The script for Tête Gréné, co-written with Roland Brival, immediately impressed Pierre Chevalier, the director of made-for-TV films at Arte and a member of the judges’ panel for the TV Scriptwriter grant. The film is part of a collection of seven African made-for-TV films co-produced by the Franco-German cultural channel Arte. “I wrote this script with my affective memory, since I have spent all my life in Paris.”

After earning a master’s degree in film and art history from the University of Paris VIII, Grandman was hired as second assistant on a series for Canal+ being produced by Lardux Films, the production company of Christian Pfohl and Marc Boyer (1991 and 1994 grant winners). “Very soon after that, I developed a desire to work on African films, such as Joseph Gaye Ramaka’s Ainsi Soit-Il, which was awarded the Silver Lion at the 1996 Venice Film Festival.” His passion for writing was stronger than his desire to produce or direct – but he nonetheless directed Tête Gréné himself!

Achievements since winning the Grant

In 2002, Tête Gréné was broadcast on Arte as part of the African film collection.