Mildred van Leeuwaarden
Mildred van LEEUWAARDEN (1951) is a sound engineer, writer, director and producer. Together with filmmaker Dirk/Dick Rijneke, she founded Rotterdam Films in 1980. They have twice provided the opening film for IFFR: Voro-Nova (1985), the favourite of festival founder Hubert Bals, and the international episode film City Life (1999). Nou, dat was het dan! screened in Rotterdam in 2005. Rotterdam Films has produced and co-produced documentaries and fiction films mainly for cinematic release and worked with directors from all over the world, like Béla Tarr (The Last Boat, 1989) and Ricky Rijneke (Silent Ones, 2013).
Filmography
(all co-dir) Groeten uit Rotterdam/Greetings from Rotterdam (1980), Pinkel (1982), Voro-Nova (1985), City Life (1990), Nou, dat was het dan!/That’s It!!! (2005)
Mildred van Leeuwaarden at IFFR
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That’s It!!!
That’s it!!! (1980-2005) is a retrospective view on the careers of two driven film directors: Wim Verstappen and Hollywood director Paul Verhoeven. It
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Silent Ones
A girl wakes up after a car crash. Her younger brother has disappeared. As she promised him, she boards a freighter to find a new life. Then the shady
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Groeten uit Rotterdam
This controversial work in three parts provides a glimpse of the Rotterdam art and music scene in the 1980s. A unique documentary of an eventful era.
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Druggebruik
The early 1970s, Kralingen Pop Festival: marihuana, LSD, speed, opium – anything available was taken. Four young users’ stories.
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Pinkel
Pinkel, a working-class boy from Rotterdam, transforms from an anarchist punk into a dad. Proto-punk by Rotterdam punk band Tändstickorshock.
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Ik hou het wel voor gezien
Prize-winning authentic record of an era, in a meticulously shot portrait of the young drug-addicted poet and musician Gaby from Rotterdam.
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Rock Against Religion
1970s punk to make your ears bleed by Rotterdam bands Rode Wig and REVO: four 14-year-olds including singer Aram Slappendel.
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Waar is mijn jas?
Hilarious film with vehement statements. Two committed film makers, Paul Verhoeven and Wim Verstappen, and one determined film writer. Unique document
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