All Is Hidden (in post production)
Ricky Rijneke
All Is Hidden
An atmospheric thriller and coming of age story, about alienation, guilt, and how the invisible borders we build within ourselves can turn those we love into strangers.
A fatal hunting accident freezes the close bond between a border guard and his teenage daughter Yuri. To escape his suffocating walls, in search for her own identity, Yuri flees like the refugees her father tracks.
Second feature by critically acclaimed and multi award-winning director Ricky Rijneke.
Her feature debut Silent Ones premiered in the Tiger Competition (IFFR) Rotterdam invited for almost forty festivals worldwide and won eleven awards out of fifteen nominations. Her short debut Wing The fish premiered in the Locarno competition Leopards of Tomorrow and got invited for more than fifty film festivals worldwide.
Synopsis
At a remote outpost, in the shadow of a dormant volcano, 14-year-old Yuri is growing up with her father Lorenzo and her uncle Ivan. Lorenzo guards the border of this no man’s land, frequently finding hidden refugees inside trucks or containers. In winter, when the snow blurs all the contours in the landscape, Yuri is celebrating her birthday. Lorenzo decides that she is now old enough to carry the rifle that is passed down for generations in the family. They drive deep into the frozen wilderness for a hunting trip, but Yuri’s rite of passage takes a catastrophic turn. With the slumbering volcano looming in the distance, the atmosphere back home is heavy with silence and suffocating tension. Lorenzo desperately tries to keep his daughter safe, but the very walls he builds to protect her, become the barriers that separate them. Trapped within the borders of his own mind, Lorenzo realizes that the real threat is not an enemy invading from across the border; it is the alienation within his own house. As father and daughter become strangers to one another, Yuri’s true identity awakens. She chooses to flee like the very refugees her father is ordered to hunt and takes her destiny into her own hands. Ultimately, the entire family ends up displaced.
An atmospheric thriller and coming of age story, about alienation, guilt, and how the invisible borders we build within ourselves can turn those we love into strangers.
info
All Is Hidden was developed & presented at
The Torino Film Lab Script & Pitch.
The famous Torino Film is considered as one of the most prestigious film labs in the world for independent and arthouse cinema.
Toronto (TIFF) Talent Lab / Directors Lab.
A development program run by the Toronto International Film Festival to support twenty emerging filmmakers worldwide working on their feature film.
Ricky her new film was mentored by Małgorzata Szumowska, Jim Stark and Wim Wenders.
The Sam Spiegel International Film Lab.
This prestigious lab is globally recognized alongside the Sundance Lab and TorinoFilmLab as one of the world’s premier feature film development hubs.
Ricky was one of the twelve selected directors for script development.
The Venice Production Bridge.
Selected for presentation at the Venice Production Bridge of the Venice International Film Festival. A platform for selected projects that aims to support European and international producers in securing the final financing of their projects.
about the director
Ricky Rijneke & Zélie Rixhon
Ricky Rijneke graduated as Master of Arts in European Media with honors and is an alumnus of the Berlinale Talent Campus. She is a film director who also works as a scriptwriter, editor and photographer.
Her second feature All Is Hidden is nearly completed. With this project she got invited for the Torino FilmLab Script & Pitch, The Toronto (TIFF) Talent Lab and the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab. The film was selected for presentation at the Venice Production Bridge of the Venice Film Festival. All Is Hidden is an international coproduction between the Netherlands, Iceland, Poland, Belgium and supported by Eurimages.
Award-winning debut Wing, The Fish That Talked Back premiered at the Locarno Film Festival nominated for the Leopards of Tomorrow section and was invited to more than fifty film festivals worldwide.
Her first feature Silent Ones had its world premiere at the IFFR in Rotterdam nominated for the Tiger Competition. It got invited for almost forty festivals worldwide and won eleven awards out of fifteen nominations among others Golden Stone Best Film The Netherlands, Best Film in New York, Berlin, Los Angeles and Toronto (Best female director).
For Silent Ones Ricky worked with talent and shooting star Orsi Tóth acting in most Kornél Mundruczó’s films such as Delta, Joanna, (Cannes Competition), Pleasant Days (Silver Leopard Locarno) and also in The Notebook by Janosz Szasz (Grand Prix, Karlovy Vary), Women Without Men by Shirin Neshat (Silver Lion Venice) and Lourdes by Jessica Hausner (Venice). As cinematographers for this film, she chose Jean-Paul de Zaeytijd (regular D.O.P. of Bouli Lanners’ films) Dirk Rijneke and Gergely Pohárnok (Hukkle, Taxidermia).
credits
Ricky Rijneke & Mikhail Krichman Iceland Andrey Dergachev & Ricky Rijneke
Cast
Zélie Rixhon
She is a young Belgian (French speaking) actress who began acting at a very young age. She has experience in feature films, television, and short films. She shines in the film All Is Hidden her first leading role, making her a true discovery.
Artistic Agency UBBA, Paris
Jeroen Perceval
A Belgian actor, screenwriter and director. He has appeared in numerous films and is well-known by Oscar nominee Best Foreign Language Film Rundskop (Bullhead), d’Ardennen and Borgman, nominee Palme d’Or Cannes.
Ken Lambrechts Artist Management, Antwerp
Yoann Zimmer
A young Belgian (French speaking) actor, director and writer. He directed a number of shorts and acted in several films such as the Palme d’Or nominee La Fille Inconnue directed by the Dardenne Brothers.
Adéquat Agency, Paris
Andrey Dergachev Composer & Sound Designer
Andrey Dergachev is an acclaimed Russian composer, sound designer, and audio director best known for his long-standing collaboration with the award-winning film director Andrey Zvyagintsev, who made The Return, (Golden Lion Venice), The Banishment, Leviathan, Loveless and Minotaur (Grand Prix Cannes 2026)
While The Return put Andrey on the map, his fame was further cemented by two globally acclaimed, Oscar-nominated films where he led the audio teams.
He is a pivotal figure in shaping atmospheric, haunting sonic landscapes of contemporary cinema.
For Ricky’s first film Silent Ones Dergachev composed the outstanding soundtrack.
Ricky and Andrey continued working together on her second film All Is Hidden for which he composed the music and contributed also as sound designer.
Cinematographers
Mikhail Krichman
The internationally acclaimed Russian cinematographer Mikhail Krichman is consultant cinematographer for All Is Hidden. Krichman is a Russian cinematographer best known for his stunning, visually meticulous collaborations with director Andrey Zvyagintsev. He served as the director of photography for all of Zvyagintsev’s features, including his debut The Return (2003, Golden Lion Venice), The Banishment (2007), Elena (2011), the Golden Globe-winning Leviathan (2014), and Loveless (2017). Recently he did the cinematography for Minotaur which won the Grand Prix Cannes 2026.
Krichman was awarded the Golden Osella for Outstanding Technical Contribution (Best Cinematography) for Aleksey Fedorchenko’s Silent Souls (2010) and Vermiglio (2024), which took home the Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival.
Dirk Rijneke
Dirk Rijneke studied with famous experimental underground film maker Frans Zwartjes at the Vrije Academy. He is an award-winning cinematographer, film director and producer. His cinematography is often praised. Gerry Waller for Variety about Voro-Nova the openings film of the International Rotterdam Film Festival which he lensed: “Rijneke’s pictures often capture attention by their pure beauty. Framing, and camera movements sometimes remind one of Antonioni or Tarkowsky. Voro-Nova is a film to see and hear, to absorb, and to remember, as a touchstone for other pictures.”
Piotr Sobociński Jr.
Also, Piotr Sobociński Jr. contributed as Director of photography. He is one of Poland’s most acclaimed cinematographers, with a career marked by numerous national and international awards. He lensed Corpus Christi by Jan Komasa, nominated Best International Feature Film for the Oscars.
Bert Pot
Bert Pot has received recognition for his skills and talent, including the Golden Calf Award for best cinematography. He used rear projection technique to create the illusion of a car driving through different landscapes, adding to the film’s overall impact.
Vincent Sinceretti re-recording mixer
He did the sound mix for Reedland Sven Bresser’s feature film debut, which premiered at the Critics week in Cannes 2025. Vincent won the prestigious Ensor for Best Sound for Close, a feature film by Lukas Dhont, which won the Grand Prix Cannes 2022 and was nominated for a Golden Globe. He contributed to Lukas Dhont’s feature Coward that went home with the Palme d’Or for best actor, Cannes 2026. He also worked on Oscar winning Another Round by Thomas Vinterberg starring Mads Mikkelsen.