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.
Memoir of a Snail won the top prize at the prestigious Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2024 and Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival 2024.
This special preview screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A with acclaimed writer-director Adam Elliot (Mary and Max, Harvie Krumpet) hosted by Melvyn Ternan, Senior Lecturer in Animation at Sheffield Hallam University.
