This is a short documentary about a typical day in an elderly care facility, where bureaucracy and efficiency are increasingly what matter. The title, The Care Factory, is no exaggeration: the nurses carry cash cards and are constantly watching the clock. They are also not allowed to provide any care other than that covered by the “package” of the “client” in question. This commercial approach seems difficult to reconcile with the social nature of the work and runs contrary to the motivation of the nurses, who want to help people in the most human way possible.
Director & screenplay Kim Brand | Director of photography Aage Hollander | Sound Peter Strijbos Editor Joël Hielckert | Sound design Elena Martin Hidalgo | Music Karindra Perrier | Color grading Loods Lux Lumen, Jef Grosfeld | Producer Kim Brand | Involved TV Channel HUMAN
This is my graduation film.
2009 | 16 min
This film is produced with the support of
KF Hein Fund
HSHB Fund
Hans Becker
Golden Eye
Loods Digital
Corrino Media Group
Festivals
Internationaal documentaire festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2009 (competitie)
Interfilm Berlin
Brussels International Independent Film Festival
Message to man, international Film Festival St Petersburg, Russia
Festival International Filmets, Badalona, Spain
Docville , Leuven Belgie
Flachland Festival, Berlijn
Filmfestival Münster Parvin Etesami International Film Festival, Tehran (competitie)
International Film Festival, Beijing