Crawlspace (2004 film)

Crawlspace is a 2004 animated short film, written, directed and animated by Peter Sved as his graduation piece at The Australian Film, Television and Radio School in Sydney.

Plot
A strange man stuck in a desert wakes from his coma and goes in search of water. He discovers a lush green forest, alive with plants and animals the likes of which he could never have dreamt of. He finds a watersnake (a bizarre creature that is a snake with a human hand as its head; is made of a semi-transparent fluid; has the ability to float in air) that has been captured by a giant plant that resembles a venus flytrap, and rescues the strange creature from its clutches. In return, the creature reveals to him the secret place in the forest where water can be found.

Festivals

 * Hiroshima International Animation Festival 2004, Japan (Winner – Stars of Students Award)
 * ComGraph 2004: Asia-Pacific Digital Art & Animation Competition, Singapore (Winner – Merit Award, Student Computer Animation Section)
 * Australian Effects and Animation Festival 2004, Sydney (Nomination, Best Graduation Film)
 * Asiana International Short Film Festival 2004, Seoul, Korea
 * Asia Pacific Film Festival 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 * St Kilda Film Festival 2004, Melbourne
 * Mill Valley Film Festival 2004, California, USA
 * Trebon International Animation Festival 2005, Czech Republic
 * Ecozine International Film Festival 2009, Spain

Nominations

 * 2005 MPSE Nomination for Best Sound in Student film for Derryn Pasquil's sound design
 * 2005 MPSE Golden Reel Nomination, LA, for Tamara O'Brien's original score