Assistant director Daniel Vogelmann is appearing in a cameo as the powerwalker. In the end credits he is listed under the alias "Klaus Sost". It was a close decision whether he or director Nikolaus von Uthmann should play that part. The crew decided in unison that Daniel looked funnier in shorts.
Won Gold at the 43rd WorldFest Houston in the category "Best Original Short Comedy".
The film has been invited to 88 festivals from 34 countries on 6 continents. The film has been awarded with the Gold Remi Award of the WorldFest Houston ("Best Original Comedy Short"), the Audience Award from the Kino Knock Out Festival Altkirch (France), got in the Top3 of the Audience Award of Walthamstow International Film Festival (England), and has been nominated for "Best Foreign Film" of the Margherita Short Movie festival (Italy) and "Peer Raben Award: Best Original Film Music" of the SoundTrack_Cologne Festival.
More festival submissions pending.
Run Granny Run! has been shown at over 130 festivals in 40 countries on 6 continents.
The comedy has won 7 awards and 10 further nominations:
Gold Remi Award - WorldFest Houston, USA Best Foreign Film - Dieciminuti Film Festival, Italy Director's Award "Best Comedy" - North Carolina Film Awards, USA Jury Prize - Tiznit Film Festival, Morocco Best Film - Buttered Corn On The Cob Festival Illinois, USA Audience Award: Kino Knock Out Festival Altkirch, France Top 3 - Dragon Award - New Talent Festival Göteborg, Sweden Top 3 - Audience Award - Walthamstow Film Festival, UK Jan Machulski Polish Independent Cinema Award, Polen - nomination Best Foreign Film - Margherita Film Festival, Italy - nomination Best Music - Peer Raben Prize Köln - nomination Best Music - Hitter Film Festival Stamford, UK - nomination Finalist - Izmir International Short Film Festival, Turkey Finalist - Cortiamo Short Film Festival Sicily, Italy Finalist - Warrambeen International Film Festival, Australia Finalist - Inaugural Film Festival Walthamstow, UK.
Gold Remi Award - WorldFest Houston, USA Best Foreign Film - Dieciminuti Film Festival, Italy Director's Award "Best Comedy" - North Carolina Film Awards, USA Jury Prize - Tiznit Film Festival, Morocco Best Film - Buttered Corn On The Cob Festival Illinois, USA Audience Award: Kino Knock Out Festival Altkirch, France Top 3 - Dragon Award - New Talent Festival Göteborg, Sweden Top 3 - Audience Award - Walthamstow Film Festival, UK Jan Machulski Polish Independent Cinema Award, Polen - nomination Best Foreign Film - Margherita Film Festival, Italy - nomination Best Music - Peer Raben Prize Köln - nomination Best Music - Hitter Film Festival Stamford, UK - nomination Finalist - Izmir International Short Film Festival, Turkey Finalist - Cortiamo Short Film Festival Sicily, Italy Finalist - Warrambeen International Film Festival, Australia Finalist - Inaugural Film Festival Walthamstow, UK.