Re-enchantment

The Hidden Meanings of Fairy Tales

Presented as an interactive multi-platform documentary project exploring why fairy stories continue to enchant, entertain, fascinate and horrify contemporary adult audiences.

Re-enchantment features a series of 10 x 3-minute animated documentaries (interstitials), which explore the themes at work in fairy tales. Each episode offers a rich visual design and presents a new way of thinking about these familiar and much loved stories.

Relevant secondary curriculum areas include: English Literature, Creative and Studio Arts, Media and Film Studies, Psychology. At tertiary level: Women's Studies, Cultural Theory.

It is part of a multi-platform project and is designed as a companion to the interactive documentary, which can be viewed in English-speaking countries at www.abc.net.au/re-enchantment