About the Film:

Director Biography – Ton van Zantvoort

Ton van Zantvoort is an acclaimed Dutch director, whose films have screened at hundreds of (renowned) film festivals. His work has been broadcast all over the world and he has won dozens of awards. SHEEP HERO is his first long feature film. Besides directing it, he did production, cinematography, editing and even grading.

About the director
Ton van Zantvoort observes with great attention and takes us into the worlds of people on the edge, people who try to survive but are confronted by external forces such as tourism, international commerce and mass consumption. With great humanity, van Zantvoort shows us a different world in which all human life is valuable. His films are characterized by a language of intimate images, a poetic structure and enormous involvement. In his lyrical documentaries with socio-economic overtones he usually resists the temptation of doing interviews. His work is original and testifies to a great effort of will by the maker. The vision of a Western civilized person who holds up a mirror to us. A confronting mirror, but one that invites you to take a long good look.