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Zero Used As Teaching Aid In Schools

3. April 2013

Mary Dodd and Kim Bhogal Teachers at Fallingbrook Middle School in Mississauga Canada, used Zero to educate their grade six class in 'Social Justice' issues. Their students were asked to create artworks accompanied by a written assignment exploring the themes presented in the film. Continue reading to see the wonderful images created by the students and an excerpt from one of their written works.

Translate Zero Into Your Language

20. September 2012

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Thanks to the wonderful support of our fans, Zero has had subtitles translated into over 34 different languages. We’re now embarking on a much bigger quest; to re-dub the narration in Zero into as many languages as possible. If you’re an aspiring or professional voice over artist and are interested in sharing your talent with this project, click here for more information.

Zero Sweeps Three Awards at the Sandfly Film Festival!

12. November 2011

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We're super excited to announce that Zero picked up three awards at the Sandfly Film Festival! These include Best Animation, Best Australian Short and Best at Sandfly! Many thanks to the judges for recognising our 'little film that could' and to the organisers for running such a wonderful festival!

Matt Groening Comments on Zero

21. October 2011

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We are very excited to report that Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons and Futurama has watched and shared his thoughts on Zero. Click below to read his review.

Zero Wins Bronze Award at the Shorts Film Festival

17. April 2011

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We're very happy to announce that Zero has won the Bronze Award at the Shorts Film Festival in Adelaide. The prize sponsored by Bestfx+Boom Sound is one day (10 hours) final mix in a ‘Boom Sound’ Dolby 6.1 approved mixing theatre and one week of Pro-tools sound edit suite hire at Bestfx (with access to the massive FX library), to the combined value of $6,500. Many thanks to the Shorts Film festival for offering their finalists such wonderful prizes. It's refreshing to see smaller festivals eclipse some of the bigger international festivals when it comes to rewarding the winners.

Season’s Greetings from team Zero

21. December 2010

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Thanks to everyone who supported Zero in 2010 and for joining us on this amazing journey. As a small token of our appreciation, we made this little card for you. Have a happy and safe 2011!

Zero Wins Best Animation at the Grand OFF Awards

29. November 2010

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What an exciting weekend its been for Zero. On Saturday night we picked up a couple of awards at the Bondi Short Film Festival, then at the same time Zero wins Best Animation at the "Grand OFF" - World of Independent Film Awards in Poland. Zero was amongst the final 6 nominated films in the Animation category, selected out of 895 shorts submitted this year. The Grand OFF awards are the most important event promoting independent cinema in Poland and one of the most significant initiatives of its kind all over the world.

Zero wins Best Script and Best Design at Bondi Short Film Festival

28. November 2010

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Director Christopher Kezelos and Producer Christine Kezelos Last night we attended the Bondi Short Film Festival where Zero picked up two awards; Best Script and Best Design! Now in it’s 10th year, the festival took place at the Bondi Pavillion in Sydney where it screened 14 amazing films. Thanks again to everyone involved in the production for helping Zero receive the success it has this year.

Zero Wins ‘Best Short Film’ at Naples International Film Festival

9. November 2010

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We're very happy to announce that Zero has won 'Best Short Film' at the Naples International Film Festival. This signature film event in Southwest Florida ran from the 4th – 7th November 2010 and contained a program full of panels, Q&A sessions and special events. Many thanks to the judges who recognised our film and audience members who have given us wonderful feedback.

Zero Nominated for Australian Screen Sound Award

26. October 2010

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Earlier this month Zero's Composer Kyls Burtland was nominated for an APRA Screen Music Award, now the film's Sound Designer Brendan O'Brien gets a nod by being nominated for an Australian Screen Sound Award. This is the second acknowledgement Brendan has received for his work on Zero having won Best Achievement in Sound at Flickerfest back in January.