Silent Ones

Film

Original Title (If different):

Silent Ones

Language:

Hungarian

Other languages or subtitles:

English

Production country:

Netherlands

Running time (In minutes):

Theme:

Art-house films

Category/Format:

Fiction Features

Student film:

Film URL Site:

http://www.silentonesfilm.com

Poster:

Poster Silent Ones 2.jpg

Production year:

January, 2013

Film Credits

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.

Film director:

Ricky Rijneke

Producer:

Rotterdam Films

About the Producer:

Producers Mildred van Leeuwaarden & Dirk Rijneke. Rotterdam Films is a film production company specialising in feature films and documentaries.http://www.rotterdamfilms.com

Screenplay:

Ricky Rijneke

Editing:

Ricky Rijneke, Nina Petrovna

Film photographer:

Director of Photography: Gergely Pohárnok, Jean-Paul de Zaeytijd

Sound:

Andrey Dergatchev

Music:

Original music composed by: Andrey Dergatchev

Art Director:

Rijneke

Cast 1:

Orsi Tóth

Cast 2:

Roland Rába

Cast 3:

Fatih Dervişoglu

Film synopsis:

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.

Budget

Budget Range:

Between $100 000 and $1 Million

Technical infos

Original Film Format:

35 mm

Format Ratio:

1:2.35

Film Sound:

Dolby SR

Video master available ?:

Yes

Video Type:

DCP

Festival Selection, Awards...

Festival selection, awards or citation already received and other comments... :

Already selected in a Festival?:

Yes

Festival selections:

Silent Ones - Awards, Festivals & Special Screenings

Winner Best Female Director, Toronto Independent Film Festival (Canada) 2014
Winner Best Cinematography, Los Angeles Women's Ind' Film Festival (USA) 2014
Winner Honorable Mention, Los Angeles Women's Ind' Film Festival (USA) 2014
Winner Best Film Berlin IFF 2014, Berlin Independent Film Festival (Germany) 2014
Winner Best Film, The Dutch Golden Stone, Netherlands Debut Film Festival 2013
Winner Best Cinematography Award, European Film Festival, Lecce (Italy) 2013
Winner Best Supporting Actor Award, European Film Festival, Lecce (Italy) 2013
Nomination jury award Best Film, 37th Sao Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil) 2013
Nomination Breaking the Waves Award. Titanic International Film Festival (Hungary) 2013
Nomination Grand Prix, T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, (Poland) 2013
Nomination Best European Co-production. 4th Avantura Festival Filmforum, Zadar (Croatia) 2013
Nomination Tiger Award, 42th International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands) 2013

Festivals:

Les Rencontres des Cinémas d'Europe 2014 (Ardèche-France)
Official Selection / Main Program.
16-23 november 2014

New York Independent Film Festival (USA)
Official Selection / Competition
15-19 0ctober 2014

Toronto Independent Film Festival (Canada)
Official Selection / Competition
4-13 september 2014
Winner Best Female Director

Rio de Janeiro Festival Internacional de Cinema Feminino 2014 (Brazil)
Official Selection / Main Program.
14-20 july 2014

Los Angeles Women's Ind' Film Festival (USA)
Official Selection
16-18-May 2014
Winner Best Cinematography,
Winner Honorable Mention Narrative Feature SILENT ONES,

Skopje International Film Festival 2014 (Macedonia)
Official Selection
23-30 April 2014

Berlin Independent Film Festival 2014. (Germany)
Official Selection / Competition
8-18 februari 2014
Winner Best Film 2014

13th Pune International Film Festival, Pune (India)
Official Selection
8 -15 January 2014

37th Sao Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil)
Official Selection / New Directors Competition.
18 - 31 October, 2013.
Nomination jury award Best Feature Film

Scenecs International Debut Film Festival (Netherlands)
6 –10 November, 2013
Winner Dutch Golden Stone Best Debut Film

International Film Festival La Femme Los Angeles (USA)
Official Selection / Competition
17-20 October, 2013
Nomination Best Film

Montreal PHI Centre, Montreal (Canada)
Special Screening. October, 2013

Kaunas International Film Festival (Lithuania)
Official Selection / Main Program.
25 September - 6 October, 2013

International Film Festival, Jagran Mumbai (India)
Official Selection / Main program.
24th – 29 September, 2013

Fresh Film Fest, International Young Talents Festival, Prague (Czech Republic)
Official Selection / Fresh Generation.
28 August - 1 September, 2013

4th Avvantura Festival Filmforum, Zadar (Croatia).
Competition Best European Co-production.
24 - 31 August, 2013
Nomination Best European Co-production.

19th Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Official Selection / Program Operation Kino.
16 - 24 August, 2013

T- Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw (Poland).
New Horizons International Competition / Main program.
18t - 28 July, 2013
Nomination New Horizons Best Film.

35th Moscow International Film Festival (Russia)
Official Selection / Main Program.
20 - 29 June 2013

Titanic International Film Festival, Budapest (Hungary)
Competition / Main program
5 - 13 April 2013
Nomination Breaking the Waves Award.

European Film Festival, Lecce (Italy)
Official Selection / Competition.
8 - 13 April 2013
Winner Best Supporting Actor & Winner Best Cinematography

42th International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Tiger Award Competition.
World Premiere
23 January - 3 February 2013
Nomination Tiger Award

Awards received:

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)

Film reviews:

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.

Film distribution

Theatre:

Already Secured

TV:

Open

Video:

Open

Sales/distribution name:

Wide Management

Address:

9, rue Bleue. 75009 PARIS France

Email:

infos@widemanagement.com

Publicity Infos

Publicity contact:

Rotterdam Films

publicity address:

Provenierssingel 33. 3033EG Rotterdam. www.rotterdamfilms.com. Mail to: info@rotterdamfilms.nl Tel.+3110 465 85 65

Publicity contact email:

info@rotterdamfilms.nl

Trailer availble:

yes