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Opening of the exhibition ORAL HISTORIES: ALENKA MALY at the kulturtankstelle with the portraits of our Grandmas in full length.
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Smile!
Meet Grandma Marianne during her visit to the local photographer, where she talks about her initial feeling of being out of place in Austria.
Exhibition of Grandmas’ Full Length Portraits
The portraits of the Grandmas of THE EUROPEAN GRANDMA PROJECT can be seen in full length as part of the exhibition ORAL HISTORIES: ALENKA MALY from 25 to 30 April in the kulturtankstelle in the Upper Austrian Culture Quarter, Dametzstraße 4, 4020 Linz. The official opening will be on 26 April, 6pm.
The films of Alenka Maly (AT), Hadas Neuman (IL), Fleur Nieddu (GB), Anna Ólafsdóttir (IS), Giorgia Polizzi (IT), Berke Soyuer (TR), Desislava Tsoneva (BG), Maria Tzika (GR), Ekaterina Volkova (RU) about their grandmothers, starring also in the documentary THE EUROPEAN GRANDMA PROJECT and additionally the portrait by the filmmaker Nicole Foelsterl (CH) of her grandmother will be presented.
The European Grandma Project Opens the Crossing Europe Film Festival
We are proud to announce that the premiere of the film THE EUROPEAN GRANDMA PROJECT will be the opening film of the CROSSING EUROPE film festival in Linz, Upper Austria.
The film will be presented during the festival opening on 25 April with the filmmakers Alenka Maly (AT), Hadas Neuman (IL), Fleur Nieddu (GB), Anna Ólafsdóttir (IS), Giorgia Polizzi (IT), Berke Soyuer (TR), Desislava Tsoneva (GB), Maria Tzika (GR), Ekaterina Volkova (RU) present. Continue reading
Flower Arranger
Watch nana Monica from UK climbing ladders and telling to her granddaughter Fleur when she became a dancer and what her mother would never have believed in a million years…
Of cows and bulls
Granddaughter Hadas asks her grandma Ruchama to talk about sex. What she answers is thought-provoking and ends with a hilariously funny story.
The Rotten Bones Are Trembling
Grandma Rosa explains the lyrics of an infamous nazi song.
Grandma Ruchama, Israel
Watch grandma Ruchama reading to her granddaughter Hadas an old letter of her sister she got when she came to Palestine. Then Ruchama is teaching Hadas how to pronounce “cheeky” in German.
Video: Hadas Neumann
Read more about grandma Ruchama here
Nonna Paola
Watch grandma Paola from Italy telling her granddaughter Giorgia about the war, the noise of the bombs and why her mother was jealous whenever her father told a certain story about the end of the war. She is singing a patriotic song and driving her car (with 90!).
Video: Giorgia Polizzi
Hitlers Einmarsch
Watch grandma Rosa from Austria telling her granddaughter Alenka Maly about the day she witnessed Hitler’s invasion.
Video: Alenka Maly
Read more about Rosa here