Academy Award winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) has joined an all-star line-up of Australian talent in lending his exceptional talent to voice the role of Max in the new claymation feature Mary and Max.
Mary and Max producer Melanie Coombs revealed to Fringe delegates she set personal rules for the production of the stop motion film in order to quickly solve problems during the massive 57 week shoot.
Mary and Max, the animated feature by the Oscar-winning team of writer/director Adam Elliot and producer Melanie Coombs has been selected to open the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
The 2009 Sundance Film Festival will feature six Australian screen productions including four shorts and an installation piece. The festival opens January 15 with the previously announced Australian feature, Mary and Max.
Mary and Max will screen alongside five Australian shorts at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival in February.
Mary and Max, the debut feature film from Adam Elliot, Academy Award winning Director of short Harvie Crumpet, has been selected to screen at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival.
Adam Elliot's long-awaited debut feature Mary and Max has screened and the first reviews are in, with critics describing it as a high-end claymation drama with strong doses of humor and quirkiness.
A slew of Australian films due for release in coming months have started various forms of marketing online