How a Qld student put himself (and his mum) in the middle of the Oscars party

Animator Lachlan Pendragon with one of his animated characters, in his mother's living room. Photo: Supplied

When the pandemic took hold, Lachlan Pendragon took over his mother’s living room and transformed it into a makeshift studio for his studies and animation dreams.

Little did either of them know the short film he created from that time would be up for the one of the industry’s most prestigious honours, nominated for an Academy Award in the Short Film (Animated) category only a couple of years later.