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The Lost Thing

Australia, 2010
film

Set in a city overrun by bureaucracy, this Oscar Award winning animated short film of Shaun Tan’s picture book ‘The Lost Thing’, tells the s..

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The City

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The Boy

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Production Process

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Burger Burger

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The Outsider

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Storytelling

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The Other side

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The Secret adventures of Tom Thumb

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