JOLANDA 23 (2008)

9.45 min | 35 mm | 1:1.66 | colour | stereo

In a meadow a man walks with his lawnmower. The first preparations are made to take a photograph of a cow. Jolanda 23 is a short observing documentary about cow photography The visual report of all the actions that lead to achieving an ideal of beauty.

Featuring: Jolanda 23, Han Hopman, Els Korsten, Kees de Jong

DOP: Aage Hollander

Sound design: Klink Audio/Paul Gies

Supported by Netherlands Film Fund, CRV Holding, Stichting Groningen-Almelo/Interpolis

Best short documentary – Lago Film Festival, Regino Lago 2009
Honorary Mention – Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival 2008
Nomination UIP award – International Film Festival Rotterdam 2008

Screenings (selection); International Short Film Festival Oberhausen – Sarajevo Film Festival – Exis, Seoul – Istanbul International Short Film Festival – Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival – CPH-Dox, Copenhagen – Kurzfilmtage Winterthur – AFI Fest, Los Angeles – Uppsala International Short Film Festival – Nederlands Filmfestival, Utrecht – International Film Festival Rotterdam – Ciclo de Cinema Hollandes. Azores – Exground, Wiesbaden – Curta Cinema Festival, Rio de Janeiro – Court c’est Court, Cabrières d’Avignon – Columbia University, New York. Cultural Encounters with Flanders & the Netherlands – Istanbul Çevre Film Festivali – Filmets, Badalona – Sidestreets, Kibris – Portobello Film Festival, London – Lago Film Fest, Revine Lago – Anthology Film Archives, New York – Kyoto International Children’s Film festival – Dom Kino, St. Petersburg – Fairecourt make it short – Worldwide Short Film Festival, Toronto – 35 MM cinema, Moscow – RGBfilm, Leeuwarden – Lithuanian Filmmakers Union, Dutch Cinema Week. Vilnius- International Film Festival of Uruguay, Montevideo – Nashville Film Festival – Filmul de Piatra, Piatra Neamt – Videorama Werkleitz, Halle – Cucaloris Film Festival, Wilmington – WNDX, Winnipeg – Edmonton International Film Festival – Antimatter, Victoria – Filmmuseum, Amsterdam – Institut Neerlandais, Parijs – Pleinbioscoop, Rotterdam – Celluloid/Digitaal, Amsterdam

Distribution: Eye Film Institute Netherlands