Jordi Wijnalda is a filmmaker, festival programmer, and film teacher. He has shaped and contributed to talent development programs at International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands Film Festival, and the Binger Filmlab. Next to his own forays into fiction filmmaking, he has taught all aspects of film at the American University in Paris, the University of Amsterdam, and Columbia University in New York City. Jordi continues to work closely with filmmakers in Belgium, France, the US, Turkey, and The Netherlands, currently in the role of film financing advisor for the EU funding body Creative Europe MEDIA.