Disney+ Oscar nominated documentary short “Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó” about two Asian grandmothers, is set to debut on the streamer and Hulu on Feb. 9.
The 17-minute film directed by Taiwanese American filmmaker Sean Wang follows the daily, often humorous, lives of his elderly maternal and paternal grandmothers who are best friends and live together. The short doc premiered at the 2023 South by Southwest Film Festival, where it took home the grand jury prize and audience award.
Wang began filming his grandmothers in 2021 when he lived with them for a brief stint between a move from New York City to Los Angeles.
“It was very much a transitory period of my life,” Wang says. “But in those few months of getting to live with them I got to really experience their joy and their mundane rhythms of life.”
In November Disney Branded Television acquired the film, which features dialogue in both Mandarin and English.
The 17-minute film directed by Taiwanese American filmmaker Sean Wang follows the daily, often humorous, lives of his elderly maternal and paternal grandmothers who are best friends and live together. The short doc premiered at the 2023 South by Southwest Film Festival, where it took home the grand jury prize and audience award.
Wang began filming his grandmothers in 2021 when he lived with them for a brief stint between a move from New York City to Los Angeles.
“It was very much a transitory period of my life,” Wang says. “But in those few months of getting to live with them I got to really experience their joy and their mundane rhythms of life.”
In November Disney Branded Television acquired the film, which features dialogue in both Mandarin and English.
- 1/26/2024
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Disney Branded Television has acquired first-generation Taiwanese American filmmaker Sean Wang’s award-winning documentary short, “Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó.”
“Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó” features dialogue in both Mandarin and English and is a “multigenerational story” that celebrates Sean Wang’s two grandmothers, one on his father’s side and the other on his mother’s side. The film premiered at the SXSW film festival, where it took home the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award. Since then, it has gone on to receive Grand Jury Awards at AFI Fest and Siff 2023, a slot on the IDA Shortlist and Special Jury Recognition at Laapff 2023, among other accolades.
“Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó” will be in the first installment of Disney’s “People and Places” relaunch, a revival of Walt Disney’s documentary film series in the 1950s and 1960s.
“The collection of short documentary films will feature a mix...
“Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó” features dialogue in both Mandarin and English and is a “multigenerational story” that celebrates Sean Wang’s two grandmothers, one on his father’s side and the other on his mother’s side. The film premiered at the SXSW film festival, where it took home the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award. Since then, it has gone on to receive Grand Jury Awards at AFI Fest and Siff 2023, a slot on the IDA Shortlist and Special Jury Recognition at Laapff 2023, among other accolades.
“Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó” will be in the first installment of Disney’s “People and Places” relaunch, a revival of Walt Disney’s documentary film series in the 1950s and 1960s.
“The collection of short documentary films will feature a mix...
- 11/10/2023
- by Valerie Wu
- Variety Film + TV
Fox Searchlight has acquired Exit 12, a documentary short that picked up the Grand Jury Award at this year’s SXSW. The pic is currently available on Fox Searchlight’s “Searchlight Shorts” Facebook page and YouTube channel. Directed by Mohammad Gorjestani, the doc follows U.S. Marine Roman Baca, who returns from the Iraq War as a broken veteran ravaged by depression, anxiety and anger. Turning to dance as a way to cope, Baca founded the Exit12 Dance Company in New York City, where other veterans and military families use dance to tell their unique stories about the personal impact of war and work to shift stereotypes of the veteran community. Erick Kwiecien produced the pic for Square, Inc. with Taylor Feltner of Even/Odd Films, while Justin Lomax and Malcolm Pullinger served as exec producers. Fox Searchlight’s Ray Strache negotiated the deal with Lomax on behalf of the filmmakers.
Hidden Empire Film Group,...
Hidden Empire Film Group,...
- 8/22/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Director: Ben Steinbauer Writers: Malcolm Pullinger, Ben Steinbauer Starring: Jack Rebney, Ben Steinbauer, Keith Gordon, Nick Prueher, Joe Pickett, Douglas Rushkoff, Charlie Sotelo, Cinco Barnes, Alan Berliner, Mike Mitchell, Alexsey Vayner The bootleg VHS footage of an angry Rv salesman’s expletive-riddled rants rescued from the cutting room floor of a Winnebago commercial garnered cult acclaim via The Found Footage Festival and Austin’s infamous access television program The Show With No Name; then YouTube came along and skyrocketed the footage and the Rv salesman man, Jack Rebney (dubbed “the angriest man in the world”), to international stardom. Some fans boast to have watched the foul footage thousands of times, others claim it is their surefire cure to a bad day at work. No one seemed to care about the man himself (nor did Rebney care about his fan base); that is until writer-director Ben Steinbauer decided to make it...
- 8/4/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
With the premiere of their film coming up fast, two of the producers from "Winnebago Man" joined in on the fun at the premiere of "Life During Wartime" Wednesday night in New York. Producers Malcolm Pullinger (left) and Joel Heller (middle with plaid shirt) hung out with friends Margaret Brown ("The Order of the Myths") and Sundance programming associate and "The Canal Street Madam" co-producer, Basil Tsiokos. And poking in his ...
- 7/9/2010
- Indiewire
Kino International, the new distribution arm of recently formed Kino Lorber, has acquired U.S. rights to Ben Steinbauer's "Winnebago Man," a documentary about Rv salesman Jack Rebney.
The film will be released in July in New York, followed by a major market roll-out and a DVD release for the holidays.
"Winnebago Man," produced by Joel Heller, Malcolm Pullinger and Steinbauer, is presented by Bear Media in association with James Payne Media.
The deal was brokered by Josh Braun of Submarine Entertainment on behalf of the filmmakers and by Donald Krim, head of Kino International and co-president of Kino Lorber.
The film will be released in July in New York, followed by a major market roll-out and a DVD release for the holidays.
"Winnebago Man," produced by Joel Heller, Malcolm Pullinger and Steinbauer, is presented by Bear Media in association with James Payne Media.
The deal was brokered by Josh Braun of Submarine Entertainment on behalf of the filmmakers and by Donald Krim, head of Kino International and co-president of Kino Lorber.
- 3/12/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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