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Uncle

Adam Elliot | Australia | 1996 | 7 min

Uncle is the first part of Elliot’s trilogy about strange relatives. The film is a short bitter comedy about an ageing man who is not able to enjoy the little things in life. The author focuses on various details of his uncle’s life and, despite exaggeration and irony, uses them to authentically portray his personality and character.

Cousin

Adam Elliot | Australia | 1998 | 5 min

The middle film of Elliot’s trilogy, Cousin, picks up the threads of the first film both visually and by means of expressions. Only this time, Elliot focuses on his cousin who is a bit older than him. Once again, the author gave a true picture of the details and situation typical for his cousin and thus created a captivating and slightly sad story.

Brother

Adam Elliot | Australia | 1999 | 8 min

Brother concludes Elliot’s family trilogy about strange relatives and their peculiarities. Although the film is minimalistic in expression, its running time is almost twice as long as the previous ones and its story laced with cynicism is equally as captivating. In Brother, the author uses original claymation to explore his relation with his older brother.

Harvie Krumpet

Adam Elliot | Australia | 2003 | 23 min

The Academy Award winning biographical drama tells the story of yet another oddball from Elliot’s collection of clay anti-heroes. His challenging life takes the somewhat simple-minded Harvie Krumpet from Poland all the way to Australia. He brings along his collection of numbered “fakts” from his schizophrenic mother and, despite all the difficulties and obstacles he faces, Harvie doesn’t lose his will to live.

Ernie Biscuit

Adam Elliot | Australia | 2015 | 20 min

Another original claymation film by the famous author of the Academy Award winning feature film Mary and Max. Adam Elliot once again uses black humour, hyperbole and irony to focus on an outsider. This time, the hero is a hearing-impaired Parisian taxidermist who moves abroad to start a new life. But nothing turns out the way he pictured it...

Fireside with Adam Elliot

90 min

Join us for an intimate fireside chat with Academy Award-winning filmmaker, Adam Elliot. Get to know the inner workings of this unique Australian filmmaker and his animated films which he calls, Clayographies – clay animated biographies based on the bittersweet lives of his family and friends. Extremely funny and engaging, Adam’s anecdotes have entertained audiences around the world both on and off screen. This intimate chat with Adam is destined to be one of the funniest sessions with an animator you will ever encounter.