Organization and partners
Organization and partners
Organization
Board
The board has the following members:
Chairman: Adrienne van Heteren, director small media foundation London
Treasurer: Margje de Koning, Commissioning editor at EO & IKONdocs
Member: Marischka Leenaers, consultant in fundraising and sponsoring
Member: Marijn Wiersma, transition development and innovation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Member: Marry de Gaay Fortman, Supervisory Board at De Nederlandsche Bank
Member: Cees van ‘t Hullenaar, festival director IDFA
Member: Orwa Nyrabia, artistic director IDFA
Staff
Managing Director: Isabel Arrate Fernandez
Project Manager: Mélanie de Vocht
Producers: Jenni Tuovinen, Félicie Crijns
Pre-selection committee for IBF Classic
All projects submitted for IBF Classic are first assessed by a pre-selection committee. This committee is composed of IDFA staff members and documentary experts from around the world.
Pre-selection committee February 2018:
David Teigeler, IDFA program advisor
Ileana Stanculescu, filmmaker and programmer of Ciné-Doc Tbilisi (Georgia)
Isabel Arrate Fernandez, managing director IBF
Joost Daamen, senior programmer IDFA
Laurien ten Houten, coordinator IDFA Docs for Sale
Maite Alberdi, filmmaker (Chile)
Mélanie de Vocht, project manager IBF
Laura van Halsema, senior programmer IDFA
Raul Niño Zambrano, senior programmer IDFA
Yorinde Segal, coordinator IDFA Forum
Martijn te Pas, senior programmer IDFA
Mohamed Siam, filmmaker (Egypt)
Pre-selection committee May 2018:
David Teigeler, IDFA program advisor
Isabel Arrate Fernandez, managing director IBF
Joost Daamen, senior programmer IDFA
Laura van Halsema, senior programmer IDFA
Laurien ten Houten, coordinator IDFA Docs for Sale
Maite Alberdi, filmmaker (Chile)
Martijn te Pas, senior programmer IDFA
Mélanie de Vocht, project manager IBF
Raul Niño Zambrano, senior programmer IDFA
Rada Šešić, film consultant, filmmaker, film curator, critic and lecturer
Ileana Stanculescu, filmmaker and programmer of Ciné-Doc Tbilisi (Georgia)
Yorinde Segal, coordinator IDFA Forum
Mohamed Siam, filmmaker (Egypt)
Final selection committee IBF Classic
Next to a representative of the Fund and the Bertha Foundation the final selection committee is composed of alternating guest readers for each selection round. The committee consists of five or six members per round.
Committee February 2018:
Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen, Head of IDFA Industry (NL)
Mohamed Siam, filmmaker (Egypt)
Isabel Arrate Fernandez, managing director IBF (NL)
Rebecca Lichtenfeld, director of Social Impact Media at Bertha Philanthropies (UK/USA)
Camille Laemlé, producer Les Films d’Ici (France)
Mikael Opstrup, head of studies at EDN (Denmark)
Committee May 2018:
Isabel Arrate Fernandez, managing director IBF (NL)
Rebecca Lichtenfeld, director of Social Impact Media at Bertha Philanthropies (UK/USA)
Mohamed Siam, filmmaker (Egypt)
Jorge Caballero, filmmaker (Colombia)
Rada Šešić, film consultant, filmmaker, film curator, critic and lecturer (NL)
Alex Zsalat, Deputy Director of the Society and Culture Program Unit, commissioning editor ARTE France (France)
Selection committee IBF Europe
All projects submitted for IBF Europe are assessed by a selection committee composed of IDFA staff members and internationally renowned documentary experts.
Committee IBF Europe Co-production May 2018:
Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen, head of IDFA Industry (NL)
Isabel Arrate Fernandez, managing director IBF (NL)
Mikael Opstrup, head of studies at EDN (Denmark)
Martichka Bozhilova, producer Agitprop (Bulgaria)
Min-Chul Kim, filmmaker, producer Minch & Films, post-production supervisor (South Korea)
Committee IBF Europe Distribution 2018:
Andrea Hock, director tv sales Autlook Filmsales (Austria)
Anne Vierhout, managing director Cinema Delicatessen (NL)
Mélanie de Vocht, project manager IBF (NL)
Peter Jaeger, Commissioning editor Jaeger Creative (Belgium)
Stefan Kloos, Founder Kloos & Co. Medien (Germany)
Isabel Arrate Fernandez, managing director IBF (NL)
Mohammed Siam giving consultancy sessions at the IDFAcademy program at IDFA 2018. The IDFA Bertha Fund supported Siam’s previous work Whose Country and Amal, resulting in Amal being selected as IDFA’s Opening Film in 2017. Siam took part in the IBF Classic selection committee in 2018.
Partners
IDFA Bertha Fund is supported by
Colophon
Text: Mélanie de Vocht, Isabel Arrate Fernandez
Production: Félicie Crijns, Mélanie de Vocht
Interviews and translation: Joost Broeren-Huitenga
Design: Theo Imhoff
Photography: Madeleine Bolle, Roger Cremers, Coen Dijkstra,
Nichon Glerum, Joke Schut, Melle Mei Vogel