Private Project

Object of Life

Don't let the OBJECTS of your life become...
the OBJECT of your life!

The Object of Life is a playful story about the perils of accumulating objects.

Do we possess them - or do they possess us?

Its an uphill battle… but where is all going?

Jack Parry - Director
Winner - Best Animation - Suncine Environmental Film Festival
Winner - Best Animation - San Sebastian Short Film Festival
Winner - Bronze Award - Short Animaton - Australian Effects and Animation Festival
Winner - Best Animation - One Earth Awards
Winner - Best Animation - Poppy Film Festival
Winner - Best Animation - Moscow International Film Festival

  • Jack James Parry
    Director
    Calypso, Flutterby, Play Without Words, Ugly Rockling, Bitzituleboques
  • Marianna Parry
    Producer
    Calypso, Flutterby, Play Without Words, Ugly Rockling, Bitzituleboques
  • Jack James Parry
    Writer
    Calypso, Flutterby, Play Without Words, Ugly Rockling, Bitzituleboques
  • Jack James Parry
    Animation
    Calypso, Flutterby, Play Without Words, Ugly Rockling, Bitzituleboques
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Music Video, Short
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    August 12, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 AUD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.85:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Deakin University
  • Foyle Film Festival
    Londonderry
    Ireland
    November 19, 2021
    World Premiere
    Official Selection - Finalist
  • Flickerfest Short Film Festival
    Sydney
    Australia
    January 22, 2022
    Australian Premiere
    Official Selection - Finalist
  • Brussels Short Film Festival
    Brussels
    Belgium
    April 25, 2022
    Belgian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Stuttgart International Animation Festival
    Stuttgart
    Germany
    April 11, 2022
    German Premiere
    Panorama
  • Clapperboard Golden Festival
    Sao Paulo
    Brazil
    March 9, 2022
    Brazilian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Athens International Film and Video Festival
    Athens, Ohio
    United States
    April 1, 2022
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Mumbai International Film Festival
    Mumbai
    India
    March 9, 2022
    Indian Premiere
    Finalist
  • One Earth Awards
    Bangalore
    India
    March 31, 2022
    Winner - Best Animation
  • River Run International Film Festival
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina
    United States
    April 21, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Texas Short Film Festival
    San Antonio, Texas
    United States
    April 30, 2022
    Official Selection
  • FestCine Itaúna
    Caruaru
    Brazil
    April 18, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Poppy Film Festival
    Skopje
    Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
    May 2, 2022
    Macedonian Premiere
    Winner - Best Animation
  • Neum Animated Film Festival
    Neum
    Croatia
    May 15, 2022
    Croatian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Festival del Cinema di Cefalù
    Cefalù
    Italy
    May 18, 2022
    Italian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Flickfair

    United States
    May 1, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Revelation Perth International Film Festival
    Perth
    Australia
    July 1, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Panama Series Festival
    Panama Canal
    Panama
    June 1, 2022
    Panama Premiere
    Official Selection
  • AACTA/AFi Awards
    Melbourne
    Australia
    Semifinalist
  • Zabut - International Animated Short-film Festival
    Messina
    Italy
    July 28, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Salute Your Shorts Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    August 19, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions @PinewoodStudios
    London
    United Kingdom
    July 4, 2022
  • One World One Flower International Buddhist Film Festival
    Seoul
    Korea, Republic of
    August 25, 2022
    Official Selection
  • 24fps International Short Film Festival
    Texas
    United States
    November 4, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Festival Audiovisual Internacional Origen
    Granada
    Spain
    August 17, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
    Providence
    United States
    August 8, 2022
    Official Selection
  • 36th Edmonton International Film Festival 36th Edmonton International Film Festival
    Edmonton
    Canada
    September 22, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Taichung International Animation Festival
    Taichung City
    China
    September 23, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Kursaal Film Festival San Sebastián
    San Sebastián
    Spain
    September 15, 2022
    Winner - Best Animation
  • SEMANA ¡VIVA EL CINE!
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    September 12, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Deep Focus Film Festival
    Brooklyn
    United States
    September 17, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Cortoons Festival Gandia 2022
    Valencia
    Spain
    October 20, 2022
    Official Selection
  • MM Fest
    Karlovci
    Serbia
    September 29, 2022
    Finalist
  • Montreal International Animation Film Festival - ANIMAZE
    Montreal
    Canada
    November 11, 2022
    Official Selection
  • SUNCINE: ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Barcelona
    Spain
    November 3, 2022
    Official Selection
  • International Festival of Audiovisual Production for Children and Adolescence Kolibri
    La Paz
    Argentina
    October 15, 2022
    Official Selection
  • 123 Film Competition @ BE BOLD Festival
    St Albans
    Australia
    October 8, 2022
    Official Selection
  • East Northeast
    New York
    United States
    November 11, 2022
    Official Selection
  • CANNES INDIE SHORTS AWARDS
    Cannes
    France
    October 1, 2022
    Semi-Finalist
  • uMgungundlovu Film Festival
    Kwazulu
    South Africa
    November 25, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Blue Heeler Film Festival
    Muswellbrook, NSW
    Australia
    October 22, 2022
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Jack James Parry

Jack Parry is a Melbourne based Australian animation director of short philosophical films. His films visually engage with the synergy of music and image giving the viewer a delightful intertwined synthesthetic experience.
Jack is the director of Parry Animation Studios in Melbourne, Australia where he and Marianna make short films that rejoice in the delight of philosophy, animation and music.

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Director Statement

The Object of Life is a question about our relationship with objects. Why do we spend all our time on this planet struggling to accumulating them? Why do we need and want them? What sense is there in this accumulation and why are so many people blindly driven to possess such a mound of objects.

Is this the absurd purpose of life - a struggle to possess?

Do we really possess these objects or do they possess us?

The Object of Life ponders these questions while cheerfully exploring this universal absurd pursuit as an animated musical dance, based on an old familiar Greek Myth…