Cats
2007
A puzzle of seemingly disparate elements, this film weaves together:
- a guided tour of the wastelands of Brussels, Hamburg and Rome.
- a documentary on stray cats and their cat ladies
- the occasional choreography of everyday gestures
- an exploration of cartography (and the shared use of space)
- a few ironic nods to order and disorder
- an observation on the impossibility of futility ...
Credits
Director: Yaël André
Cinematography: Frédéric Mainson, Sébastien Koeppel & Samuel Dravet
Sound: Jochen Laube
Sound editing: Magali Schuermans
Sound mixing: Manu de Boissieu
Editing: Luc Plantier
Production
Cobra Films / Peter Stockhaus Filmproduktion
Co-production
RTBF / ARTE ‘La Lucarne’ / CBA (Centre de l'Audiovisuel à Bruxelles)
With the support of
French Community of Belgium / FFH (Filmförderung Hamburg) / AAAPA (Brussels) / Media Programme
Reviews
Awards
The screenplay won the French Community’s Audiovisual Workshops Award in 2002 (AAAPA grant)
SCAM Award 2008 (Audiovisual Award, SCAM Belgium)
Broadcasts
Arte
Lichtmeß-Kino Hamburg 24 May 2007,
RTBF 10 July 2007
Festival(s)
Montreuil Documentary Festival (France)
Filmer à tout Prix (Brussels)
Premieres at Nova (Brussels, April 07) and Lichtmesse (Hamburg, June 07),
Brussels Women’s Film Festival (Sept. 08),
Festival aux Yeux de l'Ouïe (Nancy, Nov. 08),
Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM, Nov. 08),
Filmmaker Film Festival, Milan (doc13, Nov. 08),
OVNI Festival, Barcelona (May 09),
Lussas Festival (August 2010),