Sticky Pictures selected into Annecy

Melbourne based director Suren Perera is celebrating after her animated short TV series Monster Auditions was selected into the Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2010.

The series created by Perera and writer Stu Connolly was produced by Sticky Pictures for SBS Australia in 2009.

Their short film Scary Therapy, based on the shorts, which Perera animated, designed and storyboarded, was also selected into the short film category (non-competitive).

“Being so close to the shorts I wasn’t convinced how it would work as a film. But having both selected for Annecy is amazing. It’s a huge honour,” says Perera.

Scary Therapy has already played at festivals including Flickerfest (Australia), Klik Film (Netherlands) and Animest (Romania) & Animanima (Croatia).

“After we finished the shorts we knew the material was strong enough to work in another medium. With editor Zen Rosenthal, we crafted a film that focussed on the monsters with bigger problems best viewed from the psychiatrist’s chair,” says writer/producer Connolly.

As well as creating Monster Auditions, Perera and Connolly have collaborated on pilots for Disney, Nickelodeon and most recently a series of shorts for ABC3 called The Dukes of Bröxstônia also produced by Sticky Pictures.

“The Dukes has been selected for MIAF (Melbourne International Animation Festival),” says Perera.

”We’re in the “Late Night Bizarre” section, which is awesome!”