Meet the 2025 Media Outreach & Inclusion Scheme journalists

IFFR’s Media Outreach & Inclusion Scheme has run for the third time in 2025. By welcoming new and diverse voices to report on the festival, the scheme aims to remove barriers to journalists and media makers from communities that are currently underrepresented in the festival’s press community.

Our participants, who work across online, print and podcasts, received complementary press accreditation as well as special access to events, talks and workshops.

Klara

Klara Jovanov is a film and television producer with experience spanning Croatia, Scotland, and the Netherlands. A graduate of Stirling University (Scotland, UK), she has worked on independent films, factual television, and commercial productions—including the Čoko Bananica commercial in Belgrade directed by Predrag Ličina—collaborating with industry professionals across Europe. She has also produced and managed projects funded by Screen Scotland, the European Commission, and Goethe Institute, including her K.L.A.R.A. Podcast (Keeping Live Art Real and Alive), which amplifies the voices of emerging filmmakers and artists

Emily

Emily Jisoo Bowles is a British-Korean writer, translator, and film programmer based in London. They were a participant at the Young Critics Workshop at Film Fest Gent 2024. They work with Queer East Festival to curate short film programs and currently run a community cinema club called Jjambbong film, which is centred around participatory spectatorship and fansubbing lesser-seen Asian films.

Fé

Fé Baan is a young filmmaker, director and scriptwriter. Currently, she’s a filmstudent at University of Arts Utrecht (HKU), film critic at LA RIOT, organisator of film screenings at Movies That Matter On Tour and part of activist film collective Bloeifilm. With curiosity and a passion for making films, Fé interviewed a number of diverse filmmakers as a part of the Media Outreach & Inclusion Scheme. She seeks for voices of people from marginalised groups that are, according to her, often not represented enough in the film industry. Via the interviews she held for Radio WORM and LA RIOT she gave this filmmakers a platform.

Luca

Luca Arfini is a journalist and communication professional from Italy, currently based in Amsterdam. In 2023, he founded Creative Tractus L.A. to work on various media and communication projects. His goal is to blend my extensive knowledge of EU affairs, health, sustainability, and human rights with a passion for innovative storytelling across different platforms. He strives to make complex information accessible and engaging through films, articles, and digital content.

Cici

Cici Peng is a London-based film writer, film curator and film producer. Her writing can be found in Film Comment, TANK, the Financial Times, A Rabbit’s Foot, among other publications. She is a curator for Sine Screen, a film collective dedicated to exhibiting moving-image works from East and South East Asia and a mentor for Queer East’s Critic’s Project.

Kamau

Kamau Hawthorne is an aspiring filmmaker from New York, currently studying Media and Business at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is deeply interested in the inspirations and life experiences that lead people to create their art. He has worked in film production in Australia, California, and New York. After attending IFFR last year, he became fascinated by the emerging film scene in the Netherlands and its emphasis on international voices. In his interviews, he explores the inspirations behind films as well as the significance of the countries in which they take place.