What the cat sees | 2011

A cat sits next to the revolving door of a hospital. Quite your average tomcat. ‘He sits there very day, he’s a regular customer’, a man says, leaving the building. To people visiting their sick loved ones or patients catching a breath of fresh air of smoking a cigarette on one of the benches by the door, this remarkable tomcat is pleasant and comforting company. ‘He is a kind of mascot to me’, a women explains while lighting a cigarette, when he’s around, I feel fine’. The cat, that occasionally lets people stroke him, seems unflappable. He just sits there, observes his surroundings and wags his tail now and then. For this short documentary, Brand Installed herself on the animal’s favourite spot and introduces regular visitors, who talk about illness, life, saying goodbye and being aware of what you have. Nine lives, seen trough a cat’s eye.

Director & screenplay Kim Brand | Production manager & dramaturg Hasse van Nunen | Director of photography Jelle Dijkstra
Sound Tom de Groot | Editor Kristian Claas | Sound design Tom bijnen | Music Evelien van den Broek | Artwork Mitchel Tan | Color grading Jack Kuiper | Director’s coach Saskia Diesing | Producers Jannele Doolaard, Hanneke Niens & Hans de Wolf | Involved TV Channel HUMAN

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This film is produced with the financial support of the Netherlands Film Fund for the Wildcard project
 

Prijs / nominatie: 
  • Goudenkalf Nominatie 2011 categorie korte documentaire. Nederlands Filmfestival.
Festivals: 
  • Nederlands Filmfestival 2011 (competitie)
  • Docville Leuven
  • Go Short Nijmegen
  • Thesaloniki Doc Film Fest, Griekenland
  • Exground Filmfest, Wiesbaden