Gallivant Blu-ray

'Gallivant' Director: Andrew Kötting (1996) BFI Blu-ray | 2K restoration |  Staff Pick 

Part home movie, part road movie, Kötting’s riveting and eccentric film stars his 85-year-old grandmother Gladys - opinionated, bursting with anecdotes and contradictory reminiscences – and Eden, his eight-year-old daughter with Joubert syndrome, as they take a zig-zagging 6,000 mile trip in their campervan around Britain’s coastline.

A poignant, humorous and mischievous travelogue comprised of 16mm and Super 8 filmstock, found footage, timelapse photography and much non-synchronous sound to reveal a wonderland of bizarre traditions and quirky strangers.

Special features include:
- Eleven short films by Andrew Kötting (1984-2001, 119 mins): Smart Alek, Là Bas, Gallivant (The Pilot), Jaunt, Klipperty Klöpp, Hoi-Polloi, Acumen, H.B. 1929 (his badblöod), Diddyköy, Invalids and Me
- 44-page booklet with writing by Andrew Kötting and Iain Sinclair, plus an interview with the director by Jason Wood
- 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): a short film commissioned by HOME, Manchester for their retrospective if 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