An 8-minute rocket ride with zero chill and infinite heart.
Jarli is an adventurous Australian Aboriginal girl with dreams of heading to space. Jarli's first two ingenious attempts to fly into the stratosphere result in grounded aircraft, however, all is not lost.
Direction
Murray & Rippingale pack feature-film heart into eight minutes.
Practical Effects
Hand-crafted stop-motion with gorgeous Outback textures.
Director
Chantelle Murray
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jarli represents a growing wave of Indigenous-led animation centering Aboriginal characters in futuristic narratives rather than historical trauma.
Director Chantelle Murray comes from a Darug family, and the film was produced through the Australian Film Television and Radio School's Indigenous program.
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