17 Jul 2022

When the Cows Come Home

From Sunday Morning, 10:34 am on 17 July 2022

10:34  When the Cows Come Home

Costa Botes has had a long career directing both drama and documentary film. His latest observational documentary When the Cows Come Home, premieres at this years Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival and charts the unusual life of musician, journalist, artist and cow whisperer, Waikato's Andrew Johnstone. 

I love being surrounded by cows. There's no discussion, there's no talk. It's just purely emotional.
- Andrew Johnstone on being amongst the herd

WhenThe Cows Come Home: Trailer from Costa Botes Lone Pine Films on Vimeo.

 

Andrew Johnstone with one of his cows.  Still from film "When the Cows Come Home"

Photo: Lone Pine Film & Television Productions