Sheep Hero on Dutch Public Broadcasting

Ton van Zantvoorts Sheep Hero is broadcasted on Dutch Public Broadcasting – KRO-NCRV – on Monday July 10 at 20:30hrs 2doc (broadcast in Dutch). Watch the promo here.

composer for Sheep Hero, Roy Bemelmans nominated for the BUMA awards

Roy Bemelmans composer of the score for Sheep Hero (2018), directed by Ton van Zantvoort, is nominated for the BUMA awards 2019 for best film composition, congratulations!

That Which is to Come is just a Promise @ Cannes 2019

‘That Which is to Come is just a Promise’ formerly known as ‘the Tuvalu project’ by Flatform (It) premieres during the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, Cannes 2019.

Funafuti, in the Tuvalu archipelago, is the scene of a phenomenon no longer unique in the Pacific: as the climate warms and the sea level rises, the salt water of the high tide rises through the ground, flowing through the pores of the land flooding it, and putting the future of life on these low coral islands at risk. In a long traverse of Funafuti, the low tide and high tide alternate fluidly, and without interruption capture the places and the actions of their inhabitants: waiting and suspended in time.

Congratulations to all who have contributed to this critical experiment on the demise of our environment.

Many thanks to our co-producers Dugong Films (It) Giulia Achilli & Marco Alessi, and Blueskin Films (NZ) Catherine Fitzgerald.

Sand Wanderer Vimeo staff pick

Eric Giessmann’s animated short ‘Sand Wanderer’ is staff pick at Vimeo, see the film here: https://vimeo.com/user24277953/sandwanderer

BERG Cinecrowd

director Joke Olthaar has succesfully concluded her crowd funding campaign for her film BERG, many thanks to all contributors!

BERG Cinecrowd crowd funding campaign

Director Joke Olthaar has started the Cinecrowd crowd funding campaign for her film experiment BERG; a visual wandering through the overwhelming landscape of the high mountains, produced by seriousFilm.

This film already received support from the City of Rotterdam – Arts and Culture department, and from the Netherlands Film Fund.

Please, visit Cinecrowd.com (English version), or Cinecrowd.com (Nederlandse versie) to support Joke Olthaar to complete the budget for her film, in order to allow her to begin filming on location in Slovenia later in 2019.

SHEEP HERO at DOCfeed and in cinema’s from February 21 on

SHEEP HERO, the documentary on shepherd Stijn Hilgers by director Ton van Zantvoort, opens the DOCfeed festival on February, 21 2019. DOCfeed takes place in TAC in Eindhoven, for more information click here.

Subsequently SHEEP HERO will be released in Dutch theatres by Windmill Film Distribution, for an overview of its full theatrical release click here (in Dutch).

Garden of Life in de Filmkrant poll 2018

Garden of Life by director Marco Niemeijer is ranked 7 in the 2018 poll of best Dutch films by De Filmkrant (link in Dutch).

Death of Darkness | crowdfunding

Crowdfunding through the Cinecrowd.com platform has commenced. Director Jasmijn Schrofer is seeking additional means for her documentary production Death of Darkness. The film is already supported by the Netherlands Film Fund in the framework of the Wildcard programme.

You have 34 more days – and counting from this day on – to support Jasmijn Schrofer; Death of Darkness @ Cinecrowd.com.