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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.

 

 

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Silent Ones by Ricky Rijneke selected for Recontres des Cinemas d’Europe.
Nov 19, 2014 at 07:30 PM

Dutch feature film Silent Ones by Ricky Rijneke is selected for Rencontres des Cinemas D’Europe 2014. The festival held from19 to 23 November in France Aubenas. Maisonimage Recontres des Cinemas...

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Ricky Rijneke’s feature debut SILENT ONES in the International Screenings section of the Holland Film Meeting.
Sep 29, 2014 at 01:33 PM

Ricky Rijneke’s feature debut SILENT ONES in the International Screenings section of the Holland Film Meeting. The film tells the story of a young Hungarian woman (Orsi Tóth) whose little brother...

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Ricky Rijneke director of Silent Ones awarded at Toronto Indie Film Festival 2014
Sep 22, 2014 at 03:34 PM

Ricky 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...

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Ricky Rijneke director of Silent Ones awarded at Toronto Independent Film Festival 2014
Sep 22, 2014 at 03:26 PM

Ricky 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...

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Silent Ones by Ricky Rijneke selected for Toronto Indie Film Festival 2014
Sep 01, 2014 at 07:47 PM

Silent Ones by Ricky Rijneke selected for Toronto Independent Film Festival 2014 The Dutch feature film Silent Ones has been selected for the Toronto Independent Film Festival. The festival held...

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Silent Ones by Ricky Rijneke selected for Toronto Indie Film Festival 2014
Sep 01, 2014 at 07:44 PM

Silent Ones by Ricky Rijneke selected for Toronto Independent Film Festival 2014 The Dutch feature film Silent Ones has been selected for the Toronto Independent Film Festival. The festival held...

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Silent Ones by Ricky Rijneke awarded at the Los Angeles Women’s Indie Film Festival 2014.
May 19, 2014 at 09:57 AM

Silent Ones by Ricky Rijneke awarded at the Los Angeles Women’s Indie Film Festival 2014. The Dutch feature film Silent Ones by Ricky Rijneke won two awards last weekend in Los Angeles  at the...

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Silent Ones feature debut by Ricky Rijneke selected for Skopje
May 01, 2014 at 05:15 PM

Silent Ones by Ricky Rijneke selected for Skopje The Dutch feature film Silent Ones has been selected for the Skopje Film Festival. The festival, held from 23 to 30 April in Macedonia, has selected...

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Silent Ones Winner Berlin Independent Film Festival
May 01, 2014 at 10:59 AM

RICKY RIJNEKE movies blog about Silent Ones by Ricky Rijneke winner...