Casting Press Release

UNTITLED GRANNY LEE FILM

Feature Film · Defiant Queer Drama
Directed by Ian Gabriel and Gabe Gabriel
Written by Gabe Gabriel

Starring
Maria Doyle Kennedy | Simone Heradien | Paul Ahmarani
Ntando Msti | Oliver Carnegie | Chioma Umeala | Will Chandler
Louw Venter | Ridzwan Kadri

Status: Production

When the lost boy she raised dies, a stubborn trans disco queen’s claim to motherhood is challenged by his estranged mother and her quest for forgiveness.

An Official Canada-South Africa-Ireland Co-Production

Produced by
Shant Joshi, Fae Pictures
Cindy Gabriel, Giant Films | Roelof Storm, Wolflight Films
Yanick Letourneau, Périphéria | Tamryn Reinecke, Pale Rebel Productions

Executive Producers
Alexandra Billings | Maria Doyle Kennedy | Conor Barry
Chrisanne Blankenship-Billings | Abdul Malik | Lindsay Blair Goeldner

Produced with the participation of
Telefilm Canada | Eurimages | SODEC
Screen Ireland | National Film and Video Foundation

with the support of
Film Independent | Durban Film Mart Institute | Film London
Inside Out Film Festival | Junior Entertainment Talent Slate

We acknowledge that we work, live, and exist on the traditional territory of many Indigenous Nations.
The area known as Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands) has been caretaken by the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples. We pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.
The area known as Tkaronto has been caretaken by the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Huron-Wendat, and the Métis. It is now home to many Indigenous Peoples such as the current Treaty 13 holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. This territory is subject to the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement to share and care for the Great Lakes region.