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Leo Bankersen

Film Critic, The Netherlands

Leo Bankersen is a freelance film critic from the Netherlands. He writes for the cultural website “Cultuurpers”, while also contributing to the monthly magazine “De Filmkrant”. From 2010 to 2014 he was a board member of the Association of Dutch Film Critics.

As a Jury Member

  • 16th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
  • 20th International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
  • 22nd Haifa International Film Festival
  • 33rd Göteborg International Film Festival
  • 46th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
  • 62nd International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
  • 7th Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
  • 8th Cottbus Festival of East European Cinema
  • 8th Dubai International Film Festival
  • Author of Reports

  • "Winter Journey": The Curse of the Three Suns By Leo Bankersen
    in 22nd Haifa International Film Festival
  • Confronting the Unimaginable
    in 46th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
  • Expressing the Ineffable
    in 62nd International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
  • Filmmaking with the Mindset of a Twelve-Year-Old: "Microbe & Gasoline"
    in 20th International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
  • MasterClass Ettore Scola
    in BIFEST - Bari International Film Festival
  • The People Who Loved Their Power Station
    in 46th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
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