For Melanie Coombs, producer of 'Mary and Max' and Oscar-winning short 'Harvie Krumpet', stop-motion animation has a magical quality - at once real, but not real - that touches audiences profoundly.
Adam Elliot has toured Ernie Biscuit, his latest stop-motion short, to 70 festivals, and he's exhausted.
Henry Selick's Coraline and Australian Adam Elliot's Mary and Max shared the best feature award
Eric Bana is in an astounding five films this year including his return to comedy with Funny People, and his own directorial debut Love the Beast
Three Australian features have been accepted into the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June
Mary and Max took a further $108,500 over its fourth weekend, while Closed for Winter looks set to close this week
Mary and Max has been selected for the prestigious Annecy festival this year.
Mary and Max is now the biggest Australian film of the year at the box office, while Closed for Winter had a lucklustre