On My Way Out: The Secret Life of Nani and Popi is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Brandon Gross and Skyler Gross, produced by Howie Mandel and Barry Avrich and released in 2017."Review: ‘On My Way Out: The Secret Life of Nani and Popi’". Point of View, September 10, 2017. Profiling the filmmakers' grandparents, Holocaust survivors Ruth and Roman Blank, the film depicts their preparation for their 65th wedding anniversary, and focuses on their revelation to the rest of the family that Roman is gay and Ruth has always known this."A survivors’ love story, and a game-changing secret". Canadian Jewish News, September 14, 2017.
The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival."TIFF ’17: On My Way Out screening added". Playback, August 24, 2017.
Awards and nominations
David Camera Award for Best Short Documentary at the 2018 Warsaw Jewish Film Festival"ON MY WAY OUT: THE SECRET LIFE OF NANI AND POPI" Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019."“Anthropocene”, “Amazing Race Canada” among Canadian Screen Award nominees". RealScreen, February 8, 2019.
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