DIRECTED BY Adam Elliot
STARRING Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jacki Weaver, Magda Szubanski, Eric Bana
COUNTRY Australia
YEAR 2024
GENRE Animated
CATEGORY Film performance
This definitely not-for-children quirky animated feature tells the story of melancholic Grace Pudel, a misfit with an affinity for snails as well an intense love of books and her fire-breathing twin brother Gilbert. This beautiful award-winning animated feature from Oscar winning filmmaker Adam Elliot (Mary & Max, Harvey Crumpet) is a heart-warming, tragi-comic tale that will tug at your heartstrings. It will make you laugh and cry, often at the same time. + preceded by the short film WASHDAY, New Zealand 2021, drama, 14 min. Director: Kath Akuhata-Brown A year after the passing of her mother, eight-year-old Hine and her father Whai, still grieve. One morning the water stops flowing into the house so while her father fixes it, Hine does the washing at the river. While there she devises a plan to wash away her father’s sadness forever. Washday is inspired by an ancient Māori story of the wind and the power of a child’s love.
