Rike Holtz

Short Biography

born 1980 in Heidelberg, Germany.

studied at the Film and Television department
(Prof. Yana Drouz/ Prof. David Safarian) at the Arts Academy Kassel. Already her first film was selected for the International Rotterdam Film Festival.
Together with other film makers she founded the NUR film group. Their films are realized, shown and awarded internationally.

Filmography (selection)

2012
Documentary “The greatness of man”, La Habana, Cuba, HDV, colour, 30 min. Supported by the BKM and the Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt.

2012
Short Fiction„Thinking Wings“ (Flügel in Gedanken), Cuba, HDV, 4 min.

2010
Documentary “Cholita Libre”, La Paz, Bolivia, HDV, 70 min, colour. Supported by the Kunststiftung Sachsen Anhalt.
Festivals and Prizes:
• Festival international du film ethnographique du Quebec (FIFEQ) 2010, Canada, „Committee Prize”
• Mujeres en Foco 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina „Prize of the Jury“
• Festival de cine y video 2010, Mar de las Pampas, Argentina
• Latin American Film Festival 2010 (LAFF), Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Transilvania International Film Festival 2010 (TIFF), Cluj, Romania
• „White Nights“ 2010, Int. Film Festival of Festivals, St. Petersburg, Russia
• Festival de Lima, 14. Encuentro Latinoamericano de Cine, Peru, Muestra en Digital 2010
• Romania International Film Festival
(Ro-IFF) 2010, Arad, Romania
• 12th International Documentary Encounters, Bogota, Columbia (International Competition)
• Festival Internacional de Cine de Cali 2010, Columbia (International Short Film Competition)
• XIII. Festival ICARO, Guatemala
• 4th Festival of Visual ASPEKTY 2010, Torun, Poland
• Festival do Filme Etnográfico do Recife, Brazil
• Atlantidoc 2010, 4. Festival Internacional de Cine documental del Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
• 4th Samsung Women's international Film Festival, Chennai, India
• “Cronograf” Int. Film Festival of Moldova 2011, “Cronograf at the museum”
• Beeld voor Beeld 2011, Bogota, Colombia
• Special Screening organized by the Colombian Documentary Association, Alados Colombia and the Ministry of Culture of Colombia in ten different cities of Colombia 2011
• Nepal Cine Symposium 2011, Kathmandu, Nepal
• Lichter Filmtage 2012 Frankfurt/Rhein-Main, Germany
• Etnofilm 2012, Rovinj, Croacia
• Days of Ethnographic Film 2012, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Ethnocineca 2012, Ethnographic and Documentary Filmfest, Vienna, Austria

2010
Music video „Mi niña linda“, Song from the CD: Se me va el avión, Habana, Cuba, Singer and Songwriter: Prince Mohalid.
HDV, colour, 3:40 min.
Directing: Rike Holtz.

2010
Short Movie „Let the bird fly“, Kassel, Germany, HDV, colour, 8 min.
Directing: Rike Holtz.
Festivals:
• Programma ’O Curt XIII, Neapel, Italy

2008
Short Movie "About Nothing", Kassel, Germany, DV, 3 min.
Festivals:
• 49. Brno16 Int. Short - Filmfestival 2008
• 25. Dokumentarfilm – und Videofest Kassel 2008
• O´Curto Film Festival Neapel 2009

2008
Short Movie "Lui", Germany, S16mm, 21 min.
Festivals:
• 17. DIVERCINE Children Film Festival Südamerika: Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Peru, Chile, Argentinien, Bolivien, Mexiko 2008
• LUCAS Filmfestival Frankfurt 2008
• Sapporo Shortfilm Fest Japan 2008
• Sao Paulo Int. Short Film Festival 2008
• Michel Kinderfilmfest Hamburg 2008
• 20th Girona Film Festival 2008
• Barcelona TV Film Festival 2008
• Listapadik Kinderfilmfestival Minsk 2008
• LaMeko Landau Film Festival 2008
• California Ind. Film Festival 2009
• film altonale 2009

2007
Short Movie "A Man and his woman", Germany, DV, 5 min.

2004
Short Movie "Inner Life", Germany, 35mm, 29 min.
Festivals and Prizes:
• IFF Rotterdam 2005
• Prize of the Arts, Art Academy Kassel 2004
• Main prize LaMeko Landau Film Festival 2006
• Grand Prix Cinerail Filmfestival Paris 2008