Pre-sale of the high-scoring animated movie "Snail Memoirs" opens for adults to cure fairy tales

The high-scoring animated film "Memoirs of the Snail" directed by Oscar-winning director Adam Eliot officially opens for pre-sale today, and the ultimate trailer and ultimate poster will be released simultaneously. The film will be released nationwide on September 5. As the first restricted animated film introduced on the big screen, it presents a huge sense of contrast in many works with its profound emotional expression and healing power that reaches people's hearts. This film carries the fragmentation and cruelty of a large number of adult worlds. The emotions and resonance of growth and reconstruction tell the story of loneliness, trauma and self-redemption in the adult world, and cures them one by one. It is the most restricted, most healing and contrasting animated film this year, and a pain cure for the adult world. It is reported that the film company issued a special movie viewing reminder: underage viewers choose to watch carefully.

"Snail Memoirs" not only scored a high score of 8.4 in Douban, but also won the world's awards including the 46th World Animation Award for Best Animated Feature at Anxi Animation Festival in 2024 and the nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 97th Academy Award in 2025. More than 70 film awards and nominations.

The movie tells the story of Grace, a girl who likes to collect snails, and her twin brother Gilbert, whose parents have died since childhood. The two siblings are sent to different foster families. The pain of being forced to separate makes Grace lose hope for life. The snail's hard shell becomes a safe haven for her to resist external malice, but it also closes her heart and loses her move forward. It was not until the appearance of Grandma Pinky that Grace's life was broken and gave her the confidence to regain everything and the courage to break the cage of life. Just as Grace began to look forward, news came about her brother...

It is worth mentioning that this film and the director's masterpiece "Mary and Max" were released on the national screen in the form of a double film. This is a special plan to pay tribute to the director through a double film. Viewers will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the healing world built by Adam Eliot over the past 20 years on the big screen. Both works were selected and launched by Haiying Film's "Love Light and Shadow Project", aiming to connect and serve the audience with artistic value and warm emotion.

A must-see for adults! Restricted pain healing + female power to escape life difficulties

The final trailer of "Snail Memoirs" uses delicate and sincere brushwork to outline Grace and Gilbert's difficult but warm lives, and depicts how the little girl Grace found comfort and courage in her life's difficulties. She has been bullied since she was a child because of her congenital appearance problems, and has long been curled up under the protection of her twin brother Gilbert. Later, the brother and sister were forced to separate, and Grace met her best friend, Grandma Pinky. Grandma Pinky lit up Grace's life with her heart of gold and accompanied her through the trough with warmth and encouragement."Life can only be understood backwards, but we must look forward." Grandma Pinky allowed Grace, who was crushed by the world and shrunk in a snail shell, to be healed and redeemed, and ushered in the rebirth of her soul. The film vividly interprets the core of women's self-improvement. They no longer indulge in past injuries, no longer suffer from self-isolation, and break through difficulties with firm courage. This belief of "breaking the shackles and taking the initiative to find a way" is precisely the most needed power for adults to face the pressure of life and past injuries. This is not only a powerful echo to the core theme of the film, but also a courage to face up to difficulties in advance for adult audiences who look forward to finding healing and strength in light and shadow.

The ultimate poster, released simultaneously, condensed the warmth of the siblings "walking together" into a picture: Grace and Gilbert sat side by side on the polished snail shell that was once their corner to shelter from the rain but now It has become a platform to see the world side by side. The dim light spread over their shoulders and their warm group photo. Every detail explained that as long as there are people around you, even if you slow down like a snail, you can make your difficulties smooth.

Super reputation animation! 100% handmade clay to build dreams! Break the circle with sincerity

As the ingenuity of director Adam Eliot for 15 years,"Snail Memoirs" hides the "stubbornness" that is rare in the current animation market. The entire film does not use CGI and AI. There are more than 200 scenes and more than 100 clay characters, from the arc of the character's hair to the pattern of a fallen leaf in the scene, it is all done by hand, pinching and shaping it, and taking real shots frame by frame. The arc of the character's hair, the wear marks of old furniture, and even the details of the folds of his clothes all embody the creator's ingenuity. It is this "stupid kung fu" that allows the rough texture of clay to reveal real temperature, and is praised by the audience as "the top class piled up with sincerity." With this, he won the highest score for clay stop-motion animation in the past 15 years, becoming the "top performer built with sincerity" in the audience's mouth.

Since the film was released overseas, it has received rave reviews: "The Hollywood Reporter" bluntly said,"It uses the most simple method to tell the most resonant story. The bond between Grace and Gilbert allows everyone who has been lonely to see himself."; Some viewers commented on the film review platform: "The director knows how to poke people's hearts too well. When he saw Grace turning a snail shell from a 'shackle' into an 'armour', he suddenly dared to breathe a sigh of relief about the difficulties in life."; Some fans also read the preciousness of craftsmanship: "There are no gorgeous special effects, but the curve of the corners of the lips of clay characters when they laugh and the tears on the corners of their eyes when they cry are more tempting than any technology. This is what animation should look like."

The film "Snail Memoirs" was imported by China Film Group Corporation, distributed by China Film Industry Group Corporation, translated by China Film Industry Group Corporation, and assisted by Haiying Films. Pre-sales of the film have opened and will be released nationwide on September 5, 2025!

The high-scoring animated film "Memoirs of the Snail" and "Mary and Max", which has been scheduled for August 8, are both from the "Love Light and Shadow Project" launched by Haiying Films. The two films landed on the China screen in a joint presentation and innovative screening manner, paying tribute to Adam Eliot, a master of stop-motion animation and a master of handmade animation. This will become the first milestone in the history of the China film market to pay tribute to a single director in a double film combination. "Love Light and Shadow Project" is a high-quality film distribution and fan service brand launched by Haiying Films. It focuses on global artistic masterpieces and representative works of directors, and takes "strict selection of best films + innovative screening + serving fans" as its core strategy to create a more emotionally connected movie-watching ecosystem. The project includes three core sections: first, film curation, which systematically arranges screenings around the director's theme, style theme, etc.; second, fan services, which provide fans with screening priority, director connection, creator meetings, limited peripherals, etc. Exclusive benefits; third, the theater linkage mechanism, which joins hands with high-quality theaters to create screening windows to achieve accurate docking of works and audiences. The "Love Light and Shadow Project" aims to connect everyone who loves movies in a way that combines artistic value and humanistic temperature, and build a high-quality film ecosystem for fans that integrates artistic value and social care. It aims to create the most influential fan service brand in China.