Yore Gramps And The Whale (Il nonno e la balena)
(Brazil, 2025, 13’12)
A young boy living in a fisherman village elaborates on the loss of his beloved grandfather.
Mariana Elisabetsky Director
Mariana Elisabetsky Writer
Mariana Elisabetsky Producer
Flávia Luz Producer
Guilherme Sant’Anna Key Cast “Seu Vô”
Benin Ayo Key Cast “Mundinho”
Rihanna Barbosa Key Cast “Eternidade”
Mariana Elisabetsky
Mariana Elisabetsky’s thirty-year career includes acting, singing, TV presenting, voice-overs, dubbing, scriptwriting and versioning/translating for musical theater, TV series and cinema. She writes books and plays and is the official music adaptor for high profile Disney and Netflix projects in Brazil. She was the creator and scriptwriter of the series “Rádio Zoo” and worked as a scriptwriter on children’s and adult series for TV Cultura, Warner, Discovery Kids, among others. In 2023 she published her first book “Seu Vô e a Baleia” (“Yore Gramps and The Whale”) which was adapted into an animation short film script and produced with public funding.
