Kernteam
Femke (she/they) studied Cultural Awereness and was involved with ViRUS, a cultural festival in Eindhoven. Femke organized movie nights at the AOR and theme nights at the Effenaar. In 2006 they moved to Amsterdam to set up an LGBTIQA+ network for Amnesty. Femke has been engaged in TranScreen and the board of the TransMotion Foundation since 2010. Furthermore, they is one of the founding members of the new Rainbow Canon of the Netherlands and works at Transgender Network.
Laura (she/her) has studied Gender Studies at the Research Master at Utrecht University and has a BA in Media Studies, majoring in film and theater. Her fields of interest are Queer Theory and Trans Studies and she often writes about queerness, gender, and asexualities. Laura is a senior fellow of Humanity in Action NL. She has also been involved in the development of the new Rainbow Canon of the Netherlands.
David (he/him) graduated with an MA in Film and Photographic Studies and has several years of working experience in various museums and cultural institutes. His main interest lies in themes of gender and sexuality in art and culture. In 2018 he was curator of the exhibition of the Antwerp Queer Arts Festival and since that same year, he has been involved with TranScreen.
Cyd (they/them) holds a PhD in Queer Studies and Gender History. Cyd now works at UU as a film festival researcher and is working on a project on the importance of identity and community for transgender film festivals in Europe. Cyd has ten years of experience organizing festivals in both the UK and Sweden. Cyd has also published several articles on queer and trans femininities and wants to publish a book on the same themes.
Extern
Majk (they/them) has 15 years of experience with LGBTQI+ community festival organizing and production in the professional film, tv, and festival industry. They are co-founder and former core team member of TranScreen Film Festival and currently work for a Dutch-based international feminist activist fund. Majk is also co-founder and current core team member of queer.red, a Dutch-based group of (former) sex workers, feminists, queer and trans people who organize events on the topic of sex work with the aim to destigmatize sex work through more nuanced and diverse representations. Sex workers’ stories have always been key part of the trans representations, which Majk continues to support in connecting and giving platforms. Majk has lived experience as a refugee and a trans, non-binary, queer person and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Ellen (she/her) has a BA in Media and Culture Studies. She has worked for cultural organizations in the past. Despite her love of the arts, she has decided to pursue a different career path. Ellen is very excited to be able to use her skills for TranScreen. She is our volunteer coordinator.
Alejandra (she/her) fled Mexico and wrote the autobiographical book “De waarheid zal me bevrijden” and in 2018 with a collective a report on the Amsterdam LGBTI community of (black) people of color. Together with five others, she founded the organization Papaya Kuir, for Latin American queer refugees. She has been involved with TranScreen since 2018.
Selm (she/they) studied History in Antwerp and Berlin and moved to Amsterdam in 2017 to work as a programmer and dramaturge at Frascati Theater, then at Theater Rotterdam. She made the documentary ‘Belgian Dream’ and is an advisor to the Flemish Audiovisual Fund and the Dutch Performing Arts Fund. Selm is currently working on the book ‘In-between Human’, which should be published by Atlas Contact in 2023.
With eternal gratitude to: Jiro, Plette, Karola, Majk, Lara, Samuel, Lae, Gabriël, Alejandra, Milan, Ingrid, Dirk, Monica, Willemijn, Boots, Dorien, Bilge, Anke, Jane, Vick, Erik, Alex, Mijke, Mikki, Eeée, Corine, Ben, Miss Tobi, Hannah, Anke, the Gingerteam, all TransHands and board of Foundation TransMotion.
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