ABOUT / ORGANISATION

leff is a joint initiative. Based on an idea by the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts at Leiden University, the Discursive Film Foundation was established, which was joined by the lectorate FILM of the University of the Arts The Hague and ReCNTR, a platform focusing on the integration of audiovisual research methods in the sciences. leff is a partner of and part of the Days of Art & Science. We Are Public, Cineville, LIFF (Leiden International Film Festival), Leiden Global help us reach a wide audience.

TEAM

  • Lelani Antar – Coordination of Film Descriptions
  • Georgie Brinkman – Programming
  • Anna Chatzioti – Film Descriptions
  • Pyotr Goloub – Website Development
  • Emma de Looij – Communications
  • Annemarie Montulet – Fundraising
  • Michela Meliddo – Visual Identity Design, Website, Printed Matter
  • Veronica Munteanu – Film Descriptions
  • Ellen Owens – Visual Identity Design, Website, Printed Matter
  • Rosalien van der Poel – Overall Coordination
  • Gabriel Paiuk – Programming
  • Merel Pol – Film Descriptions
  • Gert Staal – Texts and Fundraising
  • Frederique van Staveren – Film Descriptions
  • Erik Viskil – Programming and Overall Coordination
  • Esmee de Vette – Film Descriptions
  • Bo Wang – Programming
  • Thijs Witty – Programming and Overall Coordination

BOARD MEMBERS

  • Matthew Barrington – Researcher at Birkbeck Institute of the Moving Image, Curator Essay Film Festival London
  • Janilda Bartholomeu – Filmmaker, programmer, researcher
  • María Palacios Cruz – Director Open City Documentary Festival, London
  • Joost Daamen – Head Programmer IDFA, Amsterdam
  • Linda van Deursen – Designer, lecturer KABK The Hague, Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Julia Morandeira Arrizabalaga – Director of Studies, Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid
  • Francesco Ragazzi – Associate Professor, Institute of Political Science and co-director ReCNTR, Leiden University
  • Julian Ross – Head of Programming and Distribution, Eye Filmmuseum Amsterdam
  • Ali Shobeiri – Assistant Professor Photography and Visual Culture, Leiden University Center for the Arts in Society
  • Ingrid van Tol – Documentary Film Advisor and Coach
  • Barbara Visser – Visual artist, former Director IDFA and Chair of the Royal Academy of Arts KNAW