Bio
Martijn te Pas studied Psychology, English and Film & Television Studies at the University of Amsterdam. From 2000 onwards until 2019 he was part of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) as head of the program department and senior programmer.
He was an advisor for the
IDFA Bertha Fund and also read projects for the IDFA Forum. Between 2000 and 2020 he traveled to many film festivals as a guest or jury member.
Martijn also was a documentary advisor of the Dutch Mediafund (currently NPO Fund) between 2007 and 2013.
In 2019 Martijn moved from Amsterdam to Stockholm and in 2020 he was a Guest Documentary Programmer at
Nordisk Panorama selecting films for the Best Nordic Documentary Competition and for the New Nordic Voice Competition. Currently he is a programmer and festival advisor of MIRAGE - a new hybrid/documentary festival in Oslo as well as program advisor of Sheffield DocFest. He is also an expert for Eurimages, the cultural support fund of the Council of Europe.
April 2020 Martijn started
e u R O P E doconsultancy which is aimed at directors and producers and offers tailor made SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) of films both at development and edit stages. e u R O P E doconsultancy also offers expert advice and guidance on curation, festival and distribution strategies.
Martijn is an EAVE and Sources 2 alumnus and wrote some film reviews - and interviewed filmmakers for