{"id":10995,"date":"2012-05-22T08:30:26","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T07:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.badreputation.org.uk\/?p=10995"},"modified":"2017-02-26T15:43:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T15:43:31","slug":"grannies-take-over-the-film-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badreputation.org.uk\/2012\/05\/22\/grannies-take-over-the-film-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Grannies Take Over The Film Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

We found out about this fascinating film project through the lovely people at Bird’s Eye View Film Festival<\/a>. Hanna Sk\u00f6ld<\/strong> is writer and director of a film called Granny’s Dancing on the Table<\/strong>, \u201ca tale about predicting earthquakes and finding sex\u201d. In fact, it’s not just a film, it’s a story universe: a Granniverse<\/a>, which includes an iPad game, street events and an international Granny Day to celebrate grandmothers everywhere.<\/p>\n

And something else that makes the project special is that it will be released with a Creative Commons<\/a> licence at the cinema and online, at the same time. Sk\u00f6ld is calling for a film distribution revolution which will take the power of storytelling out of the hands of a few large corporations and put it back in the hands of the people. If anyone can do it, it sounds like Sk\u00f6ld can: her first feature, Nasty Old People<\/strong>, premiered in 2009 on the front page of The Pirate Bay. The movie was spread online in 113 countries, has been translated into 17 different languages by the audience, and was even screened on Swedish television.<\/p>\n