Streaming giant Disney Plus has announced the streaming release date of adorable documentary short film ‘Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó’ on its platform. The short film premieres on Disney Plus, as well as on Hulu, on 9th February, 2024. Hopefully, the delightful documentary film will premiere in India on Disney Plus Hotstar too on the same date.
The 17-minute long documentary film ‘Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó’ made waves recently after it received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Short Film at the Oscars Nominations 2024. The film is directed by Taiwanese American filmmaker Sean Wang, and follows the daily, often humorous, lives of his elderly maternal and paternal grandmothers who are best friends and live together.
‘Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó’ first premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival 2023. The film won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award, at the festival. Now that it has received an Oscar nomination, more audiences will sit up and take notice of what the film is about.
This definitely makes releasing ‘Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó’ on its platform an alluring proposition for Disney Plus. The official synopsis for ‘Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó’ on IMDb reads – “A personal love letter from director Sean Wang to his Nai Nai and Wài Pó, a grandma super team that dances, stretches, and farts their sorrows away”.
Stay tuned to Binged for confirmation on the streaming release of ‘Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó’ on Disney Plus Hotstar in India. Have a look at the trailer of the short film –