To gallivant, is, according to its dictionary definition ‘to wander about, seeking pleasure or diversion’, and this is just what artist turned filmmaker Andrew Kötting set out to do on this zig-zagging 6,000 mile trip around Britain’s coastline.
Part home movie, part road movie, Kötting’s riveting and eccentric Gallivant stars his 85-year-old grandmother Gladys – opinionated, bursting with anecdotes and contradictory reminiscences – and his seven-year-old daughter Eden. As the journey begins, the two are practically strangers, but by the end, ‘Little Eden’ and ‘Big Granny’ have struck up a warm bond, a relationship lent added poignancy by the fact that Eden has Joubert Syndrome, a condition that affects her speech and movement so she communicates through sign language.
Newly remastered, the film is released on Blu-ray for the first time in a Limited Edition, with extras including twelve short films by Andrew Kötting, three film collaborations between Andrew and Eden Kötting, and an illustrated booklet.
Gallivant will be released on Limited Edition Blu-ray on 17 July 2023 at the RRP of £19.99. The film will be released simultaneously on iTunes and Amazon Prime.
BLU-RAY FEATURES:
Newly remastered in 2K by the BFI and presented in High Definition
- 11 short films by Andrew Kötting (1984-2001, 119 mins): Klipperty Klöpp, Hoi-Polloi, Acumen, H.B 1829 (his badblöod), Diddyköy, Smart Alek, Là Bas, Gallivant (The Pilot), Jaunt, Invalids and Me
- Three collaborations between Andrew and Eden Kötting (2018-2021, 33 mins): Dog Ate Dog, In Far Away Land and Diseased and Disorderly
- The Buzz of the Past (Andrew Kötting, 2022, 8 mins): short film commissioned by HOME in Manchester for their retrospective of filmmaker Derek Jarman
- A Gallivant round St Leonards-on-Sea with Andrew Kötting (John Rogers, 2021, 31 mins): filmmaker and writer John Rogers travels to St Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex to go for a seaside walk with Andrew Kötting
- Limited edition (1,000 copies), including 44-page booklet with writing by Andrew Kötting and Iain Sinclair, plus an interview with Andrew Kötting by the BFI’s Jason Wood
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