Waidmannsheil

Original Title|Waidmannsheil - Heil aan de goede schutter

26' | 2011 (Completed)

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Writer	Klaas Boelen
Director	Klaas Boelen

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The pomp and savagery of a Belgian group hunt is exposed in this atmospheric, suspenseful and sometimes ironic piece of cinema.

synopsis

The pomp and savagery of a Belgian hunt group is exposed in Waidmannsheil (Hail To the Good Shooter) which scrutinises, with icy detachment, the rituals of a wily group of bourgeois weekend warriors as they compete to kill deer in a pastoral landscape. They trespass the silent woods and play a strategic game in which all resources are concentrated on the capture of their treasured prey. It is a mystical experience, centred around the encounter with wildlife - a matter of pride for the man and a matter of life and death for the animal.
La brutalité d’un groupe de chasseurs belges est exposée dans ce travail de cinéma direct plein de suspens et parfois ironique. Waidmannsheil ‘Hail to the good shooter explore avec un détachement glacial les rituels d’un groupe de bourgeois pendant un weekend alors qu’ils prévoient de tuer des cerfs dans un paysage bucolique.

Credits

Writer
Klaas Boelen
Director
Klaas Boelen
Editing
Pieter Smet
Photography
Klaas Boelen
Sound
Gedeon Depauw
Music
Franz Von Schober, Royal Hunting Hornblowers Circle of Limburg

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Documentary
Subcategory
Mid long
Production share
Majority
Belgium
Year of production

2011
Production status
Completed
Original title
Waidmannsheil - Heil aan de goede schutter
Original language
Dutch, French, German

Technical specs

Running time
26'
Aspect ratio
16:9
Colour
Colour

Contact & sales

Contact

RITCS - School of Arts

Antoine Dansaertstraat 70
1000 Brussel
België

T +32 2 507 14 11

www.ritcs.be

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Festivals & awards

Festivals

2011: HOTDOCS Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto for the international short documentary competition, shown in the workers of the world! section.
2011: DOCVILLE International Documentary Festival Leuven for the national competition. Special jury mention Docville: "We praise Waidmannsheil by Klaas Boelen for the very good construction, rhythm and good use of sound."
2011: DOK LEIPZIG 54th international Leipzig Festival 2011 for documentary and animated film for the international programm
2011: FILMER A TOUT PRIX: Festival Cinema Documentaire Bruxelles for the Belgian selection