MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
ANIMATION | ENGLISH | 94 MIN
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 continued 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, hilarious chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life.
DIRECTOR Adam Elliot
CAST Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Eric Bana, Nick Cave
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Australia
with the support of the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery
★★★★
“Adam Elliot’s stop-motion animation is brilliantly bleak”
— The Observer
★★★★★
”Brimming with endless heart and character, Memoir of a Snail is easily one of
the most remarkable films released in some time”
— The Upcoming
★★★★
“Weird and wonky in the best way, this is a compelling character study that
makes its joys, however fleeting, feel truly earned”
— Empire Magazine
★★★★
“tells a deeply human story about a hard-won route to happiness - with all the pain
and missteps that go with it”
— Time Out
★★★★
“Memoir of a Snail is Elliot’s most ambitious project yet”
— The Times
★★★★
”charming, poignant tale of troubled twins”
— The Guardian
AWARDS + FESTIVALS
BFI London Film Festival
Winner: Best Film
Golden Globes
Nominee: Best Motion Picture, Animated
97th Academy Awards®
Nominee: Best Animated Feature
Annecy International Animation Festival
Winner: Cristal for a Feature Film
Critics Choice Awards
Nominee: Best Animated Feature
Leeds International Film Festival
Audience Award