'' Mary and Max '' is a 2009 Australian stop motion animated comedy-drama film written and directed by Adam Elliot as his first animated feature film with music by Dale Cornelius and produced by Melanie Coombs and Melodrama Pictures . The voice cast included Philip Seymour Hoffman , Toni Collette , Eric Bana and Bethany Whitmore , with narration by Barry Humphries . The film premiered on the opening night of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival on January 15 , 2009 . The film won the Annecy Cristal in June 2009 from the Annecy International Animated Film Festival , and Best Animated Feature Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in November 2009 . The film was theatrically released on April 9 , 2009 by Icon Entertainment International . '' Mary and Max '' received acclaim from critics and it earned US$ 1.7 million on an $ 8.2 million AUD budget
2009 Sundance Film Festival
2009 Sundance Film Festival
Mary and Max