Ambassadors
Every year, two well-known film lovers lend their support to the Youth Film Festival. Our amazing festival ambassadors this year are ketnet wrapper Sarah Mouhamou and television creator and radio presenter Linde Merckpoel.
Sarah Mouhamou
In 2014, Sarah Mouhamou began her career as a ketnet wrapper. She was only eighteen years old at the time. Meanwhile, she has her own programme Sarah on Ketnet Junior, in which she crafts and sings for the youngest television viewers. Besides being a presenter, Sarah is also a singer and voice actress, and she played the role of Fie Valentijn in De grote slijmfilm.
Youth films really are a gateway to a parallel universe where anything is possible. I think that is such a powerful message to give to every child: Everything is imaginable!
Linde Merckpoel
Linde Merckpoel is a creator for radio and TV. With her vlogs for VRT MAX, she tackles the most diverse topics in her personal and disarming way. She is one of the regular Studio Brussel voices and voiced Joy in the Flemish version of Pixar's Inside Out.
As a videographer, I love to draw viewers into a story using images. A good youth film can trigger so much. In children, but just as much in their parents. I am really looking forward to the first films I will get to watch with my two daughters.
JEF makes it easy to find or offer quality youth films and games. To broaden the horizons of children and young people. To encourage experimentation and creation.