Memoir of a Snail

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 including, Memoir of a Snail, Mary and Max, Harvie Krumpet, Ernie Biscuit, Brother, Cousin and Uncle. They have been voiced by some of the world’s leading actors, including, Sarah Snook, Jacki Weaver, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Geoffrey Rush, Barry Humphries, Eric
Bana and Toni Collette. Viewed by millions of people around the world his works have participated in over a thousand film festivals and won over 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. Popular on Netflix the film is currently being developed into a Broadway Musical, and to date there have been six stage adaptations produced in Europe. His films are taught in schools and universities here and abroad 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 Honoury 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.

The bittersweet story of Grace Pudel, a lonely misfit who shares her life with a garden snail named Sylvia. Separated from her fiery twin brother Gilbert at a young age, Grace spirals into anxiety and isolation. Yet hope flickers when she befriends Pinky, an eccentric elder full of grit and life. Heartfelt, hilarious chronicle captures an outsider’s journey to find confidence and silver linings amid life's beautiful clutter.