Chris Relleke made several art films and co-founded in 1983 the Amsterdam Movie House, even before he went to the Gerrit Rietveld Art Academy, from which he graduated cum laude in 1989. His work includes film / video installations, as well as dramatic film and theatre productions, documentaries and short animation films for Dutch television. They made several successful documentaries for the VPRO television:
trackrecord
2002 STARKISS: Circus girls in India ( 77 min. / 35mm.) , Documentary Wilderell film. script/ director/ camera/ editing.
Joris Ivens Competition IDFA 2002
Dutch Perspective. International Film Festival Rotterdam 2003
DocAviv - Competition, Tel Aviv, Israel 2003
DIFF Chicago, USA 2003
Human Rights Watch IFF, London, UK 2003
IFF Reijckjavic, Iceland 2003
IFF Parnu - Competition, Estonia 2003
2 weeks run - Film Forum, New York City
IFF Vancouver, Canada 2003
Dutch Film Festival- Nomination for Best documentary
IFFLA Los Angeles, 2004 Jury Award for Best Documentary
2004 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival
Academic Award 1998 DABBA WALLAHS: lunch deliverers in Bombay.(60 min.) script/director/ camera/ editing. Stimuleringsfonds - VPRO-tv
Premiere Dutch Film Festival
'The highlights of the lowlands" IDFA
International film festival FIPA Biaritz 1999
International filmfest. München-nomination Medianet Award '99