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rotterdamfilmsProducers Mildred van Leeuwaarden & Dirk Rijneke Rotterdam Films Rotterdam Films is an independent production company founded by Dirk Rijneke and Mildred van Leeuwaarden. It produces and co-produces documentaries and fiction films. Award winning Silent Ones by first time director Ricky Rijneke will be released in the Netherlands in 2014. Festivalhit Silent Ones nominated for the prestigious Tiger Competition for upcoming talent premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2013. Rijneke & van Leeuwaarden produced, initiated and conceived City Life, the monumental award winning episode film. A film consisting of twelve episodes, together forming a visual anthology of international short stories. Directors involved are among others Krzysztof Kieslowski, Béla Tarr, Alejandro Agresti, José Luis Guerin and Mrinal Sen. For this project they (co)produced with companies, broadcasters and funding bodies from all over the globe. City Life had its world premiere on the opening night of the Filmfest Rotterdam, it was the closing film of the Berlin Festivals´ Young Forum and won several awards. Award-winning thriller Reykjavik-Rotterdam by Oskar Jonasson, a co-production with the Icelandic production company Blueeyes Productions and Bavaria Film International, was Iceland’s Oscar entry for best foreign film. ‘Reykjavik-Rotterdam’s Hollywood remake, entitled Contraband directed by Baltasar Kormákur, starring Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale was released in January 2012 by Universal Pictures. In the first weekend of its release it became USA boxoffice hit nr. 1 In the works is Hotel Europe second arthouse feature film by Ricky Rijneke and Hier by Balint Kenyeres.
Ricky Rijneke director of Silent Ones awarded at Toronto Independent Film Festival 2014Ricky Rijneke director of feature Silent Ones wins Best Female Director award at the Toronto Independent Film Festival. Silent Ones Ricky Rijneke’s first feature film premiered in Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam nominated for the Tiger Award, the competition program and flagship of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Since then Silent Ones has been screened at many international festivals including Sarajevo, Sao Paulo, Moscow, Montreal, Los Angeles and Berlin, winning seven international awards out of eleven nominations. At the Berlin Independent Film Festival the film won the main prize for Best Film, at the Los Angeles Women’s Independent Film Festival it was awarded twice. Other prizes include Best Debut, Best Film, Best Actor and Best Cinematography. The Toronto Independent Film Festival, aka the Toronto Indie, is a separate festival from the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs at the same time. The Toronto Indie is Toronto's film festival for truly independent films. The festival held from 3 to 16 September selected 20 feature films for competition. Silent Ones tells the story of a young Hungarian woman (Orsi Tóth) whose little brother Isti has disappeared without a trace. She leaves aboard a cargo ship heading to Western Europe to keep her promise to him. The journey turns into a surreal trip on the fragile edge of life and death. The Volkskrant (leading daily Dutch paper): A wonderful discovery, a confident disrupting debut. Curator Film PHI Centre Montreal: “Attention talent! One of the best films I saw at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Outstanding film debut. Silent Ones produced by Rotterdam Films (Rijneke & van Leeuwaarden) is supported by the Netherlands Film Fund and the Mondrian Fund. French sales agent Wide Management handles international sales. The film will be released theatrically in the Netherlands in December 2014. https://www.facebook.com/SilentOnesFilm 21.09.2014 | rotterdamfilms's blog Cat. : Best Director Award Ricky Rijneke Silent Ones Silent Ones a film by Ricky Rijneke Winner Toronto Best Director. Toronto Independent Film Festival. AWARDS
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