Memoir of a Snail

Memoir of a Snail

TIFF65: Greek Premiere

Grace Pudel is a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love for books. At a young age, when Grace is separated from her fire-breathing twin brother, Gilbert, she falls into a spiral of anxiety and angst. Despite a continuous series of hardships, inspiration and hope emerge when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman named Pinky, who is full of grit and lust for life. From Academy Award-winning animation writer and director Adam Elliot, Memoir of a Snail is a poignant, heartfelt, and hilarious chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life.

Screening Schedule

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Direction: Adam Elliot
Script: Adam Elliot
Cinematography: Gerald Thompson
Editing: Bill Murphy
Sound: David Williams
Music: Elena Kats-Chernin
Actors: With the voices of: Sarah Snook, Eric Bana, Jacki Weaver, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Dominique Pinon, Magda Szubanski, Tony Armstrong, Paul Capsis, Bernie Clifford, Davey Thompson, Charlotte Belsey, Mason Litsos, Nick Cave
Production: Arena Media, Screen Australia
Producers: Liz Kearney, Adam Eliott
Executive producer: Robert Connolly, Robert Patterson, Sébastien Raybaud, Louis Balsan, Grace Adams, Carole Baraton, Johann Comte, Jean-Félix Dealberto, Pierre Mazars, Ricci Swart, Tony King, Paul Wiegard, Roger Savage, Michael Agar, Ester Harding, Shaun Miller
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Australia
Production Year: 2024
Duration: 95'
Contact: Charades
Awards/Distinctions: Best Feature Film – Annecy IAFF 2024

Animation

Adam Elliot

Adam Elliot is an Academy Award-winning independent animator and visual artist based in Melbourne, Australia. His animated films and imagery are what he calls "Clayographies", clay-animated biographies based on the bittersweet lives of his family and friends. He has created seven animated films, viewed by millions of people around the world. His works have participated in over a thousand film festivals and won more than 100 awards, including the 2004 Academy Award for Harvie Krumpet. They have won six AFI/AACTA Awards from nine nominations, more AFI/ AACTA Awards than any other Australian director. His first feature film, Mary and Max, had its world premiere on the opening night of Robert Redford’s Sundance Film Festival, and in 2010 it was included in IMDB’s Top 250 Films of all time. His films are taught in schools and universities all over the world and he has had multiple retrospectives including exhibitions in Paris, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Spain and Singapore, with more to follow. In 1999 he was the Young Achiever of the Year for Victoria and is an Honourary Councillor for the Australian Film Institute. He is the Official Patron for The Film Critics Circle of Australia and Patron for The Victorian Day Council. He is a voting member for the Annual Academy Awards and in 2017 was appointed an Adjunct Professorship at Swinburne University and RMIT University. Apart from his film work, he loves to draw and is having a solo exhibition in late October 2024.

Filmography

1996 Uncle (short)
1999 Cousin (short)
2000 Brother (short)
2003 Harvie Krumpet (short)
2009 Mary and Max
2015 Ernie Biscuit (short)
2024 Memoir of a Snail