RICKY RIJNEKE selected for Toronto Talent Lab

Filmmaker Ricky Rijneke is the first Dutch woman invited to the prestigious Toronto Talent Lab, an artistic development program taking place during the Toronto International Film Festival from September 10–20.

Each year, the Toronto Talent Lab selects only ten new international talents from all continents and ten young Canadian filmmakers.
The Lab has appointed 'Governors', prominent film professionals who act as mentors. This year's 'Governors' are director Wim Wenders and American producer Jim Stark.
Participants can also meet with renowned filmmakers to discuss their projects and focus on the artistic and substantive aspects of filmmaking. Guest speakers include Stephan Frears, Claire Denis, Christopher Doyle, Jia Zhang-Ke, and Agnieszka Holland.

Rijneke is going to Toronto with her new feature film project, The Hunter's Son.
With this project, she was also selected for the intensive 8-month Script&Pitch training at Torino FilmLab 2015.

The Hunter's Son is produced by Rotterdam Films in co-production with, among others, France.
The Hunter's Son is Ricky Rijneke's second feature film project. She made an international name for herself with her first short film, Wing, the fish that talked back, and her award-winning feature film debut, Silent Ones, for which she brought together a host of award-winning European talent. Silent Ones was nominated for the Tiger Award competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. This was followed by a triumphant tour of many international festivals, including Moscow, Sarajevo, Sao Paulo, Montreal, and Rio de Janeiro. The film was nominated a total of twelve times and won eight international awards, including in New York, Toronto, Berlin, and Los Angeles.

Talent Lab Governor and producer Jim Stark (including a number of films by Jim Jarmusch) about Silent Ones: “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.”

Silent Ones appeared in Dutch cinemas in December 2014 and was unanimously praised by the national press.
Het Volkskrant 2014 Year in Review included Silent Ones in the list of 'Best Dutch Films': “a dreamscape that is unprecedented in Dutch Cinema”.



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