
Event Description
DIRECTOR: Adam Elliot
WITH THE VOICES OF: Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jacki Weaver
AUSTRALIA, 2024,
1 HOURS 34 MINUTES,
ENGLISH
Oscar-winning director Adam Elliot’s distinctive stop-motion animation style is perfect for conveying the sweet pathos of the outsider.
In 1970s Australia, closeknit twins Grace and Gilbert are separated to opposite end of the continent while still children. Grace moves in with an affluent ‘swinger’ couple, while Gilbert, whose ambition is to be a fire eater, is fostered by members of a cult. Grace’s life changes when she meets a colourful, eccentric old lady called Pinky who has ‘done it all’ – from making love to John Denver to playing ping pong with Fidel Castro.
Witty, inventive but intensely full of feeling – as well as snail-obsessed – this is an animation gem.
“He makes mainstream animation look a bit neurotypical.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
Best Film Award, BFI London Film Festival 2024
Show Times
*Film starts at advertised time*
Friday 7th March at 4.15pm – FORUM
Sunday 9th March at 4.30pm – STUDIO ONE