Award show & Conference

Jelle, who graduated from the Netherlands Film Academy in 2020, was appointed chairman of VERS in 2021, an association dedicated to stimulating new filmmakers. In early 2022, he joined Keplerfilm as Marketing and Publicity Coordinator.

Tamara Bok studied audiovisual media and has been telling stories professionally for 25 years, as a film and TV producer, voice-over, news anchor, podcast presenter and business developer. Nowadays she is a management force behind Jamming, a unique communication & design agency in the Dutch city of Utrecht.

Thijs Bontje is a creative partner at N=5 and loves music. Not only to listen to and use in campaigns, but he also plays the guitar and drums himself. As a jury member, he will pay particular attention to the extent to which the music used touches his heart.

Jenny used to work for clients such as Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Fonds Podiumkunsten, Stichting RPO (regionale omroepen), Netwerk Scenarioschrijvers, Cinekid and EYE. She is now director of the Dutch Academy For Film.

Khaeta started her career in Sweden at an international youth film festival. She now works for the Netherlands Film Festival as program producer of the professionals programme.

As a Brand Marketing Manager, she created campaigns for brands such as Assassin's Creed, Just Dance, Far Cry and Skull and Bones. This year, she joined the Ubisoft Music team with a mission to empower all of the developer's original music creations and artist deals.

Ruben worked on various film and television projects (Headhunters, KABAM!, Europeaan in New York) and later specialized in the editing and sound design of audio documentaries (Sara's Mysteries, Ondergronds Verleden). Nowadays he works for podcast publisher Tonny Media.

Aside from leading one of the premier Dutch media music & sound design boutique studios, composer, arranger and producer Stephen Emmer is the initiator of Buma Music in Motion.

Nitzan made her mark as a studio technician during her time as a composer for TV, music supervisor and touring musician. She now lives in Berlin where she works in the FXR-team and is committed to creating a music industry in which all creators and rights holders are properly compensated.

Jasper is a programmer at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), responsible for IDFA Competition for Short Documentary. He is also a curator for the IDFA on Stage program in which unique live events are presented that explore the space between documentary cinema, new media and performing arts. 

Since 2013, Gavin has led Monstercat's gaming operations, making the independent electronic music label one of the most influential music players in the gaming industry. He set up very successful collaborations with Fortnite, Rocket League, Beat Saber, Roblox, Paladins and SMITE.

Hannah is truly a specialist when it comes to music for films. She spent 13 years at EMI/Sony/ATV Music Publishing and left to found We are Golden, a music supervision and composition management agency.

Ted is one of the music supervisors at Playstation Studios, where the music from 'his' videogames has been nominated several times. The in-game score of Call of Duty: Vanguard won a Grammy nomination in 2012. Ted is also a composer and Hammond B3 player himself.

Rens Machielse is the former director of HKU Music and Technology. Rens composed music for over three hundred theatre plays, TV series, films, documentaries, commercials and animations.

Susanne van Nierop is editor-in-chief of Adformatie, the leading Dutch platform in marketing, media and advertising. She is also a board member of the SPIN Awards for innovative work in digital creativity.

With more than 20 years of experience as a location scout, line producer and producer, Bas has been leading the Netherlands Film Commission since 2014 as part of The Netherlands Film Fund. Recent productions in the Netherlands include Sense8, DUNKIRK, The Hitman's Bodyguard, Killing Eve and The Goldfinch.

As a community manager at Water & Music, Katherine manages a group of over 2000 music industry professionals. She also writes as a journalist about music and technology for NME, Vice, Stereogum and DJ Magazine, among others.

Anik See is a prize-winning Dutch-Canadian podcast and audio documentary producer. She has worked for public broadcasters such as Radio Netherlands Worldwide, the BBC, the CBC in Canada and ABC in Australia. In 2021 she joined Audio Agency Airborne as showrunner and editor-in-chief of narrative podcasts. 

Marion Slewe works at the Production department of the Dutch Film Academy, where she is responsible for the distribution of studentfilms, contracts, festival policies and the organisation of the Keep an Eye Film Academy Festival. Additionally, she is involved with Staccato Films.

How does a track made by using artificial intelligence sound? Janne created hip-hop tracks with De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig to tearjerkers inspired by André Hazes with the help of this technology. At TikTok, she is developing an advanced technique to inspire creativity with music.

Boelie Vis is a composer and editor, best known for editing and/or composing numerous drama series and films for Dutch television. In 2022 he won a Buma Award and an International Emmy for the children's series KABAM!

Bob Zimmerman composed and arranged the music for numerous theatre, television and film productions. His work includes films De Avonden and Tirza and documentaries De Nieuwe Wildernis and Holland, natuur in de Delta.

Josephine is an artist-producer, researcher and co-founder of rosetta. - the platform for female and gender non-conforming music producers. She started her career as a Dutch-speaking singer-songwriter. Recently she launched her dark rap alter-ego SUZOOKI SWIFT.