Running for 23 minutes, Harvie Krumpet marked Elliot’s slow venture into color and the establishment of much more complex, longer and dynamic plot structures. While still utilizing the use of a narrator to drive the story, his animation became more dynamic and the story lines more complex.

This film was made back at his father’s storage facility and was the first time Elliot had substantial assistance from a full time producer, Melanie Coombs, and two model making assistants, Michael Bazeley and Sophie Raymond. He also utilized the mentoring skills of Darren Burgess, an experienced animator from Adelaide.

The film took over a year to shoot on a modified Super 16mm Bolex and was the first time Adam utilized new digital software that assisted in the viewing of captured frames. On average Elliot shot between five and ten seconds of footage per day.

The budget to the film was $380,000 AUD; it was narrated by the Academy Award winning actor Geoffrey Rush with character voices by Kamahl, John Flaus and Julie Forsythe.

In 2004 the short film won an Academy Award for Best Short Animation and has played at over 100 film festivals and won over 40 major awards. In 2005 it was named as one of the top 100 animated films of all time by the board of the world’s largest animation festival in Annecy, France.

Via Wikipedia