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 photographyJelle 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
2011 | 18 min
with the support of
This film is produced with the financial support of the Netherlands Film Fund for the Wildcard projectEen financiële bijdrage van het Nederlands Fond voor de Film in het kader van de Wildcard.
Price / Nomination
Goudenkalf Nomination 2011 short documentary. Nederlands Filmfestival.
Festivals
Exground Filmfest, Wiesbaden
Nederlands Filmfestival 2011
Docville Leuven
Go Short Nijmegen
Thesaloniki Doc Film Fest, Greece