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
Weltpremiere / World Premiere
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2015
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2015
Premierenstatus
/ Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere
Austrian Premiere