Holy Cow

Tapdig has a dream of bringing a European cow into his picturesque village in Azerbaijan to improve the living conditions for his poor family. He decides to call the cow Madona. His passion unsettles the local community; they feel threatened having a foreign cow among them as they say its milk will be full of chemicals. Even his wife, Vafa, does not want to take care of such a strange breed. But Tapdig is ready to risk it all …

Director's Biography
After graduating from the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts in Baku, IMAM HASANOV made his debut as a stage director and founded the Creative Youth Organization – Azerbaijan Union of Theatrical Figures. In 2006, he started working as a film director for national television. Hasanov is an alumnus of the Berlinale Talents program. Holy Cow is his first feature documentary. It was awarded at the rough-cut workshop DOK.Incubator.
Competition Documentary 2016
Imam Hasanov
Azerbaijan / Germany / Romania 2015
color
77 minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay Iman Hasanov
Cinematography Sarvar Javadov
Editing Philipp Gromov
Sound/Sounddesign Thomas Wallmann, Niklas Kammertöns
Music Le Trio Joubran, Fikret Nasirov
With Xanali Tapdiq Huseynov, Vafa Huseynov, Jalil Huseynov, Atamai Huseynov, Emil Huseynov, Madona
Producer(s) FreeArt (AZ), Andra Popescu (Conset, RO), Veronika Janatková, Stefan Kloos (Kloos & Co., DE)
Production
Kloos & Co. Schlesische Straße 29/30 10997 Berlin Germany info@kloosundco.de www.kloosundco.de
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Weltpremiere / World Premiere
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2015
 
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere
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