Three grannies and three grandsons are taking off to North America. After winning a MDR Prize at Dok Leipzig and having screenings at CPHX, BIDF and One World among others, Granny Project is having its North American premiere at Hot Docs World Showcase on Thursday 26th.
Other projections will take place 27th April and May 4th.
Berta Film, sales agent of the documentary for most of the territories, is thrilled to travel to Toronto along with Granny Project.
“I have a special place in my heart for Granny Project. It’s pranky but profound, daring and touching, entertaining with innovative storytelling. I’m looking forward seeing audience reactions in Toronto and I’m hoping to see a lot of grannies and grandsons in the public”, says Jouni Kantola, acquisition and sales manager of Berta Film.
Granny Project is director / producer Balint Rèvèsz’s first feature length documentary that was shot in a seven year period of making – a time, in which one of the grannies dies during the film making. Rèvèsz’s production house Gallivant Film is a great example of new generation of Hungarian film makers that move with ease on international context and are capable of gathering a dream-team around each production. Gallivant Film’s another feature length documentary, titled Another News Story, was in competition at IDFA last November.
Granny Project reviewed by Heather Haynes, Hot Docs:
“There is a special bond that exists between grandmothers and grandchildren and sometimes it is only grandchildren who can ask questions no one dares to ask. Three charming 20-something grandsons explore the question of how memory works when they take a unique journey with their grannies to discover their historic and personal legacies through stories from the Second World War. Playful and innocent, this endearing film takes audiences on an emotional journey through laughter and sadness as the three extraordinary women—a former British spy, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor and a German dancer—tell their stories. But when the grandmothers meet one another, their divergent languages and pasts bring raw emotions to the surface and the grandsons find that their playful experiment has become much more profound.”
