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Producers 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.
Silent Ones
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About the Director:
BIOGRAPHY (ms) Ricky Rijneke Ricky Rijneke graduated as Master of Arts in European Media with honors. She is a film director who also works as scriptwriter, editor, photographer, graphic designer and producer. She also trained her skills at the Berlinale Talent Campus. Her first short work of fiction wing, the fish that talked back was nominated for the Golden Pardino-Leopards of tomorrow for young talent and premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival. This award winning film gained international acclaim at more then fifty international film festivals, such as Ghent (competition Prix UIP), San Francisco (Golden Gate Award competition) Hamburg, Denver, Bilbao, Toronto, Rotterdam and it was screened in the Short Film Corner Cannes. ‘wing, the fish that talked back’ is distributed in the Netherlands by EYE. Elypse Short Film Distribution (Spain) represents the world sales. Ricky's first feature film Silent Ones premiered in Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2013 and was nominated for the Tiger Award. For Silent Ones, she brought together a choice selection of prize-winning European film talent including Berlinale’s shooting star Orsi Toth (Delta, Women Without Men), cinematographers Gergely Poharnok (Hukkle, Taxidermia) and Jean-Paul de Zaeytijd (Bouli Lanners regular DOP). Andrey Dergatchev (composer of The Return and The Banishment by Andrey Zvjagintsev) designed the soundscape and composed the music. The project ‘Silent Ones was presented at the Cinemart, the co-production market of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and the Paris Project Screenings at the Paris Cinema International Film Festival. French sales agent WIDE Management picked up international sales. In Autumn 2014, Dutch art-house distributor Contact Film will release the film in the Benelux. Silent Ones’ was screened at many international film festivals like New Horizons (Competition, Poland) / Moscow (Official Selection) / Sarajevo (Official Selection / Program Operation Kino), Sao Paulo (Competition New Directors) Los Angeles, Berlin. At the European Film Festival, Lecce, Italy, ‘Silent Ones’ won awards for Best Cinematography and Best Supporting actor. In the Netherlands Silent Ones won the The Dutch Golden Stone for Best Film at the Netherlands Debut Film Festival. And recently it won the main prize at the Berlin Independent Film Festival 2014.
About the Producer:
<p>Producers Mildred van Leeuwaarden & Dirk Rijneke. Rotterdam Films is a film production company specialising in feature films and documentaries.http://www.rotterdamfilms.com</p>
Editing:
Ricky Rijneke, Nina Petrovna
Film photographer:
Director of Photography: Gergely Pohárnok, Jean-Paul de Zaeytijd
Music:
Original music composed by: Andrey Dergatchev
Film synopsis:
<p>Synopsis: The young Eastern European woman Csilla and her little brother Isti are travelling together without a clear destination, looking for a better life. One day Csilla wakes up inside a crashed car, in the middle of nowhere, not knowing where her brother Isti is. He is vanished without a trace. Upset and alone, without saying a word, Csilla leaves aboard a cargo ship heading to Western Europe. She flees her country and her past to a cold and lonely life to keep a promise she made to him. But the world shes left behind wont let her go that easily. At sea Gabor, a self-proclaimed business man who convinced her to work for him on the ship, turns out to be a brute and a drunk. When Gabor assaults her and takes her last souvenir of Isti, Csilla loses grip on her life completely. The journey turns into a surreal trip on the fragile edge of life and death.</p>
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Between $100 000 and $1 Million
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Festival selections:
Silent Ones - Awards, Festivals & Special Screenings Winner Best Female Director, Toronto Independent Film Festival (Canada) 2014 Winner Best Cinematography, Winner Honorable Mention, Winner Best Film Berlin IFF 2014, 4 Winner Best Cinematography Award, Winner Best Supporting Actor Award , European Film Festival, Lecce (Italy) 2013Nomination jury award Best Film, 3 Nomination Grand Prix, ) 2013Nomination Best European Co-production. Nomination Tiger Award , 42th International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands) 2013Festivals:
Les Rencontres des Cinémas d'Europe 2014 (Ardèche-France)
New York Independent Film Festival (USA) /
Toronto Independent Film Festival (Canada) / Winner Best Female Director
Rio de Janeiro Festival Internacional de Cinema Feminino 2014 (Brazil)Los Angeles Women's Ind' Film Festival (USA) Winner Best Cinematography ,Winner ,
Skopje International Film Festival 2014 ( Macedonia)
Berlin Independent Film Festival 2014. (Germany) / Winner Best Film 2014
13th Pune International Film Festival, Pune (India)
37th Sao Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil)- 31 October, 2013.Nomination jury award Best
Scenecs International Debut Film Festival (Netherlands)Winner Dutch Golden Stone Best Debut Film
International Film Festival La Femme Los Angeles ( USA) Nomination Best Film
Montreal PHI Centre, Montreal (Canada)
Kaunas International Film Festival (Lithuania)
International Film Festival, Jagran Mumbai (India)
Fresh Film Fest, International Young Talents Festival, Prague (Czech Republic)
4th Avvantura Festival Filmforum, Zadar (Croatia).Nomination Best European Co-production. 19th Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
T- Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw (Poland).Nomination New Horizons Best Film. 35th Moscow International Film Festival (Russia)
Titanic International Film Festival, Budapest (Hungary)Nomination Breaking the Waves Award . European Film Festival , Lecce (Italy)Winner Best Supporting Actor & Winner Best Cinematography 42th International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands)Nomination Tiger Awa rd
Awards received:
<p>Awards and Nominations:NOMINATION TIGER AWARD 42th International Film Festival Rotterdam. WINNER BEST FILM BERLIN IFF 2014 Berlin Independent Film Festival 2014. WINNER BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, European Film Festival, Lecce (Italy) 2013 WINNER BEST SUPORTING ACTOR, European Film Festival, Lecce (Italy) 2013. WINNER DUTCH GOLDEN STONE FOR BEST FILM, Netherlands Debut Film Festival 2013. WINNER BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 2014, HONORABLE MENTION Narrative Feature SILENT ONES Los Angeles Women's Independent Film Festival 2014 (USA)</p>
Film reviews:
<p>PRESS QUOTES AND AWARDS: Grazia Volpi, producer Taviani Brothers, Jury presidente European Film Festival Lecce 2013 abouth Silent Ones Winner Best Cinematography and Winner Best Supporting Actor:The magnificent photography makes the landscape come alive and reflects the changes in the main characters mood in a beautiful way. Jos Stelling well-known Dutch filmmaker, Jury president Scenecs Debut Film Festival abouth Silent Ones,Winner Dutch Golden Stone Best Film 2013: A very secure quest for the essence of film. The only narrative basis is a cargoship at sea, a threatened woman and an old secret. The film makes no attempt to offer cheap pleasures; you keep looking at somethingthat is harsh and stern, and yet amazing and moving. The logical cinematographic approach and beautiful acting make this film a complete universe in itself. Great film Jim Delvaux, director Berlin Independent Film Festival Silent Ones Winner Berlin Ind, Film Festival Berlin 2014 Quotes:Slow Criticism festivalists critic Dana Linssen: Impressive first feature Silent Ones, ingenious, non-linear structure. Echoes of great European directors like Tarkovski or Bela Tarr. Rutger Wolfson, director International Film Festival Rotterdam:I think its a very special movie. Very mature, visually overwhelming and a very penetrating story. I am very proud to show it in the Tiger competition. Danny Lennon, Curator Film PHI Centre Montreal: Outstanding Film Debut. Attention talent! One of the best films i saw at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Philippe Bober, Coproduction Office:I enjoyed screening it, it is really a very good film, with quite strong visuals. Orsi is very good in it. Jim Stark, American Independent Producer (a.o. Jim Jarmusch) With gorgeous visual imagery and an elliptical but very poetic story, her debut film Silent Ones has earned Ricky Rijneke a place among Europe's best young up and coming directors.The Hollywood reporter:Arty thriller Silent Ones has a intriguing set-up and a stylish look, visually ravishing.35 Moscow International Filmfestival (by Avoniya): A search, a journey and a meditation of one lost, this is a bleak film but as a feature debut it is very selfassured. Shot by the Rotterdam director in the Hungarian language, it is likely to signal the presence of a strong new name in European cinema. Screen International Geoffrey Macnab:International distributors already see Rijneke as a talent to follow. International Cinephile Society (ICS): A powerful, very self-assured debut, Silent Ones confirms that the director is one to watch. It is somewhat reminiscent of Bruno Dumont's Hors Satan, only much softer and warmer. A powerful, very self-assured debut, Silent Ones confirms that the director is one to watch. De Volkskrant (Daily Dutch newspaper): A wonderful discovery Silent Ones, the confident disrupting debut of filmmaker Ricky Rijneke. New Horizons International Film Festival (by Magdalena Sztorc): An enchantingly mature debut from Ricky Rijneke. The Dutch author cleverly combines social engagement with poetic sensitivity. The film slightly resembles the works of Ulrich Seidl or Ursula Antoniak, is unsettling and skilfully celebrates an atmosphere of secrecy. Filmkrant (Magazine on Film): Ingenious scenario, which begins in the middle, looks ahead and then look back.</p>
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<p>Provenierssingel 33. 3033EG Rotterdam. www.rotterdamfilms.com. Mail to: info@rotterdamfilms.nl Tel.+3110 465 85 65</p>
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