On a stage in Hollywood last month, while announcing this year’s Oscar nominees, the British actor Riz Ahmed briefly paused before reading aloud the title of a film up for best animated short. “My Year of Dicks,” he said, to laughter and cheers, before reading out the best possible follow-up: “An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It.” Even more laughter. “No comment,” co-host Allison Williams said.
Far across the world, in his home in Brisbane, the 26-year-old student behind that excellently named film, with an equally excellent name – Lachlan Pendragon – began to laugh too.
