Festivals

Winner, Melbourne International Animation Festival, Best Australian Film Award, 2026.

Winner, Canberra Short Film Festival, Best Animation Film Award, 2025.

Finalist, Queer Screens Mardi Gras Film Festival, 2026.
Semi-Finalist, Flickers’ Rhode International Film Festival, 2025.

Official Selection, St Kilda Film Festival, World/Australia/Victoria Premiere, 2025.

Official Selection, Out On Film Festival, International/United States Premiere, 2025.

Official Selection, Austin Film Festival, Texas Premiere, 2025.

Official Selection, Canberra Short Film Festival, Australian Capital Territory Premiere, 2025.

Official Selection, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, 2025.

Official Selection, Queer Screens Mardi Gras Film Festival, Sydney Premiere, 2026.

Official Selection, Melbourne International Animation Festival, 2026.

Official Selection, Revelation Perth International Film Festival, Western Australia Premiere, 2026.

Awards
Winner, Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) NSW, 'Art, Innovation and Specialised Cinematography Silver Award’, 2025.

Winner, Australian Production Design Guild (APDG), ‘Production Design or Costume Design for a Short Film Award’, 2025.

Winner, Global Entertainment Awards, Best Motion Poster Asia Pacific Cinema Award, 2026.

ARACOURT - If/When (Stop-motion Short film) - Art Trainee

2024 | In Production and Crowd Funding | Medium - Cardboard and paper crafting, model making and prop making, Autodesk sketchbook

Cast & Crew - @Instagram (as of 01/01/2024):
Director: Courtney Westbrook @courtneywestbrookofficial
Writer: Richie Black @richienoir
Voice & Movement Actor: Tal Hymans (Ollie) @talhymans
Voice & Movement Actor: Almitra Mavalvala (Az) @almitra_m
Executive Producer: Courtney Westbrook
Animation Producer: Chris Shapones (Knuckles Animation) @knucklesanimation
Producer: Anna Dvorak @anna__dvorak
Producer: Jasmine Hair @jasminehairfilm
Associate Producer: Emma Vranjes @emma_vranjes
Assistant Director: Bianca Sappey @biancasappey
Cinematographer: Kate Cornish @screenkate
Production Designer, and Animator: Ara Nuri Steel (ARACOURT Studio) @aranuri @aranuristeel
Production Designer, and Animator: Courtney Westbrook (ARACOURT Studio)
Animator: Susie Shapones (Knuckles Animation) @knucklesanimation
Composer, Sound Designer, and Screen Recordist: Chrysoulla Markoulli @chrysoullacomposer
Editor: Julia Sniatynskyj @khotsdots.art
Director Mentor: Isabella Andronos @isabellaandronos
Director Trainee: Anya Vallentin @lasagnevallentin
Camera Trainee: Mia Schirmer @miaschirmer
Camera Trainee: Meredith Williams @meremeth
Art Trainee: Alexandra Olguin @alexandra_designz
Art Trainee: Jacqueline Chapman @jm.chapmanillustration.art
Art Trainee: Amira Stanbouli @amira_stanbouli
Art Trainee: Salome Lines-Morison @salomelm
Art Trainee: Serena Hor @renthebuilder
Sound Trainee: Atlas Donnelly @atlasxdesigns

Story Summary -

Created by the award-winning studios Aracourt Studio, in collaboration on with Knuckles Animation, 'If/When' is a surreal, time-bending exploration of love, fate, and what it means to hold onto our loved ones, if and when we can. In a world where time is anything but linear, lonely traveller Ollie Quatch glimpses a future without Az— the one person who makes them feel grounded. Defying fate, they risk everything to hold onto love in their unpredictable journey, questioning whether connection can truly withstand the chaos of life—when time itself refuses to stay still.