PRIX EUROPA SPECIAL
Radio Documentary
MY GRANDFATHER’S DOUBLELIFE
FARFARS TO LIV
Entering organisation: Third Ear
Country: Denmark
Anna Thaulow (Author/Director),
Timothy John Hinman (Sound/Commissioning Editor),
Krister Moltzen (Producer)
JURY CITATION
"This documentary is a personal journey into the dark side of family life. A young woman discovers something different about her past. Pieced together through memory, tape recordings and family voices, this is the tale of a grandfather’s double life and the two families he left behind. The richness of sound archive combined with reflections on lives lived in shadows, this is a fascinating tale of life, love, death and secrets."
SYNOPSIS
After the death of her grandfather, Annas family makes a disturbing discovery about his life. Among the piles of old paperwork clues to a hidden past begin to show up and the family is confronted with a startling revelation. Anna Thaulows work is a personal journey into the dark side of family life. An investigation into secrets and lies, denial and reproach - and into the life of a man who had seemed so solid and trustworthy, a typical jovial farfar. Can the truth of a family's past history be re-written, and who, if anyone, is to blame?