GRANNY LEE

Feature Film · Queer Buddy Dramedy · Trans and South African-led
To be directed by the 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: April 2025 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 Tshepiso Chikapa Phiri of Known Associates Entertainment (The Woman King)
Produced by Yanick Letourneau of Peripheria (Night of the Kings)
Produced by Shant Joshi of Fae Pictures (Framing Agnes, In Flames)
Produced by Tamryn Reinecke of Pale Rebel Productions (It Is In Us All)

Executive Producers
Alexandra Billings and Chrisanne Blankenship-Billings of Schmengie
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
OUTtv

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
BFI Film London Production Finance Market, London

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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.