Annecy Film Festival
Adam Elliot’s claymation drama, voiced by Sarah Snook, took the top prize at the international animation film festival.
Adam Elliot’s Aussie feature Memoir of a Snail won the Cristal award for best feature film at the 2024 Annecy Film Festival, the world’s leading animation fest.
The dramedy, about a lonely, snail-obsessed hoarder, voiced by Succession star Sarah Snook, recounts her life story to one of her beloved gastropods.
It is Elliot’s first feature since 2009’s Mary and Max, which also won the top honor at Annecy.
An impressive group of Australian A-listers, including Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jacki Weaver, Eric Bana and Nick Cave provide supporting voice work.
IFC Films picked up North American rights to Memoir of a Snailahead of the festival.
Isabel Herguera’s Sultana’s Dream, which had world premiere in competition at the San Sebastian Film Fest last year, won the Grand Prix honor in Annecy’s Contrechamp section.
The jury award went to Living Large, the stop-action feature debut from Czech director Kristina Dufková.
The City of Annecy award went to Italian director Margherita Giusti for her short “The Meatseller,” which follows a young Nigerian woman on a harrowing journey to Italy as she pursues her dream of following in her mother’s footsteps and becoming a meat seller.
The awards, handed out in Annecy Saturday night, closed the 2024 French festival after a week that confirmed its position as the leading event on the international animation calendar.
