Oscar-nominated animated film Memoir Of A Snail has finally slithered its way to The Frida Cinema! And after the film, stick around for a pre-recorded Q&A with filmmaker Adam Elliot & George Miller!

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. 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. 

Adam Elliot is an Academy Award winning independent animator and visual artist based in Melbourne Australia. His animated films and imagery are what he calls, Clayographies, clay animated biographies based on the bittersweet lives of his family and friends. He has created seven animated films including, Memoir of a Snail, Mary and Max, Harvie Krumpet, Ernie Biscuit, Brother, Cousin and Uncle.

Please note: Memoir Of A Snail is rated R for Restricted! 

Wind up the tension with The Monkey, a new horror film from Longlegs’ Osgood Perkins!

The film follows twin brothers Hal and Bill, portrayed by Theo James and Bill Skarsgård, who reunite to settle their late father’s estate. Among his belongings, they discover an eerie wind-up monkey toy with cymbals, an artifact tied to a series of tragic deaths from their childhood. As the monkey’s sinister influence resurfaces, the brothers are drawn into a horrifying battle to break its curse before it claims more lives.

Come on out for Universal Language, a new absurdist comedy-drama from Matthew Rankin!

Winter. Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen deep within the sidewalk ice and try to find a way to get it out. Massoud leads a group of befuddled tourists upon an increasingly-strange walking tour of Winnipeg historic sites. Matthew (Matthew Rankin) leaves his job at the Québec government and embarks upon a mysterious journey to visit his estranged mother.

Our month-long tribute to iconic French filmmaker Chantal Akerman opens with Sight & Sound’s #1 film of all time: Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, now celebrating its 50th anniversary! 

The film follows Jeanne Dielman (portrayed by Delphine Seyrig), a widowed housewife living with her teenage son in a meticulously ordered existence in Brussels. Her days are structured around cooking, cleaning, and occasional sex work to make ends meet. Shot in a slow, observational style, the film captures the monotony of her daily routine in real-time, emphasizing the quiet oppression of domestic labor. As the film progresses, small disruptions in her routine foreshadow a shocking, climactic moment of rebellion, making for an unforgettable study of alienation and psychological breakdown.

With Seyrig’s mesmerizing performance and Akerman’s meticulous approach, Jeanne Dielman remains a touchstone of feminist and experimental cinema.