Biography

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 adviser for the IDFA Bertha Fund and also read projects for the IDFA Forum. From  2000 onwards he traveled to many film festivals as a guest or jury member. 

Martijn also was a documentary adviser of the Dutch Mediafund (currently NPO Fund) between 2007 and 2013.

In 2019 Martijn moved from Amsterdam to Stockholm. 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 adviser of MIRAGE - a hybrid/documentary festival in Oslo as well as program adviser of Sheffield DocFest. He taught Documentary to students in Volda, Norway, and is also an expert for Eurimages, the cultural support fund of the Council of Europe. He gave pitch trainings for the Krakow Film Festival and Millennium Docs Against Gravity

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 Business Doc Europe.