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, 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.
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.
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.