Members-Only 2025 Academy Awards®-Nominated Screening Series—Memoir of a Snail and Conversation with Adam Elliot, moderated by Guillermo del Toro

LACMA members are invited to join FILM at LACMA for a special screening of Memoir of a Snail, followed by a conversation with writer, director, and producer Adam Elliot, moderated by Guillermo del Toro.

IFC Films presents Memoir of a Snail—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 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.

Memoir of a Snail received an Academy Award Nomination for best Animated Feature.

Watch the official trailer.

You will receive a link to view the film on the event date.

This screening is hosted by Slipstream, a LACMA-approved third-party screening platform. If you have not previously registered with Slipstream, you will be asked to provide a valid email address and set a password to create an account.