MEET THE FILMMAKER: Friday October 4, 6.30pm. Join filmmaker Adam Elliot for a post-film Q&A discussing all things stop-motion animation and his new Melbourne-set story.

From Academy Award®-winning animation writer and director Adam Elliot (Mary and Max), MEMOIR OF A SNAIL is a poignant, heartfelt and hilarious chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life.

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.

Featuring the voice talents of Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jacki Weaver, Eric Bana, Magda Szubanski, Tony Armstrong and Nick Cave.