Kiem Holijanda

Kiem Holijanda

59th TIFF: Greek Premiere

Two siblings, 13-year-old Andi and 20-year-old Florist, live in a poor and desolate village in Kosovo. By selling milk, they earn just enough money to support their family. When Andi discovers a card of a Dutch porn star in their bedroom, he needs a smartphone to scan the code and watch whatever this unknown woman promises. He is so obsessed with it, he doesn’t notice his brother has chosen this day to say goodbye to him...

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Sarah Veltmeyer
Script: Tom Bakker, Sarah Veltmeyer
Cinematography: Stephan Polman
Editing: Fatih Tura
Sound: Taco Drijfhout
Music: Arend Bruijn, Hans Nieuwenhuijsen
Actors: Andi Bajgora, Florist Bajgora
Production: Submarine Film
Producers: Jeroen Beker, Sabine Veenendaal
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: The Netherlands
Production Year: 2017
Duration: 14΄
Contact: Some Shorts, info@someshorts.com
Awards/Distinctions: Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film – Berlin IFF 2018 Gold Chair for Best International Short Film – Grimstad Short Film Festival 2018

Sarah Veltmeyer

Sarah Veltmeyer (1988) is a writer and director from Amsterdam. Without attending film school, but with a lot of love for film, she decided to make her first short film, Gotta in 2015. Gotta won the Best Short Film award at the Noordelijk Film Festival and Best Film and Best Script of “The One Vision Party” at the Netherlands Film Festival. In 2016, she got money from the Netherlands Film Fund to make her second short film. This brought her to Kosovo, where she made Kiem Holijanda.

Filmography

2015 Gotta (short)
2018 Kiem Holijanda (short)