts Conference
Official selection San Gio Festival Italy
Winner Best Film, Fistful of Films Darwin NT
Winner Best Screen Play, Fistful of Films Darwin NT
Animation film Love from the See (role was writer/director/animator)
Winner Pick of the Crop Award, Fistful of Films Darwin NT
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