In My Grandma Trelotótó erschafft die Regiesseurin Catarina Ruivo ein filmisches Erinnerungsstück an ihre verstorbene Großmutter, das Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, Leben und Tod ineinanderfließen lässt. Mit Hilfe von Archivaufnahmen, Fotografien und der Stimme der Schauspielerin Rita Durão entsteht das Porträt einer Frau, die voller Leben war – und deren Energie selbst nach dem Tod noch nachhallt. Inspiriert von der griechischen Mythologie rund um Orpheus und Eurydike, wird der Film zu einer Art spiritueller Séance: eine persönliche Reise durch Zeit, Verlust und die tröstende Kraft des Kinos.

My grandmother had a strength and a love of life so great that they led me to believe that some of us are able to escape death and become immortal. When she died I wanted to save her. I decided to film her and I wasn’t going to let the lack of a body hold me back. I filmed a ghost so that I could then return her to the realm of the living, as Orpheus wished to do with Eurydice. Arming myself with every tool I could find, I created a world in which she continued to live. It is a world, a film, made of many different times and registers. Making it was like constructing a timepiece – a timepiece built from love. This film was a journey towards resurrection and is my way of giving my grandmother the immortality that I believe is rightfully hers. (Catarina Ruivo)

Ausgezeichnet mit dem Preis für den besten portugiesischen Film beim IndieLisboa-Festival. Jury Begründung: "The best film we have seen among the features of National Competition is the film that provoked our strongest emotions. As a portrait of a life lived it generously shares an approach to a close person as much as it is a journey into the past and across continents. The film employs many different formal strategies, all of them a veracious indication of empathy and love. We give the award for Best Portuguese Feature to A Minha Avó Trelotótó by Catarina Ruivo."