Award show & Conference
BMIM Special 7 June

Titia started her musical career as a music researcher and A&R at MassiveMusic. In addition to her work as a DJ and music producer and supervisor at Sizzer, among others, she founded Duotoon, where she links visual artists to musicians.

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.

Peter has worked in the UK television production and broadcasting industry for the last 25 years specialising in music rights. He joined Sky Television as Head of Music and became Director of Music in 2018 where he leads Sky’s music teams covering Licensing, Creative, and Reporting as well as Sky's Music Publishing and Library businesses.

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.

Stef is board member of Jonge Honden, a nonprofit organization with a mission to create opportunities for young talent. Combined with his experience as a creative strategist at VICE, this results in his sharp eye for scouting new talent and his relevant knowledge on what’s happening in youth culture.

Aron is a concept creator and storyteller. His work brings together art, identity and heritage through public programmes, exhibitions and campaigns in the Rijksmuseum. He is also a freelance maker/manager pop-up hospitality and event manager.

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.

After earning her stripes at Sizzer, Ilana Goldstoff now works as Sync & Licensing manager at the famed classical music label Deutsche Grammophon. She is also active as a Sync Consultant.

As multi-award winning composer, Mark is at the helm of Score Draw Music, which provides original music to Nickelodeon Jr, PBS Kids, Disney Jr, Amazon, Netflix and BBC, among others. He also programs Output Belfast - Ireland's largest music conference.

Laura is Music Services Manager at independent music publisher and composer agency Manners McDade. She works across the creative and sync department, project managing for film, TV, advertising. With composition and sync as a key area of expertise Laura has produced a number of award-winning advertising campaigns for global brands.

Thijs is a musician and programmer for Eye on Sound at the Eye Film Museum, where he also composes and performs new scores for (silent) films.

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.

With a background in piano, guitar, bass and composing for film and TV, Eelke made remixes for John Legend and Pendulum, among others, but also for Hollywood blockbusters such as Batman vs Superman.

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.

As Head of Music at Pitch & Sync, Rebecca Leon mixes musical passion and encyclopaedic knowledge in equal measures, giving brands like Adidas, Samsung and Google the perfect emotional and cultural selections for their campaigns. Before this she led music strategy and supervision globally at Absolut Vodka.

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.

Hannes is one of Belgium's most famous composers, known for his collaboration with director duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Gangsta, Black, Rebel). Next year he will be working on the Dutch-Belgian miniseries The Jewish Council.

Gregory is project leader at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. With RE:VIVE he brought together the world of Dutch musicians and heritage institutions and collaborated with Dekmantel Festival, Eye Filmmuseum and Nous'klaer Records, among others.

Before coming to the Film Academy in 2013 to study editing, Ellemieke completed a Bachelor and Master in Theater Studies at the University of Amsterdam. The transfer to the Film Academy made it possible for her to become even more specialized in what matters to her in both disciplines: telling stories that matter and evoke something in people.

Since 2007, Neeltje Mooring runs her own company SOLID as a rock and operates internationally as an independent publisher, sync agent and music supervisor.

Pieter van Nes is a musicologist with expertise in film music and also a presenter and music composer for Dutch radio station NPO Klassiek. For ten years he was conductor of the Netherlands Film Orchestra, where he was also able to share his love for film music on the concert stage with an eye for its multimedia aspect.

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.

Than van Nispen is a lecturer and researcher at HKU School of Music and Technology and the Expertise Centre for Creative Technologies. Than also has a background in biology, and is a music composer for games and interaction.

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.

Michel Rensen works as a (short) film programmer and dramaturge. He is currently Head of Program for Go Short and also part of the selection committee of Cork International Film Festival. He previously programmed films for Leiden Shorts, Encounters Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Festival, among others.

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.

Martin is Programmer of ‘Eye on Sound’ in Eye Filmmuseum Amsterdam. He has written several scores for silent films including ‘un Chien Andalou’ (1929), ‘Submarine’ (1928) and ‘Der Mandarin’ (1918).

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.

Mink is a producer, composer and pianist from Rotterdam. He composes for film, theatre, dance & spoken word, but also releases autonomous music under the name Winterdagen.

Paul Stevelmans was editor-in-chief of the Dutch online film music magazine Score from 2004 to 2021. Now he writes for the Facebook group Score Magazine: CD and book reviews and interviews with Dutch and foreign film composers. Also, since 2008, he has been a member of The International Film Music Critics Association.

Belgian composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Jeroen Swinnen has carved out a reputation for fusing brooding string scores with electro-synthpop, post-rock and indie sounds. Recently he branched out more into television soundtracks, including the acclaimed score for “Hotel Beau Séjour” and “The Twelve” on Netflix.

Nathan worked as a radio producer and director at De Coen en Sander Show (BNN), among others. He is now a permanent producer for Annemieke Schollaardt on NPO Radio 2, where he takes care of the audio design.

Michiel Thomassen first successes were under his moniker Mike Mago, when he released his multi platinum and UK Top 10 single Outlines and running the well known dance label Bmkltsch Rcrds catapulting him into the global dance scene.

With more than 60,000 hours of listened-to songs on his Spotify Wrapped, Jasper is quite the music fanatic. As a Creative Director, he uses music in his work to enhance a story or emotion.

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!

After graduating as a cameraman at the Dutch Film Academy, Bart Westerlaken chose to become a composer. He scored various shorts, feature films and television series like Penoza, The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen and De Stamhouder. Currently he's working on Anoniem, Sphinx and an interactive museum in the UK.

After producing his own program on The BOX at the age of 21, Leon found his calling in the video game industry and now works as Director of International Events at Ubisoft. He also founded the Black Game Pros Mixer, an initiative to promote diversity in the video game industry.

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.