LAURA VAN HALSEMA

Best Polish Film Award Competition juror.

She has a MA degree in American Studies from the University of Amsterdam. She has been working for IDFA since 2002 where for many years, she developed and curated focus programs on several elements of documentary film art. The focuses ranged from the purely artistic aspects of filmmaking to investigations of complex questions ranging from individualism to global politics, the role of media and democracy. As senior programmer she is part of the selection committee of the main competition, as well as responsible for the focus programs and talks program.