• Inspired by historical events, this emerging visualisation technologies project tells the story of a young woman escaping communist Vietnam on a boat.

    Accompanied by her brothers and a family heirloom, she makes her way to Australia to find hope and build a new future for her family.

    This docu-drama uses real-time animation (Unreal Engine) combined with style transfer technology (Ebsynth) to create a narrative driven short film in the style of Vietnamese silk painting.

Inspired by historical events, 'Sea of Freedom' tells the story of a young woman escaping communist Vietnam on a boat. Accompanied by her brothers and a family heirloom, she makes her way to Australia to find hope and build a new future for her family. This docu-drama uses real-time animation (Unreal Engine) combined with style transfer technology (Ebsynth) to create a narrative driven short film in the style of Vietnamese silk painting.

Sea of Freedom

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Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.