ZUMEFF 2021 AWARD WINNER – ANIMATION

The Quiet (Australia)

Synopsis

When an astronaut ponders on the quietude of space, he comes upon a startling self-realisation.  The truth is written in the stars, but what will he uncover?

About the filmmaker

Radheya Jegatheva is an Oscar qualified and AACTA nominated filmmaker based in Perth, Australia and born in Johor, Malaysia to parents of South Korean, Japanese, Indian and Malaysian ancestry. He is a Bachelor of Commerce and Arts graduate from Curtin University (2021) in Western Australia. Radheya’s films have been selected to 26 Academy Award Qualifying Festivals. His 2019 film, The Quiet was Oscar qualified, and his 2017 film iRony was nominated for an Australian Academy of Cinema & TV Arts (AACTA) Award.  Radheya’s films which collectively have more than 1,000 official selections and 400 awards worldwide have been played in all the worlds 7 continents including Antarctica at the Davis Research Station.