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SIGMA PICTURES was established in 1974 by MATTHIJS VAN HEIJNINGEN as independent producer of Dutch feature films and international co-productions.
36 feature films have been made since. The company has produced some of the most successful films in the history of Dutch cinema: A FLIGHT OF RAINBIRDS (Ate de Jong), CISKE DE RAT (Guido Pieters), THE COOL LAKES OF DEATH (Nouchka van Brakel) and THE LIFT (Dick Maas), which was distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. ORLANDO and THE TANGO LESSON (Sally Potter), ELINE VERE (Harry Kümel) and ALL MEN ARE MORTAL (Ate de Jong) are some of the international co-productions of Sigma Pictures.
Sigma has also produced many art films, that have received good critical acclaim and have achieved success on international film festivals. They include A QUESTION OF SILENCE and BROKEN MIRRORS (Marleen Gorris) VIGOUR and IT WILL NEVER BE SPRING (Frouke Fokkema), FALSE LIGHT (Theo Van Gogh), RITUALS (Herbert Curiël) and FOR A LOST SOLDIER (Roeland Kerbosch) which was distributed very successfully in the U.S.A.
YOUNG KEES (André van Duren) is the last picture that was produced and SIGMA is currently working on the development of an historic drama based on the Dutch national play by Joost van den Vondel, GIJSBREGHT VAN AEMSTEL, for which Gerben Hellinga wrote the screenplay that Theu Boermans will direct.
