Made by five animators over a period of twelve years, Saving Sally is a story of unrequited love and monsters both real and metaphorical. Told through a mixture of animation, live action actors and painted backgrounds, Avid Liongoren’s film recounts the story of Marty, an aspiring comic-book artist who is secretly in love with his best friend, Sally, an inventor of gadgets. Like every love story, there are complications: Sally has monsters for parents and already has an awful boyfriend. Meanwhile, geeky Marty has the innate ability to do nothing about everything despite his vivid fantasies of defending the love of his life from the big bad world.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
