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Emma Hough Hobbs

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Emma Hough Hobbs
Occupations
  • Filmmaker
  • animator
  • production designer
Known forLesbian Space Princess

Emma Hough Hobbs is an Australian animator, filmmaker, and production designer based in Adelaide, South Australia. They are best known for co-writing and co-directing the 2025 animated comedy feature Lesbian Space Princess, which won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

Education

Hough Hobbs completed their studies at Flinders University in 2017 with the Chancellor’s Letter of Commendation.[2][3] The following year, the Fleurieu Film Festival named them among its young inspiring directors [4]

Career

Hough Hobbs works across animation, live-action filmmaking and production design. Their short film On Film, made under the inaugural Hanlon-Larsen Fellowship, screened at SXSW Sydney in 2023 and won Best Animation at the South Australian Screen Awards.[5][6]

As a props master, Hough Hobbs has worked on feature films including Gold and Talk to Me.[7]

Lesbian Space Princess

Lesbian Space Princess is an animated comedy feature co-written and co-directed by Hough Hobbs with Leela Varghese, and produced by Tom Phillips (We Made a Thing Studios).[6] It is the first feature-length animated film produced in South Australia and was one of three Australian features selected for the 2025 Berlinale.[8][1]

The film premiered at the Berlinale in February 2025, where it won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film and placed second in the Panorama Audience Award.[5] It subsequently received seven nominations at the 2025 AACTA Awards, including Best Film.[5]

Recognition

In 2025, Hough Hobbs was a nominee for the Elle Australia Next Gen Award, and was nominated for the Frank Ford Memorial Young Achiever Award at the Ruby Awards.[5][7][9]

Personal life

Hough Hobbs is queer and uses the pronouns she/they.[10]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2023 On Film Director, writer Short film
2025 Lesbian Space Princess Co-director, co-writer With Leela Varghese

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2020 Hanlon Larsen Screen Fellowship ‘Film On Film‘ (Working title)Won
2023 South Australian Screen Awards Best Animation On FilmWon
2024 Adelaide Film Festival Audience Award for Feature Fiction[11] Lesbian Space PrincessWon
2025 Berlin International Film Festival Teddy Award for Best Feature Film Lesbian Space PrincessWon
2025 Berlin International Film Festival Panorama Audience Award Lesbian Space Princess 2nd place
2025 AACTA Awards Best Film Lesbian Space PrincessNominated
2025 Elle Australia Next Gen Award —Nominated
2025 Ruby Awards Frank Ford Memorial Young Achiever Award —Nominated

References

  1. "South Australian animated feature Lesbian Space Princess wins at Berlinale". Ausfilm. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  2. "Young filmmaker's light vision catches judges' votes". News. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  3. "Students' screen skills on show for OzAsia". News. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  4. "Emma Hough Hobbs". _it's coming straight for us. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  5. "Emma Hough Hobbs". AACTA Festival. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  6. Magazine, Irresistible (29 May 2025). "Behind the Screens: Interview with Lesbian Space Princess Filmmakers Emma Hough Hobbs And Leela Varghese". Irresistible Magazine. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  7. "Our Judges". Underdog Film Festival. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  8. Ford, Lily (13 February 2025). "Berlin Hidden Gem: 'Lesbian Space Princess' Tells a Tale of "Inter-Gay-Lactic" Self-Discovery". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  9. Team, ELLE (31 August 2025). "Introducing The ELLE Next Gen Award Nominees For 2025". ELLE. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  10. "September '24 Moving Image Program". Adelaide Festival Centre. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  11. Team, The IF (24 April 2026). "IF Rising Talent 2026: Directors - IF Magazine". IF Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 April 2026. Retrieved 15 May 2026.