Dutch feature film Silent Ones by Ricky Rijneke has been selected in competition for the Cyprus International Film Festival.
Silent Ones is nominated for The Golden Aphrodite for Best First Feature Film.
The Cyprus International Film Festival held from 23 to 27 september is the biggest of artistic high value independent cinema event of the whole region, spilling over Cyprus boundaries and spreading over the whole region with repercussions reaching worldwide. Films produced the last 36 months, by emerging directors are selected for the screening program.
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.
Silent Ones was selected for competition for many major international film festivals such as Rotterdam, Sarajevo Moscow, Mostra de Sao Paulo, T Mobile New Horizons, Festival International du Films des Femmes in Créteil, Pune and many others…
Silent Ones won eight awards out of twelve nominations, among others in New York (Winner Best Feature Film), Toronto (Winner Best Female Director), Berlin (Winner Best Feature Film), Los Angeles (Winner Best Cinematography and Winner Honorable Mention Narrative Feature), Sao Paulo (Nomination International Jury Award Best Film), Wroclaw (Nomination New Horizons Grand Prix), Rotterdam (Nomination Tiger Award), Dutch Golden Stone for Best Film, Lecce European Film Festival (Winner Best Cinematography and Winner Best Supporting Actor).
Silent Ones was released in Dutch film theatres for eight weeks in December 2014. It received great critical acclaim. A film critic of 'De Volkskrant', leading Dutch daily newspaper ranked Silent Ones as Best Film 2014.
Ricky's new project The Hunters Son is invited for Script&Pitch of the Torino FilmLab 2015.
She was also invited to present The Hunters Son at the emerging Talent Lab of the Toronto International Film Festival 2015 (TIFF).
Silent Ones produced by Rotterdam Films (Rijneke & van Leeuwaarden) has been supported by the Netherlands Film Fund and the Mondrian Fund. French sales agent Wide Management handles international sales.
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