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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

The team

IFFR works with an enthusiastic core team of around 40 professionals year-round. Each year, in the lead-up to the festival and for year-round activities, the team is expanded with many freelancers, interns and volunteers.

Directors & Board

[email protected]

Business Affairs

Audiences & Communities 

Content

Education

Hubert Bals Fund

Pro

Programme Operations & International Relations

Selection Committee Members (features)

Kristína Aschenbrennerova (South Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan), Stefan Borsos (South and South-East Asia), Michelle Carey (English speaking territories), Evgeny Gusyatinskiy (Central and Eastern Europe, Israel), Mercedes Martínez-Abarca (South and Central America, Mexico, Caribbeans), Olaf Möller (German speaking territories, Nordic countries, the Cinema Regained programme), Lyse Nsengiyumva (Sub-Saharan Africa), Rebecca De Pas (Italy, Spain, Portugal), Olivier Pierre (French speaking territories), Koen de Rooij (Netherlands, Flanders), Delly Shirazi (Middle-East, Northern Africa, Iran, Turkey)

Selection Committee Members (Shorts)

Miquel Martí Freixas, Cristina Kolozsváry-Kiss, Lyse Nsengiyumva, Rebecca De Pas, Ivan Ramljak, Koen de Rooij, Loes van Keulen

Scouts

Hiromi Aihara, Robert Gray, Nina Rodriguez Lima, Ralph McKay, Steve Polta, Ivan Ramljak, Susana Santos Rodrigues

Funding & Business Growth

Operations

Year-round the IFFR team is supported by:

Wai Seu Chan (Operations), Giorgi Kuiper (Operations), Jolinde den Haas (Content), Jurgen van der Vlies (Operations), Lesley Da Rae Yoon (Programme Operations), Peter van Heck (Operations), Suze van Bohemen (Content), Tom Timmerman (Operations)

Supervisory Board

Korrie Louwes (chair), Anoesjka Imambaks, Hanneke Niens, Nanouk Leopold, Nicky Koopman, Pieter Guldemond, David Lauwen