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International Competition · 45th Edition

Memoir of a Snail

MEMOIR OF A SNAIL

Director

Adam Elliot

Country

Australia

Language

English

Synopsis

In 1970s Australia, Gilbert and Grace's lives are struck by several blows of fate that separate them, with each living in a different home and family. Tragic moments dominate their lives until a glimmer of hope appears through an elderly, eccentric woman named Pinky.

Cast

Sarah Snook, Eric Bana, Jacki Weaver, Kodi Smit-Mcphee, Dominique Pinon

Screenplay

Adam Elliot

Producers

LIZ KEARNEY & ADAM ELLIOT

About the Director

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.

Screenings

Fri 15 Nov · 15:00 – 16:35 Opera House - Grand Hall
Sat 16 Nov · 16:00 – 17:35 Zamalek Cinema 1
Fri 22 Nov · 13:00 – 14:35 Vox – Mall Masr (2)