Team
Hilde Steenssens
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Hilde Steenssens is founder of vzw Filemon. She also curates for other film initiatives. As pedagogue and youth criminologist, she is convinced of the power of art and film as intermedium to support children and young people in their growth towards world citizens! She ensures that the organization can remain dynamic, qualitative and sustainable.
Anna Bataglia
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Anna studied Film Studies and Visual Culture and then Cultural Management. Now she supports the business side of Filem'On. Her goal at Filem'On is to bring as many young people as possible in contact with other ideas and cultures in order to give them more knowledge and insight about the world and themselves.
Myrthe Van Rompaey
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Myrthe is in charge of our audience engagement and participatory projects. Being born and raised in Brussels, a film fanatic and children's enthusiast, she likes to roll up her sleeves to reach out to as many Brussels' youth as possible and give them the chance to be immersed in the world of Filem’On!
Pelin Su Ozdogan
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Pelin is in charge of the Guest Office of Filem’On. She loves cinema, contemporary art, children’s media and anything that is located at the intersection of these three. Seeing the glimmer in people’s eyes while watching a film is what makes her tick. One of her biggest dreams is to write a children’s book and adapt it into a film!
Rob Goovaerts
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Rob works as a graphic designer. He has always been fascinated by urban culture in all its aspects. Discovered Filemon thanks to the striking flyers and posters!
SANDRA VERKAART
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Sandra has a background in animation and illustration. She alternates her work time between the art educational organisations MUS-E Belgium, Wisper, WIELS Kets and the DKO. From the year Sandra moved from Utrecht (NL) to Brussels in 2010, she has been involved with Filem'On! She gave film workshops, supervised and coordinated children's juries and was part of the Filem'On film committee! Since 2016, she also helps out with the Young Audience Award (EFA) and is a coach for Filem'On ambassadors.
Djurre van Dijck
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Djurre van Dijck graduated as a director from RITCS in Brussels. In addition to his Print Traffic activities for the festival and his work as a filmmaker, he also works in the education of Brussels. According to him, bringing children into contact with art and culture is a necessity.
STEPHY MAES
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Stephanie Maes is a multidisciplinary filmmaker with a participatory approach. In her work the creative interaction with others is key. Throughout the years she has realized several projects in collaboration with theatre companies, newcomers, young people and local residents, among others. In addition to providing technical support for the festival's audiovisual component, Stephanie has been the proud coordinator of Filem'On's very own reporter's club for years!
Geert Neckebroeck
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The ambassadors are the beating heart of Filem'On. They help think about the concretisation of the festival and annual projects and promote the festival to their age group. For instance, they manage their own 'TikTok' account where they warm up their peers with fun and dynamic social media content. The ambassadors are supervised by a freelance filmmaker from vzw Filemon and meet about twice a month. The ambassadors are teenagers who know the festival and the organisation well and have already worked on several projects.
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Ernesto Mortelmans
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I'm Ernesto, I'm 14 years old, and I live in Brussels. I was a judge at the Filem'On film festival in 2021 and have been an ambassador since 2022. I've been living in Brussels recently and feel completely at home here. I'm looking forward to the next festival! See you then!
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Eva Meersman
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I am Eva, ambassador of the festival. This is my third year as ambassador. For me, film is a way to bring fantasy to life while zooming in on reality. With film, anything is possible and you experience the wildest adventures and most intense feelings. I love acting and dancing, as well as painting, baking, climbing and reading the most adventurous books late into the night. That adventurous side of me resurfaces - and over head down - on any rollercoaster or water slide I can do. I am a multilingual Brussels native and love this fascinating city and the green Jette where I was born. I love to travel to other countries, like Bulgaria, where part of my family lives.
Mirthe Gielen
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A familiar face as a presenter at Filem'On who will be joining as an ambassador from 2023!
Vic Lauwens
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A well-known Filem'On film enthusiast who could be spotted during the multi-day workshops will become an ambassador from 2023!
Selia Krasniqi
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A former teen judge at Filem'on, Selia is happy to pass this torch to become an ambassador at Filem'on.Film commission
A diverse group of interesting people make up the 2023 Filem'On film committee.
