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Thursday 4 March - Wednesday 10 March 2010
Mount Waverley never looked so cool
Mary and Max
Step inside the marvellous miniature world of Mary and Max
Technically, the works that Melbourne-based animator Adam Elliot creates are what you'd call stop-motion or claymation films. But, according to Adam, they're really 'clayographies' - that is, they're clay-animated biographies. Winner of the 2004 Academy Award for Best Short Animation (for Harvie Krumpet), Adam has co-curated a special exhibition that goes behind the scenes of Mary and Max, his first feature-length 'clayography'. Mary and Max: The Exhibition is a fascinating and ultimately beautiful showcase of character models, hand-drawn storyboards, meticulously crafted miniature props and footage of Adam and his talented team of animators at work. Spanning 20 years and two continents, Mary and Max tells the story of a pen-pal relationship between two very different people: Mary Dinkle, a lonely 8-year-old girl living in suburban Melbourne (Mount Waverley to be exact), and Max Horowitz, an obese 44-year-old Jewish man with Asperger's Syndrome living in New York City. After five years and countless painstaking hours of hard yakka, Adam was rewarded for his efforts when Mary and Max premiered as the opening night film at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival - the first ever animated film to do so. The exhibition is open daily from 10am to 6pm, and is a chance to see, as Adam says, "all the things that have been pouring out of my head for years".
Win! For your chance to win an exclusive photographic print from Mary and Max signed by Adam Elliot, enter our Mary and Max: Create a Character Competition. Simply create your own plasticine character, photograph it and send it in to our online gallery. The entry that most captures our judges' imagination scores the prize! Click here for more details.
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Go behind-the-scenes of the marvellous miniature world of Adam Elliot's Mary and Max. more
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Sharon felt bad for John when he lost his swimsuit
Hadewijch
Thu 4 Mar - Sun 7 Mar
Audacious and gripping, Hadewijch is contemporary European cinema at its finest. more
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If looks could kill
Ricky
Must end Wed 10 Mar
Ozon's handsomely crafted take on the modern family, with a surprising magic realist twist. more
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An icon of American counter-culture. The art and film that defined a generation. more
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Film, TV & Digital Culture
Screen Worlds
Free and open daily from 10am-6pm
Screen Worlds tells the story of the moving image through a spectacular array of innovative exhibits and interactive experiences. more
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Molls are not welcome
Puberty Blues
Sat 6 Mar 4pm & Sat 13 Mar 4pm
The 'glassy walls' become 'glass ceilings' in this coming-of-age beach drama. more
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Cult shock auteur John Waters' notorious 'ultimate trash masterpiece' from 1972, starring Divine. more
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More than any other fashion designer today, Jean Paul Gaultier continues to draw inspiration from the world of movies. more
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Red Hot Shorts is thrilled to be working with the 2012 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. more
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To win 1 of 5 double passes to Bruce Beresford's iconic Puberty Blues screening on Sat 13 Mar at 4pm in Australian Perspectives, email giveaways and tell us about your puberty blues. |
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Need more inspiration before you enter our Mary & Max online competition? Check out some other claymation flicks.
Top Five Film Picks
1. Harvie Krumpet 2. Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave 3. A Gumby Adventure 4. Chicken Run 5. Aardman Classics
Check out these films at the Australian Mediatheque. It's open every day, and it's free.
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If you hate Thursdays because you've got an Overeaters Anonymous meeting, do like Max does and treat yourself to a gooey chocolate hotdog, available at the ACMI Lounge from next week. "And 36 chocolate hotdogs later."
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From badges ($3), DVDs ($39.95), T-shirts ($40) and CD soundtracks ($25) to gorgeous film stills personally signed by Adam Elliot ($50), we've got all your Mary and Max needs covered!
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"Thought-provoking, troubling, and inevitably frightening" is how film critic Michael Koresky describes French provocateur Bruno Dumont's latest offering Hadewijch. Newcomer Julie Sokolowski puts in a star turn as a young woman grappling with notions of faith, mysticism and religious fundamentalism. The film wowed audiences at the Toronto, New York and London Film Festivals and this weekend comes to ACMI in an exclusive First Look season. Click here to watch the trailer.
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