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Memoir of a Snail

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 7:00pm

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Adam Elliot’s tragicomedy recounts the misfortunes of a misfit named Grace who becomes obsessed with snails. After she is separated from her twin brother Gilbert, traumatic events and failed relationships compound and lead to a myriad of mental health conditions including hoarding, kleptomania, and depression. To cope, a melancholic Grace becomes an ardent collector of romance novels and guinea pigs. Eventually her loneliness is alleviated by an unlikely but sweet friendship with an eccentric elderly woman named Pinky, whose lust for life offers Grace a glimmer of inspiration and hope. 

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Sponsored by the UBC Institute of Mental Health  and the UBC Department of Psychiatry in conjunction with The Cinematheque.

Frames of Mind is a monthly film event utilizing film and  video to promote professional and community education on issues pertaining  to mental health and illness.

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