How to explain my parents
documentaries by Lernert & Sander
Documentary serie in which 5 abstract artists explain to their mom and dad what their work is all about. Above episode 1 with fantastic artist Arno Coenen.
Participating artists:
Arno Coenen, Harm van den Dorpel, Martijn Hendriks,
Bart Julius Peters & Martin de Waal.
Commissioned by Limboland
Camera: Pim Hawinkels
Sound: Frenk van der Sterre
Studio: Umsjatka, Amsterdam
Special thanks to www.limboland.tv, Wendela Scheltema.
Generously funded by Filmfund, The Netherlands.
press:
NRC-HANDELSBLAD:
'...a remarkable and hilarious series.'
SLEEK MAGAZINE:
'Either proving, or disproving the adage >you can never go home again<, Dutch artists and directors Lernert Engelberts and Sander Plug documented 9 artist as they attemp to explain their often abstract art to their parents. Set in a starkly limbo grey environment furnished with just enough to indicate rather then replicate a comfortable home, it is the relationships rather than the art, which are brought into colour focus. The results are at once touching and humorous: the parents lovingly indulgent of their offspring, or struggling to comprehend their artistic efforts - or both.'
2010
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, Puchon (KOR)
International Film Festival Breda, Breda (NL) - nomination Bird Award
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL) - nomination Tiger Short Award
