The Australian student whose lockdown film has been nominated for an Oscar

An Australian student can’t believe it, but he’s heading to the Oscars today!

Lachlan Pendragon, 27, made a stop-motion film in his Brisbane home during lockdown.

Press PLAY below to hear about the making of the film

The short film, An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It, has now been nominated in the animated short film category at the Oscars!

“This is my doctorate film,” he told Ross and Russel.

“It’s been a pretty small production that miraculously made its way to the Oscars.”

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