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Pre-Production - ENGLISH, FRENCH - Thriller, Drama - 110 minutes

Year of production : 2023

Director(s) : Ricky RIJNEKE
Writer(s) : Ricky RIJNEKE, Ricky RIJNEKE
Cast : Zélie RIXHON, Jeroen PERCEVAL, Johan ZIMMER

Producer(s) : Dirk RIJNEKE (Rotterdam Films), Agata SZYMAŃSKA, Magdalena KAMINSKA (Balapolis), Mildred VAN LEEUWAARDEN (Rotterdam Films), Agata SYMANSKA (Balapolis), Dries PHYLIPO (A Private Vieuw), Birgitta BJÖRNSDÓTTIR (Vintage Pictures)

Synopsis


Director/ screenwriter: Ricky Rijneke.
Cast: Jeroen Perceval, Zélie Rixhon, Jan Bijvoet, Yoann Zimmer, Kristien De Proost
Country: NL/IS/PL/BE.
Co producers: Vintage Pictures IS, Balapolis PL, A Private View BE.
Status: Post-production.
Duration: 100 min.
Genre: Drama, Nordic noir.
Language: French / English.

In winter, when the snow blurs all the contours in the landscape, the girl Yuri becomes 14 years old. Her father Lorenzo decides that she is now old enough to carry the rifle that is passed down for generations. Yuri is allowed to shoot her first deer. Lorenzo, Yuri and her uncle Ivan drive deep inland into the mountains for a hunting trip. But this celebration and almost ritual initiation, Yuri’s ‘rite de passage’, takes a disastrous and fatal turn.
Second feature by critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning director Ricky Rijneke was selected for the Torino Film Lab Script & Pitch, The Sam Spiegel International Film Lab and the TIFF Talent Lab of the Toronto International Film Festival. The Hunter was presented at the Venice Gap-Financing Market of the Venice Film Festival.


Ricky Rijneke is a film director, scriptwriter and editor.
Her first short WING, the fish that talked back premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Leopard for young talent. This award-winning film gained international acclaim at more than 50 international film festivals.
Her first feature film Silent Ones premiered in competition at the 42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam nominated for the Tiger Award.
It won eleven awards out of fifteen nominations, among others Best Film in New York, Berlin, Los Angeles and Toronto (Best Female Director).
Trailer Silent Ones.

Production

Country(ies) : NETHERLANDS, POLAND, BELGIUM, ICELAND

Financing plan : Eurimages
Netherlands Film Fund,
Netherlands Film Production Incentive,
Polish Film Institute.
Icelandic Film Center
Icelandic tax rebate
Filmfreak
Flemish Audio Visual Fund
Taxshelter BE



Start of shooting : October 2021

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