Review: An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It

Aussie-produced adult animation is on an all-time upswing right now in terms of increasing importance. The likes of Michael Cusack, Dave Carter, Nikos Andronicos, and anything that this company does is proof that the talent is garnering the eye-balls of international audiences, so it was only a matter of time before that spillage was going to seep into the Oscars and the voters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Produced and directed by Brisbane-based student filmmaker Lachlan Pendragon, An Ostrich Told Me The World is Fake And I Believe It is an animated short-film that sees Neil working a dead-end office job eventually figure out, thanks to the help of an ostrich, that his world is fake. A multitude of influences are quite evident with films like The Truman Show, Office Space, Anomalisa, and Edge of Tomorrow all either consciously or subconsciously getting a swing of the bat here, but being presented as a hugely entertaining animation horror-comedy.

The quarter-hour short film works in every imaginable way and now it appears Lachlan Pendragon is yet another Aussie-born animator we’re going to have to keep an eye on…and he’s still in school.