Uncle

An award-winning short about a favoured Uncle who was a thoroughly ordinary and a thoroughly decent man. Peppered with wryly comic remembrances of a seventies childhood, ‘Uncle’ is a moving tribute to suburban eccentricity and familial loyalty.

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Previously on display

31 December 2004

ACMI Screen Lounge

Credits

creator

Adam Elliot

production company

VCA Film and Television School, University of Melbourne

Duration

00:06:08:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1996

Appears in

Group of items

AFI Collection: a selection of tertiary student films. Tape 1

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1002064

Language

English

Audience classification

Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)

Subject categories

Animation

Animation → Animated films - Australia

Animation → Clay animation

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

Digital Betacam; Master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

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Australia, 1996