Mariska Graveland
Mariska Graveland (1972) is editor of the
magazine de Filmkrant and of the annual
reference book Filmjaarboek. Since 1996 she reports on films for the Filmkrant, NRC Next, NRC Handelsblad and Winkler Prins among others. Furthermore, she screens documentaries for the Documentary Festival IDFA. Earlier she wrote for Vrij Nederland, compiled the book De broertjes van Zusje, and was chief editor of the catalogue of the Noordelijk Filmfestival and editor of the IDFA Journal by the VPRO. Before she started writing about film, she worked as a film operator and programmer at the Amsterdam film theater Kriterion. She was also a member of the Fipresci jury, of the festival in Rotterdam, Kiev, Motovun and Vladiwostok (as a Fipresci ambassador).

Arij Ouweneel
Arij Ouweneel (1957) is connected to the Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA) in Amsterdam. Currently he is working on three studies on ‘every day life' in Peru, as it is expressed in the feature film and the telenovela. This academic research on "the missing people in Peruvian cinema" is an extension of a book Ouweneel finished in 2007, a large study on the Latin American narrative tradition, published in Dutch as Terug naar Macondo. Het spook van Honderd jaar eenzaamheid en het inheemse innerlijk van de Mesties (2007).Earlier, Ouweneel wrote studies on colonial Mexico - Shadows over Anáhuac, Central Mexico, 1730-1800 (Albuquerque 1996), Ciclos interrumpidos. Ensayos sobre historia rural mexicana. (Mexico 1998), De Vergeten stemmen van Mexico (Amsterdam 1996) and on the revolution in Chiapas, Alweer die indianen (Amsterdam 1994).

Alexandra Indaco
Alexandra Indaco (1976) is a documentary maker and producer. She studied International Relations and Political Theory at the Amsterdam University and the Buenos Aires University. Her first documentary, made in Argentina, narrates the life of three generations of women in the biggest slum The Lost City, screened at LAFF 2006. She received a Dick Scherpenzeel Award for the documentary. Her second documentary Lemcek Veci Vano is about the life in a psychiatric institution. She was especially inspired by the Russian film maker Andrei Tarkovsky, philosopher Emanuel Levinas and the Argentine cinema. Films as La Hora de los Hornos, Garage Olympo, El Viento se llevo lo que, but also the Cuban film Madrigal and La Vida es Silbar, incited her to deepen herself in the film business.

Martijn te Pas
Martijn te Pas (1967) coordinates the programme department of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). He is responsible for research activities and he coordinates the processing and viewing of film festival entries. Currently he compiles the IDFA Competition for Student Documentaries and for three years he has compiled the IDFA Film School in Focus programme. He has been working full time for IDFA since 2000. Every year since 1988, more than 300 international documentaries are screened at IDFA for a huge number of film lovers and professionals. IDFA is unique for its international film programme, the variety of genres, its politically committed programme and the many European and world premieres featured each year. Martijn te Pas is also documentary advisor of the Dutch Cultural Broadcasting Fund which provides grants
to encourage the development and production of cultural radio and television programmes.

They will award a film from the competition programma and hand out tje Latin Angel Student Award.

Besides from the professional jury there will also be a youth jury that will hand out the Latin Angel Youth Award.

And which film/documentary from the programma do you like the most? Vote after every screening and make sure that your personal favorite wins the Public Award!