Lost & Found | Oscar Shortlisted Stop-Motion Animation | Short of the Week

A knitted toy dinosaur must completely unravel itself to save the love of its life.

🧶 LOST & FOUND
by Andrew Goldsmith & Bradley Slabe

"This wedding of raw craft and storytelling is quite mature here. Generously funded by Screen Australia, we’re used to stop-motion being a contained craft, executed with models in small spaces, but this film is on a different scale entirely. The character animation is incorporated into a life-size sushi restaurant set that was built from scratch, and this decision pays off in the impressive camera direction that results—the production is able to go wide and really play with perspective and depth of field in a way that is rare for the form." - Curator Jason Sondhi

CREDITS
DIRECTED BY
Andrew Goldsmith
& Bradley Slabe

PRODUCED BY
Lucy J. Hayes

WRITTEN BY
Bradley Slabe

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
& MOTION CONTROL
Gerald Thompson

ANIMATION
Samuel Lewis

PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Rennie Watson

FILM EDITORS
Andrew Goldsmith
John Gavin

VFX CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Andrew Goldsmith

SUPERVISING SOUND DESIGNER
Ryan Granger

MUSIC BY
Adrian Sergovich
with Jonathan Dreyfus

SET DRESSERS
Sophie Hayward, Laura Curtis

PROPS MAKERS
Samuel Lewis, Laura Curtis, Donna Yeatman

SET BUILDER
Sophie Hayward

SCENIC ARTISTS
Aimee Francis, Xin li

ART ASSISTANTS
Raphael Fantl, Nicholas Issel, Nathan Reardon,
Michael Greaney, Eve Gilbert

CULTURAL ADVISOR
Kei Shiokawa

CHARACTER DESIGNER & SCULPTOR
Samuel Lewis

CHARACTER ARMATURIST
Scott Ebdon

CHARACTER CROCHET ARTIST
Julie Ramsden

VFX ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Haley Polacik

VFX SUPERVISOR & PIPELINE DIRECTOR
Dave Abbott

COMPOSITORS
Andrew Goldsmith, Dave Abbott, Brent Cataldo,
John Gavin, Andrew Montague, Toby Angwin,
Damien Dunne, Scarlette Baccini, Trace VFX

ROTOSCOPE ARTIST
Douglas E Pope

COLOURIST
Edel Rafferty

POSTER PHOTOGRAPHY
Patrick Moran

END TITLES DESIGNER
Rebecca Moore

SOUND MIX
Dead On Sound

SOUND DESIGNERS
Ryan Granger, Adam Hunt

ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGNERS
Shane Jarvie-Kohn, Talia Raso

VOICE OF THE FOX
Maria Angelico

VOICE OF THE DINOSAUR
Marc Gallagher

SOUND HELP FROM
Joel Taylor and The Black Lodge

WOODWINDS
Stuart Byrne

BRASS
City of Prague Philharmonic

STRINGS
Jonathan Dreyfus

HARP
Genevieve Lang

PIANO
Adrian Sergovitch

SCORE ENGINEERS
Jezz Giddings, Damian Enemark, Jan Holzne

SCORE MIXED BY
Jonathan Dreyfus

SCORE RECORDING HELP FROM
Craig Harnath for Hothouse Audio
James Fitzpatrick for Tadlow Music
Laura Bishop for Jigsaw Music
Song Zu

LEGAL
Shaun Miller

SPECIAL THANKS
Raphael Fantl, Tom Fantl, Dave Abbott,
Haley Polacik, John Gavin, Patrick Moran,
Samuel Lewis, Gerald Thompson, Justin Donoghue,
Nerida Moore, Louise Gough, Nell Greenwood,
John Tummino, Darryl Slabe, Matisse Fantl,
Sophie McPike

7mins / Australia / 2018

Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.

[JRizzo-lidr]

These guys were able to make a more emotionally impactful story In 7 minutes with no dialogue, than many studios can do in a feature film.

[ninjamaster]

I came here thinking this was going to be a nice happy animation. How dare you play with my heart like this.

[raziaseyadou]

both were ready to sacrifice themselves to save the other...That is true love ;(

[susiev]

I saw a short reel on Instagram and I had to come here and find the full story. I was not ready for the ending. Love is so simple yet it hurts so much. The little dinosaur gave his all to save his love. I’m in tears 😭

[keliamcmichael]

Unravel yourself for someone that will put you back together. ♥️

[beriipop]

I was not at all prepared for this. I thought this would be a cute little story, but now I’m crying nonstop 😭

[lynnokum-arscott]

My husband passed away 3 days before this was published. I'd have unraveled myself to save him too if I could have. This was incredibly moving and exceptionally well done. Tears, yes - but they're worth it.

[lovenikolatesla]

The moral of this story is to show people you care while they are alive 🙌

[Allisbuddha]

I need a second episode to heal the crack in my heart please...

[WizardingWorldshoppingchannel]

The 4 years you put into this was all worth it 💕

[ShellaLuna]

Don't worry. I know she wont give up, she is going to try, try, try and try again. And she will bring back her love; stitch by stitch 😊

[gmmotovlogs]

I found this gem about a year ago, someone posted a short clip of it on TikTok and I had to find the entire film. I share it with those I know who will receive the right message. Thank you a million times. Such an impactful 7 mins.

[dorp]

He didn't give up saving her
She won't give up saving him

[IreneChain]

I cried because of how much love I see between them and how it poked at the exact right spot. Geez. It is such a beautiful love story, they are just true love.

[Dipustaika]

My 3 year old daughter felt really bad, and was crying hours and hours for the dino, she is completely moved by the emotions shown in this video...we certainly need a second part of the dino coming back to life and bring faith into hope...I need to show my daughter :)

[mikmedia]

Three years later and this short gets me every time 🥺😭♥️ One of my all-time favorite films

[timmason]

I know it's an animated stuffed dinosaur but the image of the dinosaur literally tearing himself apart is kindof horrific

[pres-cs-hgt]

Cause I needed to start crying on the bus. Why not.

[mireillerhodes]

I was not expecting to cry when I clicked the adorable thumbnail.

[lou]

That flying unravelling part was just beautiful.