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.
Rachel Hansoul
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Rachel Hansoul is the communications officer for Filem'on. As a visual communicator who loves colour and playfulness, she feels right at home in the children's film world! Social relevance is what drives her and she enthusiastically shares this through every possible channel to reach you.
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!
Michiel Zeguers
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In addition to being a film lover, Michiel is also a connoisseur of all its technical aspects as our print traffic expert!
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.
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.
Andreas Crommelinck
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I am Andreas, 16-year-old enthusiast who loves theatre, books, dance and of course movies. I love to discover and discuss films with other young people and that's why I love being an ambassador for Filem'On. I have lots of favorite movies but right now I would say that '2001 a space odyssey' is my favourite film.
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!
Emma Kristin
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I am Emma! 16 years old and ambassador of Filemon. I have been with Filem'On for years because this is where I have been able to express my passion for film. I get the chance to interact with people who share the same interest in film. Following that, music and theatre is also something that gives me a lot of joy in life. I hope to continue doing these things for a long time. And with Filem'on I get the opportunity to start in my younger years!
Eva Meersman
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I am Eva, ambassador of the festival. I already participated in two editions of Filem'On in the reporter's club. 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, making jewellery, 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 am taking my first year of Latin at Jan van Ruusbroeck College and 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.
Ahlaam Teghadouini
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The new ambassador for 2023 is Ahlaam Teghadouini! You may already know her from the TV series Hoodie, Grond, Sihame and Roomies. She will represent Filem'On together with our young ambassadors, make a film and be present at the festival.
Mette Plysier
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I am Mette, 16 years old and in my fifth year of Word Art Drama at the art school of Brussels. Film for me is a way to zoom in on very recognizable things from "ordinary" life, but by putting them on screen to see the beauty of it. I started as a jury member at Filem'On and now I am also an ambassador, here I am looking, together with the other ambassadors, for ways to keep the festival going and to bring film and cinema to a young audience. I like to be involved in music, performance, movement as long as it amuses me.Film commission
A diverse group of interesting people make up the 2023 Filem'On film committee.
