GRANNY LEE

Feature Film · Queer Period Buddy Drama · Trans and South African-led
To be directed by father-son team The Gabriels
Written by Gabe Gabriel
Starring Soli Philander, Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy), Thom Allison (Killjoys), and Niza Jay (The Wound)

Status: Packaging
Production: September 2024 in Johannesburg

An outrageous trans disco granny takes a deceased gay boy's revenge-driven mother on a journey through Apartheid Johannesburg’s queer underworld on a mission to heal her heart.

A Canada-South Africa-Ireland Co-Production
Produced by Shant Joshi and Lindsay Blair Goeldner of Fae Pictures (Framing Agnes, In Flames)
Produced by Tshepiso Chikapa Phiri of Known Associates Entertainment (The Woman King) and Roelof Storm of Wolflight Films (Kanarie)
Produced by Tamryn Reinecke and Emma Foley of Pale Rebel Productions (It Is In Us All)

Executive Producers
Alexandra Billings
Joel Chikapa Phiri of Known Associates Entertainment (The Woman King)
Conor Barry of SP Films (It is In Us All, The Hole in the Ground)

Producing with the participation of
Known Associates Entertainment
Telefilm Canada
Screen Ireland
National Film and Video Foundation
Noble Arts

Co-Production Market Selections
Junior Entertainment Talent Slate, Berlin EFM
Inside Out Film Finance Forum, Toronto
Durban Film Mart Pitch and Finance Forum, Durban
Film Independent Fast Track, Los Angeles