GALLIVANT [BLU-RAY]

Part home movie, part road movie, Andrew Kötting's riveting and eccentric film stars his 85-year-old grandmother Gladys - opinionated, bursting with anecdotes and contradictory reminiscences – and his eight-year-old daughter Eden

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 film stars his 85-year-old grandmother Gladys - opinionated, bursting with anecdotes and contradictory reminiscences – and his eight-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 in 2K by the BFI, Gallivant is presented on Blu-ray alongside a selection of short films chosen by Andrew Kötting.

'When it comes to immersive cinema, few filmmakers can hold a candle to British maverick Andrew Kötting.’ Mark Kermode

• Newly remastered in 2K by the BFI and presented in High Definition
• 11 previously released 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
• Dog Ate Dog (Andrew and Eden Kötting, 2018, 14 mins)
• In Far Away Land (Andrew and Eden Kötting, 2019, 6 mins)
• Diseased and Disorderly (Andrew and Eden Kötting, 2021, 13 mins)
• The Buzz of the Past (Andrew Kötting, 2022, 8 mins)
• A Gallivant round St Leonards-on-Sea with Andrew Kötting (2022, 31 mins): filmmaker and writer John Rogers travels to St Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex to go for a seaside walk with filmmaker Andrew Kötting
• 44-page booklet with writing by Andrew Kötting and Iain Sinclair, plus an interview with the director by Jason Wood