Monika Mack

Headshots - Anja Niedringhaus, photographer | Development Pitch

Monika Mack

Freelance journalist and producer Monika Mack graduated with a MA from the University of Cologne, after which she worked in the PR and language transfer departments of the broadcaster ARTE in Strasbourg, for a postproduction/ subtitling company in Düsseldorf and for the WDR/ARTE department in Cologne. Since 2006, she has been working as a freelance producer and freelance production manager for the film production company Bildersturm. She is a graduate of the Eurodoc training program.

Pitch project | Headshots - Anja Niedringhaus, photographer (directed by Sonya Winterberg)

Photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus created iconic images of crises and wars around the world. Her unique pictures shape our collective memory to this day.

Laura Bouwmeester

Drive off | Development Pitch

Laura Bouwmeester

Laura Bouwmeester is committed to tell powerful stories, especially with a focus on both cultural and sexual diversity, as well as strong role models. In 2017 she established a foundation, and laid the building blocks for – what eventually became – the Dutch Netflix series and film ANNE+ (Valérie Bisscheroux). In 2023 she became producer and co-owner of Labyrint Film, alongside producer Rogier Kramer. Laura believes it is important that her productions are urgent, accessible, authentic, and energetic. This also means she is focused on looking for involvement in themes that play a role in society.

Pitch project | Drive off (directed by Ayla Satijn)

35-year-old Izel confronts her tragic past in her childhood home after her parents' fatal accident, seeking healing and self-discovery.

Monique van Kessel

Shiny New World | Development Pitch

Monique van Kessel

Monique van Kessel studied biology at the University of Wageningen. In 2015, she started her film career with several successful 48-hour films, including the 2017 Rotterdam-winning short horror film Watch Out (Sharrif Nasr). In 2019, she decided to focus entirely on the production of genre films (horror, sci-fi, and fantasy) with her company Make Way Film. She has since produced several features and shorts. She and her team also regularly organize Genre Hub, the new meeting place for genre filmmakers in the Benelux.

Pitch project | Shiny New World (directed by Jan van Gorkum)

A down on his luck construction worker gets caught up in a bloody power struggle between demons in human disguise, and discovers his true purpose in life.

Marco Gilles

Jukli | Development Pitch

Marco Gilles

Marco Gilles is a German producer for national and international television and cinema films and series. As a producer for eitelsonnenschein he has completed several projects in the last 10 years, from tv to feature films. He also as his own production company, gilles-mann, MMC and Senator Film. Next to producing he is also a trained a director and writer and has also been worked as an editor and cameraman.

Pitch project | Jukli (directed by Hannah-Lisa Paul)

A stubborn girl, a cute donkey and a great adventure - Flora has to go to France with the giant donkey foal Jukli, all by herself. She's only 11 and doesn't like donkeys at all.

Nina Payrhuber

The Floor is Yours | Development Pitch

Nina Payrhuber

Nina Payrhuber was born in South Africa and raised in Belgium. She graduated with a master’s in History from the University of Antwerp and a degree in film production (2015-2018) from the Royal Institute of Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) in Brussels. As part of the Associate Directors team she is currently involved in the (co)-producing of various documentary projects.

Pitch project | The Floor is Yours (directed by Nina Landau)

A young actress is casted to bring to life the story of one woman’s pelvic pain journey.

Livia Perneel

Stilte | Script Pitch

Livia Perneel

As a child by the North Sea, Livia Perneel quickly acquired a taste for the theater, taking classes at the Oostend Conservatory until she was eighteen. She then moved to Brussels to study film direction at the Royal Institute of Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) from which she graduated with her bilingual short film FRANKIE15 in 2016 which was selected, among others, for the Student Academy Awards of the Oscars. She then took an acting course at the French-language school INSAS.

Pitch project | Stilte

In 2032, Stilte highlights Elli's search for self-love in Brussels, under the threat of a natural disaster that could make the world unlivable at any moment.

Luciënne Venner

A Demon's Gift | Script Pitch

Luciënne Venner

Luciënne Venner graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy with the film A Ride to Moresnet. In 2018, she made her debut film Error of Eros. Her work has been screened both nationally and internationally at festivals and exhibitions. Her latest film Silent Heat won the prize Right of Speech at the Babel Film Festival in Italy, the prize for Best Film Experimental at Porto Femme, and was nominated for The National Competition at Leiden Shorts and was part of The Golden Calf competition at the Netherlands Film Festival.

Pitch project | A Demon's Gift

After the death of her mother, a girl becomes possessed and her world turns demonic and surreal.