The Boat

Standout Features:

• Exciting animation
• Enthralling sound design
• Custom typography

“The Boat” is an innovative gem of the so-called 9th art merged with masterful custom web design. It’s an interactive graphic novel based on the acclaimed short story by Nam Le of a 16-year-old Mai, sent alone by her parents on a boat after the Fall of Saigon.

The project helmed by SBS Online and SBS Australia was launched in recognition of the 40th anniversary of the fall of the capital and 40 years of South Vietnamese resettlement in Australia.

Nam Le’s 49-page short story was adapted into an interactive story with 222 hand-painted illustrations, 59 animated sequences, 11 photos, and one video, all painstakingly crafted by the artist and designer Matt Huynh.