Safirah Dijkstra | De Ontmoeting | VPRO & HUMAN

Safirah Dijkstra is a dramaturge at VPRO-HUMAN. She is also project leader of the talent development program for short films De Ontmoeting. In addition, she is also a board member at VERS, an association for new film and television makers. Safirah studied Theater, Film and Television Studies at Utrecht University and obtained a master's degree in Art, Culture and Politics at the University of Amsterdam. She previously worked as Marketing and PR Manager at distributors Cinema Delicatessen and Amstelfilm.

Yassin Karmoudi | NPO Fund | New Producers Academy

Yassin Karmoudi is an experienced storyteller and impact manager. With a wide range of experience in the audio-visual industry, from international animation series to award-winning interactive documentaries. Yassin is one of the co-founders of the New Producers Academy, where he strives to provide opportunities for aspiring film and documentary producers from underrepresented communities to give them a platform to tell their untold stories. Since October 2021, Yassin has been the Secretary of Talent at the NPO (Dutch Public Broadcaster).

Sara Moeniralam | NPO 3LAB

Sara Moeniralam is a content coordinator for NPO 3LAB. She studied Media & Culture (BA) and Film Studies (MA) at the University of Amsterdam. After graduating she started working for the brands MTV & Nickelodeon as an editor/writer/researcher and created local online content for these brands. After a couple of years Sara switched from a commercial broadcaster to public broadcasters where she worked as an editor for a children’s television show and a talk show. At her current job it is her goal to create a more accessible, visible and durable entrance within the public broadcasting system. To shine light on stories that usually do not get the opportunities to be told. Her bigger goal in life is to make invisible people visible.

Joris Hoebe | Screen Talent NL | New Noardic Wave

Joris Hoebe is a filmmaker, producer and since 2018 founder of multiple filminitiatives in the North of the Netherlands namely Talenthub New Noardic Wave, film commission Screen Noord and CineNord which focuses on production, funding and innovation in the three northern provinces Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe. Together with partners CineSud and Playgrounds he is co-founder of Screen Talent NL. The official network organization of film hubs in the Netherlands that aims for a more divers and inclusive Dutch film ecosystem. He loves living with his wife-filmmaker and two filmmaking sons. Fun fact: In his spare time he is running a company that creates beer made of rainwater (rainbeer.nl)

Guido Franken | Screen Talent NL | CineSud

Guido Franken got his Master’s degree in Film and Television Studies from the Utrecht University. Since 2012 he (executive) produced several short films and (short and feature length) documentaries that were shown all over the world and won various awards. From 2012 on, Guido is head of CineSud, a foundation that promotes and stimulates the film industry in the south of the Netherlands, with a special focus on talent development. CineSud became the biggest film hub in the Netherlands. Since 2016 Guido stopped producing and focussed completely on his part time position as director of CineSud and head of the Limburg Film Office (incl. Limburg Film Fund). In 2020 he also founded Screen Talent NL, a network of talent- and production-hubs in the Netherlands.

Daniel Huhn | Filmwerkstatt Münster | Netzwerk Filmkultur NRW

Daniel Huhn, born in 1985, grew up in the Ruhr area. He studied history and political science at the University of Münster. Already as a student he worked as a freelance radio and video journalist as well as a camera person. Since 2011 he has been working full-time as a freelance filmmaker and. From 2012 until 2019 Daniel Huhn has been a lecturer at the University of Münster in the field of film. His work was awarded at several festivals. In 2015, he received the Gerd-Ruge scholarship from the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW. Since 2016, he has been a scholarship holder of the Mediengrünzentrum NRW with Benjamin Leers and their joint film production company Benda Film. In 2020 he became managing director of the Filmwerkstatt Münster. Daniel Huhn is a member of the Managing Board of the Netzwerk Filmkultur NRW.

Mathias Desmarres | Anotherlight

Mathias Desmarres is a French filmmaker, specialized in documentary making. He has lived and worked in Brussels since 2001. After studying directing at the I.A.D. (Louvain La Neuve) he worked on numerous productions, including award-winning pieces. The subjects of his films vary, from the history of the moustache (An Itch for a moustache (2014)) to the political history of Burundi. More recently he has been collaborating on documentary series for RTBF ("Ma rue couche toi là" and "True Crime"). He is involved in the Liège-based organization, Anotherlight, which offers multiple opportunities and training for people in the film industry. Within Anotherlight Mathias is particularly involved in developing documentary creation workshops in prisons with crew members from the Wallonia-Brussels federation.

Anna Weber

Anna Weber

Anna Weber was born in Viersen, Germany in 1999. After graduating from high school, she worked for a year in a business detective agency. She is now involved in several student projects. During the production of a short film in Estonia, her interest in film production was confirmed. Anna has been studying Creative Production at the ifs international film school in Cologne since 2019. Her projects have been presented at renowned national and international film festivals. Her short film Mona & Parviz premiered at the Short Film Corner Cannes 2021 and won the 2nd audience and jury prize at the Exground Filmfest (Wiesbaden). She completed her studies in February 2023 with her graduation film El Mártir.

Mathias Desmarres

Mathias Desmarres

Mathias Desmarres is a French filmmaker, specialized in documentary making. He has lived and worked in Brussels since 2001. After studying directing at the I.A.D. (Louvain La Neuve) he worked on numerous productions, including award-winning pieces. The subjects of his films vary, from the history of the moustache (An Itch for a moustache, 2014) to the political history of Burundi. More recently he has been collaborating on documentary series for RTBF (Ma rue couche toi là and True Crime). He is involved in the Liège-based organization, Anotherlight, which offers multiple opportunities and training for people in the film industry. Within Anotherlight Mathias is particularly involved in developing documentary creation workshops in prisons with crew members from the Wallonia-Brussels federation.

Luca Meisters

Luca Meisters

Luca Meisters (1996, Maastricht) graduated as a director from the Maastricht Institute of Performative Arts in 2019. Her graduation film WHEN BIRDS FLY LOW (original title: 'ELF') had its international premiere at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2020 and got selected for Palm Springs Short Fest and Cinekid. Her 2021 short film NOVA had its premiere at BUFF Malmö and got nominated for Best Short Film. Her newest short film MAGMA produced by IJswater Films and written by Nena van Driel will have its international premiere in 2023. Besides her work as a director she also works as a director's assistent and children casting director/children coach on set.