Jelena Sinik
Animated Filmmaker, Illustrator & Educator
ON
ON
Jelena's Master of Animation solo graduate film, On, is a multi-award winning animation that has been screened in 50+ film and animation festivals worldwide.
In our age of attention scarcity, 'On' explores just where our gaze is falling. Take a curious and playful glimpse into both the connectedness and enduring loneliness of the modern condition, through this intimate and unexamined lens.
The 2D film combines frame-by-frame rotoscope and straight-ahead animation techniques with various unique camera angles, brushwork and sound design.
Recent Exhibitions:
'On' was selected for Bunjil Place's Outdoor Screen program and has been publicly displayed at the venue in Victoria in 2021.
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Current Festival Selection List
Awards
-Official Winner, Best Tertiary Animation, ATOM Awards 2018, AUS.
- Official Winner, Best Animation, Wales International Film Festival 2020, UK.
- Official Winner, Mayor's Award, Kadoma International Film Festival 2020, JP.
- Official Winner, Best Australian Film, Sydney World Film Festival 2020, AUS.
- Official Winner, Best Animated Film, Atomium Film Awards, Brussels Independent Film Festival 2020, BE.
- Official Winner, Best Animated Film, Super Shorts London Film Festival 2020, UK.
- Official Winner, Best Sound Design, Freshflix Film Festival 2018, AUS.
- Official Winner, Special AIT Animation Award, Short+Sweet Film Festival Sydney 2019, AUS.
- Official Winner, Audience Choice, Illawarra Film Festival 2019, AUS.
- Highly Commended, Film Art Media Award for Best Film by a Female Director, Setting Sun Short Film Festival 2020, AUS.
2024
- Official Selection, ANNY: Animation Nights New York, US.
2023
- Official Selection, 24hr Short Film Festival, Mopoke Festival Sydney 2023, AUS.
- Official Selection, Aanaa Animation Film Festival 2023, BE.
2022
- Official Selection (2020), Cynefin Shorts Program, Cardiff Animation Festival 2022, UK.
- Official Selection, Pentedattilo Film Festival, International Short Film Festival 2022, IT.
2021
- Official Selection, Oxford International Film Festival 2021, UK.
- Official Selection. Bruges International Film Festival 2021, BE.
- Official Selection, Detroit SheTown Film Festival 2021, US.
- Official Selection, New Jersey Independent Film Festival 2021, US.
- Official Selection, Innovation Film, FilmFest Bremen 2021, DE.
- Official Selection, International Filmmaker Festival New York 2021, US.
- Official Selection, Tres Court International Film Festival 2021, FR.
- Official Selection, The ReelGood Film Festival 2021, AUS.
- Official Selection, FLICKFAIR Film Festival 2021, US.
- Official Selection, Woodland Film Festival 2021, AUS.
- Official Selection, Crystal Palace International Film Festival 2021, UK.
- Official Selection, Panorama Screening, Neum Animated Film Festival 2021, BA.
2020
- Official Finalist, Best Emerging Filmmaker & Film Art Media Award, Setting Sun Short Film Festival 2020, AUS.
- Official Selection, Boston Short Film Festival 2020, US.
- Official Selection, Birmingham Film Festival 2020, UK.
- Official Selection, Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival 2020, CN.
- Official Selection, Cardiff Animation Festival 2020, UK.
- Official Selection, Toronto Arthouse Film Festival 2020, CA.
- Official Selection, Sunshine Short Film Festival 2020, AUS.
- Official Finalist, Best Student Film, Screen It! International Film Festival 2020, AUS.
- Official Selection, International Shorts Film Festival 2020, AUS.
- Official Selection, Venice Film Week 2020, IT.
- Official Selection, Sydney Underground Film Festival 2020, AUS.
- Official Selection, London Super Shorts Film Festival 2020, UK.
- Official Selection, Amsterdam Independent Film Festival 2020, NL.
- Official Selection, La Truca Festival Internacional de Animación 2020, CO.
- ESFF Showcase Selection, Budapest Short Film Festival 2020, HU.
- Official Selection, SAGA Adelaide: Women's International Film Festival 2020, AUS.
- Official Selection, Newark International Film Festival 2020. US.
- Official Selection, Art Color Digital Cinema International Film Festival 2020, CA.
- ESFF Showcase Selection, Manipulate 2020, Puppet Animation Scotland, UK.
- Official Selection, American Documentary and Animation Film Festival 2020, US.
- Official Selection, International Competition - Student Film, ANIMA 2020, BE.
- Official Selection, Geelong International Film Festival 2020, AUS.
- Official Selection, Dirigo 6th Student Film Festival 2020, UK.
- ESFF Curation Selection, Scots Day Out Bendigo 2020, AUS.
2019
- Official Finalist, Audience Choice, Short+Sweet Film Festival Sydney 2019, AUS.
- Official Finalist, Young Australian Filmmaker of the Year, Byron Bay International Film Festival 2018, AUS.
- Official Nomination, Best Animated Short, Winchester Film festival 2019, UK.
- Official Nomination, Golden Bluey Award, Blue Heeler Film Festival 2019, AUS.
- Official Selection, Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2019, UK.
- Official Selection, Canberra Short Film Festival 2019, AUS.
- Official Selection, Artist Animation Screening, The Festival of Drawing at National Art School 2019, AUS.
- Official Selection, International Roadshow (US & EUR), Australian Short Film Today 2019, AUS.
- Official Selection, Australian Short Film Today Tour, Rencontres du Cinéma des Antipodes 2019, FR.
- Official Selection, Australian Short Film Today Tour, Down Under Berlin 2019, DE.
2018
- Official Selection, Australian Showcase, Melbourne International Animation Festival 2018, AUS.
- Official Selection, International Competition, International Youth Media Festival YOUKI 2018, AT.
- Official Selection, International Animation Day, Association Internationale du Film d’Animation (ASIFA) 2018, FR.
- Official Selection, Australian Showcase, Australian International Animation Festival 2018, AUS.
- Official Selection, Kerry Film Festival 2018, IE.