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