Gallivant (15)

This utterly beguiling film is quite unlike any other. Film-maker Andrew Kötting travels around the coast of Britain with his feisty ninety year old grandmother and delightful nine year old daughter Eden who has Joubert Syndrome. The film is full of striking images and an intriguing sound track. The style combines 50s travelogue with beautiful scenery, all intercut with interviews with the characters they meet on their travels. The relationship between the three of them, especially the rock solid but slightly crazy grandma and Eden who has limited speech, is both hilarious and touching. The odd corners of Britain they visit, the faces and voices of the characters they meet, the sense of things passing and another lost Britain are all powerfully invoked. This is a funny and extraordinary film, the sort of film that film festivals are designed for. See it!