Based on archival material from the Education Film Studio in Łódź, Poland, Grandmamauntsistercat tells the story of a matriarchal family through a child's eyes. The film depicts a girl's exploration of kinship and identity as she navigates binary gender roles, presented through a discontinuous montage. The filmmakers in Łódź were once preoccupied with developing educational films that bolstered communist state ideology. In this film about the reproduction of ideological and representational systems, the striking juxtaposition of archival material takes center stage. Unlike typical found-footage films that rely heavily on visual aspects, Grandmamauntsistercat features a sound design that contributes equally, and sometimes more effectively, to the process of making and destroying meaning. Director Zuza Banasinska moves towards alternative storytelling by transforming and bending images imbued with sexist content. This approach not only challenges the original purpose of the archival material but also offers a fresh perspective on gender roles and family dynamics.