Jeroen Willekens (www.jeroenwillekens.be)

He started as a documentary director for television to capture what had fascinated him for a long time: human nature. With the TV series ‘Flying Doctors – Virunga’ he told the story of five young Flemish doctors and nurses and an adventurous pilot who work together on an ambitious project in Congo: protecting Virunga National Park and provide medical aid for it’s inhabitants. After a few years he started to experiment with ways to make his stories visually more powerful and got into shooting commercials. Blending his knack for portraying real human emotion with powerful aesthetics and a keen sense for movement & rhythm ultimately led to his signatory style of filmmaking. As a director he also brings a seldom seen amount of energy & involvement in every project he gets to work on, from treatment to finished film.