Personal and Poetic: Australian Women’s Animation after 1990 Ruth Richards November 2025 CTEQ Annotations on Film “I love to look at the few small treasures the sea discards…” – Small Treasures (Sarah Watt, 1995) “Animation offers real potential for exploring women’s issues because of its light touch - its magic. Drawin...
Breaking Ground: Five Animations from the 1980s Ruth Richards November 2025 CTEQ Annotations on Film I see the image of an image imposed upon my view. – Pleasure Domes (Maggie Fooke, 1987) A man holds a little theatre in the palm of his hand. A woman contemplates the view from her St Kilda balcony. An animato...
Takahata, Isao Ruth Richards December 2018 Great Directors Takahata, Isao b. October 1935, Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan d. April 2018, Tokyo, Japan “Without Isao Takahata, Studio Ghibli wouldn’t exist.” This is a bold statement from Nishimura Yoshiaki, who serv...
