Harvie Krumpet

"Harvie Krumpet" (2003) is an Australian animated short you can watch online on iFILM. Director Adam Elliot packs a man's entire life into 22 minutes: Tourette's Syndrome, a run of punishing bad luck, menial jobs, a nudist phase, and a notebook of "fakts" he keeps around his neck. Geoffrey Rush narrates.

The claymation is deliberately rough — handmade figures with visible fingerprints, which gives the film a warmth no smooth rendering could replicate. It took the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2004. Odd, funny, and quietly affecting. Watch "Harvie Krumpet" online on iFILM.