★★★★ SHEEP HERO - The Protagonist The documentary is definitely recommended. The cinematography is beautiful - even the Netherlands has beautiful nature - and more sincere than Stijn you hardly see them anymore.“ The documentary SHEEP HERO is about the sheepherder Stijn. He is a traditional shepherd with an eye for nature. [...]
Culture - Belinda van de Graaf– 14:18, January 3rd 2019 Who will win an Oscar this spring? And on which films can we rejoice? Film critic Belinda van de Graaf tells us. In the top 5 best films of 2019: Not to be missed is 'Sheep Hero' (February 21 in the cinema) [...]
The World premiere of SHEEP HERO on IDFA 2018 in EYE Filmmuseum was a big succes. After the screening there was a standing ovation for the director and cast. IDFA said they didn't [...]
SEE NL # Doc Issue 33 November 2018 - Nick Cunningham In Ton van Zantvoort’s Sheep Hero a traditional shepherd tries to survive within a neo-liberal, highly automated farmingindustry, writes Nick Cunningham. Stijn is young and idealistic. He has hippy tendencies, breeds rare sheep and gives work to former drug addicts who [...]
IDFA tickets available November 1st The premiere was sold out in 1 day. IDFA has high expectations and they programmed SHEEP HERO 8 times, in the biggest venues of Amsterdam! There are 2962 seats in total. Please join us and get your tickets at IDFA. We get many questions, so to give [...]
Fourteen recommendations from the VOLKSKRANT for the documentary festival Idfa in Amsterdam The ticket sale for the largest documentary festival in the world, the Idfa in Amsterdam, starts (partly) today. V's film editors already selects fourteen recommendations from the enormous program. Bor Beekman, Berend Jan Bockting, Pauline Kleijer, Floortje Smit en Kevin [...]
World premiere SHEEP HERO on IDFA We are very delighted that our film SHEEP HERO is selected out of 4000 films for IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam). IDFA is the biggest, most important festival in the world in this genre." The film is in competition with only ten other Dutch documentaries [...]
