First Trailer for Adam Elliot’s New Stop-Motion Film ‘Memoir of a Snail’

First Trailer for Adam Elliot’s New Stop-Motion Film ‘Memoir of a Snail’

by Alex Billington
June 10, 2024
Source: YouTube

“Life isn’t about looking backwards, Gracie, it’s about living forwards.” Madman Films in Australia has unveiled the first trailer for the stop-motion animated film Memoir of a Snail, the latest creation from Australian animation filmmaker Adam Elliot. He won an Oscar in 2004 for his short Harvie Krumpet, but he is best known for his exceptional stop-motion film Mary and Max, which premiered at Sundance 2009. He’s back again 15 years later with his second feature, which is premiering at the 2024 Annecy Film Festival before screening at the Melbourne Film Festival soon, too. A bittersweet memoir of a melancholic woman called Grace Pudel – a hoarder of snails, romance novels, and guinea-pigs. Set in 1970s Australia, Grace’s life is troubled by misfortune & loss. After their mom dies during pregnancy, she and her twin brother, Gilbert, are raised by their paraplegic-alcoholic former juggler father, Percy. Despite a life filled with love, tragedy strikes when Percy passes away in his sleep. The siblings are separated and thrust into different homes to grow up. With voices of Jacki Weaver, Eric Bana, Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Dominique Pinon, Magda Szubanski, with Nick Cave. Looks like another wonderfully unique stop-motion creation.

Here’s the first international trailer (+ poster) for Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail, direct from YouTube:

Original intro from Annecy: “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 the 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 is written and directed by Australian animator / filmmaker Adam Elliot, director of the film Mary and Max previously, plus many other short films including Harvie Krumpet (which won the Oscar). Produced by Liz Kearney and Adam Elliot. This is premiering at the 2024 Annecy Film Festival in France this month. It will open in Australia in October later this year. No US release is confirmed yet – stay tuned. First impression? Looks good so far?

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