Memoir of a Snail (Manipulate Festival)

Name: Memoir of a Snail (Manipulate Festival)
Genre: Animation
Released: 2026-02-07
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Cast: Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jacki Weaver

Screening as part of <a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/manipulate-festival">Manipulate Festival 2026</a>. Memoir Of A Snail is Academy Award® winning animation auteur, Adam Elliot's, second feature length clayography film. A love letter to misfits with an all star cast including Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-Mcphee, Jacki Weaver and a memorable guest appearance by Nick Cave. 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.AnimationPT1H34M152026-02-07

Sarah Snook

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Jacki Weaver

Adam Elliot

Liz Kearney

Memoir of a Snail (Manipulate Festival)"Memoir of a Snail (Manipulate Festival)"

Showtimes

February 7, 8:00 pm