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 d'Europe:
Plus de soixante-dix films européens programmés dans les six salles des cinémas Navire et Palace d’Aubenas et au Grand Théâtre de Vals les Bains, dans une ambiance festive et conviviale,
où les spectateurs sont aussi les acteurs des débats organisés avec les invités du festival.
Silent Ones Ricky Rijneke’s first feature film premiered 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, New York, Montreal, Los Angeles, Moscow 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, it was awarded twice at the Los Angeles Women’s Independent Film Festival. Prizes include Best Debut, Best Film, Best Actor and Best Cinematography. Recently it won Best Female Director at the Toronto Independent Film Festival.
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.
French sales agent Wide Management handles international sales. The film will be released theatrically in the Netherlands in December 2014.
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