Stockholm Film Festival

In a hospital bed in Singapore, an old womanis dying. Her children and grandchildren gatheraround her for a final goodbye, each of themlooking for a way to come to terms with theinevitable.Director Anthony Chen made the film afterlosing his own grandmother, and it is based onhis memories of her last hours of life, giving thefilm a personal, tender tone.“Grandma” was nominated for the GoldenPalm and received a special mention in theshort film section at the 2007 Cannes FilmFestival.

Premiere Status

Nordic Premiere

Orig. title

Ah Ma

Cast

Chui Ting Tan, Kelvin Ho, Yann Yann Yeo

Producer

Joanne Cheong, Felicia Tan

Script

Anthony Chen

Cinematography

Timothy Chan

Music

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Spoken language

Mandarin, Hokkien, English

 

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