Susan Danta is a Korean-Australian animator and motion designer. She completed a Masters of Digital Media at the Australian Film Television and Radio School and a Postgraduate Diploma (Animation) at the Victorian College of the Arts. Her awardwinning films Heirlooms, Mother Tongue, Driving Home and Shadowplay have screened at a number of international and local film festivals. These films were created using a variety of traditional and digital techniques. Susan has exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery (animated self-portrait exhibition); the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Australian Culture Now); the 4th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea (Seeing There – Diasporic Sites); and the Smithsonian Institute USA (Animated Shorts Down-Under – An Australian Retrospective).

Accolades

Robert Connolly and Emma Kelly and Susan Danta and Lee Whitmore and Anthony Lucas and Kathy Sarpi and Eddie White and Simon Rippingale and Pierce Davison and Marieka Walsh and Susie Shapones and Jake Duczynski and Liz Kearney and Kate Laurie and Chloé Brugalé
Best Youth Film, 2024

Robert Connolly and Emma Kelly and Susan Danta and Lee Whitmore and Anthony Lucas and Kathy Sarpi and Eddie White and Simon Rippingale and Pierce Davison and Marieka Walsh and Susie Shapones and Jake Duczynski and Liz Kearney and Kate Laurie and Chloé Brugalé

Best Youth Film, 2024

Robert Connolly and Emma Kelly and Susan Danta and Lee Whitmore and Anthony Lucas and Kathy Sarpi and Eddie White and Simon Rippingale and Pierce Davison and Marieka Walsh and Susie Shapones and Jake Duczynski and Liz Kearney and Kate Laurie and Chloé Brugalé

Magic Beach

After reading the iconic book by Alison Lester, nine children (and one dog) find themselves on the titular Magic Beach. They explore caves, build giant…

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Films

Magic Beach

Magic Beach

Australia

Magic Beach

After reading the iconic book by Alison Lester, nine children (and one dog) find themselves on the titular Magic Beach. They explore caves, build giant…

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