REYKJAVIK-ROTTERDAM
Feature 90 min. 35 mm. colour 
Director: Oskar Jonasson
Script: novelist Arnaldur Indridason and Oskar Jonasson
Cast: Baltasar Kormakur, Throstur Gunnarsson, Jorundur Ragnarsson, Victor Löw
DOP: Bergsteinn Bjorgulfsson
Production: Blueeyes Productions Agnes Johansen and Baltasar Kormakur in co-production with Rotterdam Films Dirk Rijneke & Mildred van Leeuwaarden
Executive producers: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson & Lilja Palmadottir
Like a fish on a dry land, Kristofur is stuck in a dull everyday routine, working as a security guard. He got fired from the freight ship he worked on, when he was caught smuggling alcohol Faced with money problems, he is tempted to accept the help of his friend, Steingrimur, who manages to pull some strings to get him his old job back. He decides to takes his chances one last time on a tour to Rotterdam.We come into Kristofers life as he is working as a security guard, after having done some time in jail for smuggling alcohol while working on a ship. Kristofer is struggling to support his family and gets the opportunity to do one last tour on a freighter between Reykjavik and Rotterdam. While glad to rejoin his old mates on the ship, Kristofer finds out that some are not worthy of his trust.
Review Variety Review
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Official selection Internationaal Film Festival Rotterdam 2010
Official Oscar-entry see article Variety
Hollywood Remake of Reykjavik-Rotterdam will be made starring Mark Wahlberg.
See article variety
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WING, the fish that talked back
Color/13min/35mm/Dolby Digital
Director Ricky Rijneke
Producer Werkstad Producties
Screenplay Ricky Rijneke
DOP Benito Strangio
Lights Walter Birkhoff
Editor Nina Petrovna
Assistant Producer Alla Berdnikova
Cast Winola Wong, Kiemlan Tjong, Moon Lee Ho
Excecutive Producer Rotterdam Films
Line Producers Rijneke & van Leeuwaarden
Synopsis
Little Wing is now sure. Grandmother should be returned to China. Fantasy and reality begin to mingle in a story concerning an old lady who does not talk, some fish, and a cup of tea.
We see this film through the eyes of Wing, who creates a totally artificial world for herself and doesn't allow real life to get in. Her world is always miraculous, weird and sometimes frightening. read more
REFLECTIONS
HD / Pal / 16:9 / Dolby digital 5.1
directed by & camera: Dick Rijneke
production: Rijneke & van Leeuwaarden
sound: Mildred van Leeuwaarden
editing: Ricky Rijneke Nina Petrovna
producers assistent: Alla Berdnikova
Cast: Coen van Vlijmen as Wik
Distribution: Contact Film
Logline:Limerick(IRE) Ghent, Mechelen (BE) Breda, 's-Hertogenbosch (NL) Chester (UK)Reflections is a feature length docu fiction about six European cities that are exploring all different aspects related to water in the city.
The water in historic city centres project (WIHCC) is the winner of the European Regional Cultural Champion Award for an European co-operation for the promotion of the cultural heritage of the cities.
That's It!!! (2005, Rijneke & van Leeuwaarden)
THAT'S IT !!
(1980-2005)
The Netherlands 2005, ratio: 1:1.66, color, 80 min. Dutch spoken
English subtitles
Directed by Dick Rijneke & Mildred van Leeuwaarden Camera Dirk Rijneke
Sound Mildred van Leeuwaarden
Editing Laurent Fluttert
Sound mix Ranko Paukovic
Animation Milan Hulsing
Additional animation & editing extra’s Ricky Rijneke
© Produced by Rijneke & van Leeuwaarden for Rotterdam Films
Distributor: Contact Film, Arnhem, The Netherlands
with
Paul Verhoeven
Wim Verstappen
Ruud den Drijver
In 1980 reporter Ruud den Drijver goes head to head with two notorious Dutch film directors : Paul Verhoeven and Wim Verstappen, passionate film makers, competitors and colleagues in a free for all heated discussion ranging (among other subjects) from oral sex to the art of motion pictures.
25 years later the confrontation is continued during the Cannes Film Festival. In the meantime Wim Verstappen has died a year earlier and Paul Verhoeven has returned from a brilliant career in the States. Paul is still very outspoken. He talks freely about the present-day neo-conservative policies of America, and about the situation in Hollywood and his work.
"THAT'S IT" (1989-2005) is a retrospective view on the careers of two driven film directors and is a hilarious time document larded with passionate statements.
Dick Rijneke & Mildred van Leeuwaarden are directors/producers of award winning motion pictures.
They twice supplied the opening films for the International Film Festival of Rotterdam, the favorite film of founder Hubert Bals titled VORO-NOVA and CITY LIFE, the first international episode film.
EXTRA'S (total length 40 min.)
Photo Gallery
Filmography Short film by Paul Verhoeven
Outtakes:
-Soldier of Orange
-Sequel -Shooting a film together?
-Basic Instinct, The Fourth Man
-Nicole Kidman <> Victoria Woodhull
-(script) Blackbook / Zwartboek
Falling into Paradise (2004, Milos Radovic)
Feature length, released 2004
35mm, 90 min, colourA black comedy. Lubi, King of the black market turns mad. He is looking for trouble with everybody. He tries to take down an AWACS Boeing and believes he succeeded when he sees a paratrooper in the sky. He sets out to take the survivor as a hostage. Finally they join forces and conceive the plan to kill Slobodan Milosovic.
Director: Milos Radovic
Camera: Piotr Kukla
Co-production partners: Neue Impuls Filmproduktionsgesellschaft (Hamburg), MACT Productions (Paris), Rotterdam Films and Rocketta Film (Nederland)
Supported by: Filmförderung Hamburg, Degeto Film GMBH, FondSud, CNC, Canal +, VPRO television, Dutch Film Fund, Rotterdam Film Fund, Zillion Films, Eurimages
World sales: TF1, France
This film will be distributed theatrically and broadcast on television throughout Europe and the rest of the world.
Don't Catch My Face (2005, Carel van Hees)
People. Young and old, fat and thin, black and white. Sand, sea, wind and clouds, a day at the beach. In the background, the decor of ships entering and leaving the port, oil rigs, windmills whirling frenziedly and a radar station.
documentary, length 33 min.
Ego and vanity, machismo, insecurity and unconditional love, brought together on a small stretch of land. DON’T CATCH MY FACE is an ode to life.Carel van Hees (1954, Rotterdam) is well known for his work as a photographer. For the past few years, he has been concentrating more and more on making video installations and films. His first documentary was screened in Rotterdam in 1996. In 2003 he received the Cultuurprijs Zuid-Holland for his whole oeuvre.
Directed & camera by Carel van Hees
script Mildred van Leeuwaarden, Carel van Hees, Dirk Rijneke
sound Myrna Petter
assistent to the director John Vane
editing Stephan Warmenhoven
color grading & graphics Reinier van Brummelen
sound foley Stefan de Groen
sound mix Ranko Paukovic
postproduction facilities Laurent Fluttert, original music Paleis van Boem, production Rijneke & van Leeuwaarden for Rotterdam Films
This film has been supported by Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Omroepproducties, RTV Rijnmond, Rotterdam Festivals, Rotterdams Fonds voor de Film en audiovisuele media © Rotterdam Films 2005
Selected for the Main Programme of the 34 th International Film Festival Rotterdam
Manhattan Aan De Maas (2001, Dick Rijneke)
A trailer for a diptych.
35 mm, 1'30 min, colour
Directed and camera: Dirk Rijneke
Production: Rotterdam Films
Broadcasted by NCRV television
Rotterdam is known for it's beautiful skyline and is therefor often referred to as Manhattan at the Maas.
The trailer was made for the broadcast of a diptych by the NCRV television in the framework of Rotterdam Cultural Capital of Europe 2001. It included the films It's Not Gonna Work and Bridgekeeper Khbr .
't Wordt Toch Niks (2001, Stella Voorst van Beest)
S16 mm, 32 min, colour.
Director: Stella van Voorst van Beest
Production: Rotterdam Films
Executive producer: Hefbrug Koningshaven
Producers: Dirk Rijneke and Mildred van Leeuwaarden
Sound: Christine van Roon, Bruna Perraro
Camera: Dirk Rijneke, Denny Smits, Rob Sandifort
Music: Lukas Simonis
Head of production: Mildred van Leeuwaarden
Production staff: Hedi D. Legerstee, Vanessa Vloemans, Kerstin Isenbeck
With: Hennie de Vries, Cor Twigt, Dirk Mostert, mr. Hooymayers, Bas Schoenmakers
Festivals: Rotterdam
In this film, five inhabitants of Rotterdam are portrayed in their everyday lives. They ventilate their grievances about and declare their love for the city.
Bas sells souvenirs and is unhappy the city promotes so much but offers so little. That’s not what attracts tourists.
Hennie, a former trucker, has been living at the Bergse Achterplas in Rotterdam for the last few years. The drug-troubles in his street make him decide to leave after 40 years. Hennie still visits the city and his old neighbourhood regularly.
Mister Hooymayers is fighting the depravity of his street. He keeps an eye on everything and takes measures whenever he doesn’t like something.
Despite all the misery, Dirk never ever wants to leave his area ("but it won’t get much worse probably"). At Willem’s, the hairdresser where Dirk’s beard is regularly cut, old (former) neighbours come in for a chat and the last neighbourhood news.
Cor has his own ideas. The sewer worker prefers to be underground, where at least he won’t be troubled with traffic jams.
It's Not Gonna Work gives a view of the mentality of the world’s largest port.
Best Foot Forward, 2001 (Karel Doing)
An enigmatic short story about a thirty-year-old man who is confronted with his fears and desires.
S16 mm, 21 min, colour.
Director: Karel Doing
Production: Rotterdam Films
Executive producer: Hefbrug Koningshaven
Producers: Dirk Rijneke and Mildred van Leeuwaarden
Camera: Vladas Naudzius
Camera assistent: Denny Smits
Technical supervisor: Rob Sandifort
Aaton A-Minima camera: Dirk Rijneke
Sound: Christine van Roon
Sound design: Charly van Rest
Music: David Spaans
Head of production: Mildred van Leeuwaarden
Production staff: Hedi D. Legerstee, Vanessa Vloemans, Kerstin Isenbeck
Special guest appearance: Ted Langenbach
Cast: Irma Nijenhuis, Eric de Vroedt
Festivals: Rotterdam (main program), Fantasporto (closing ceremony)
In a colourful and multi-cultural street in Rotterdam, we meet a couple; Claes and Anja. They are on the point of taking several important decisions, but it is not easy for them. Their conflict increases so much that Anja can’t stand it any more. Their roads are separating.
Claes seems to slip away into a kind of nightmare in which images from the past and the future merge. Literally and metaphorically he is standing at a very confusing crossroad where he faces his deepest fears and desires. An enigmatic series of incidents develops before his eyes. He loses his grip on the world around him and is strangely neglected by various passers-by.
His previous desperation changes when a particularly happy moment of his life appears before his mind’s eye. He breaks away from his nightmare...
Rotterdams Fabrikaat , 2000 (D. Rijneke & M. van Leeuwaarden, K. Doing)
Rotterdams Fabrikaat (Made in Rotterdam), 2000
Trailer for the Rotterdam Filmweek, by order of the municipal of Rotterdam and film theatre Lantaren Venster. Shown in the cinemas in Rotterdam.
35 mm, 2'11'', colour
Director: Dirk Rijneke, Mildred van Leeuwaarden, Karel Doing
Production: Rotterdam Films
Producer: Mildred van Leeuwaarden
Concept-scenario: Dirk Rijneke, Mildred van Leeuwaarden, Karel Doing
Camera: Dirk Rijneke
Light: Dirk Rijneke, Paul Hosek
Music: Kees Went
Voice-Over: Ben Maasdam
Editing: Dirk Rijneke on Steenbeck
Sound Post Production: Stefan Warnas/Dreijer Studio's Hilversum
Stage Designer: Herman Helle
Location: hall Holland-America line
Rotterdam 2049
400.000 deaths on April the 7th 2049.
The treacherous axon/syntax gas got off at the big fire on the thirth Maasvlakte.
Rotterdam 1932
My mother died when I was four years old.
Two times a day we went to church in the village to pray for her.