ABOUT
Ilse Schooneknaep started Finders Keepers in 2017 after a career in academics. After a master in Communication Science (University of Brussels), a Master in Film Studies (University of Kent) and a Fulbright Scholarship for an internship in the US she started her research career at the VUB with the Mecetes project. She's currently finishing her Phd on the digitalization of film distribution and European audiovisual support mechanisms designed to boost distribution. This analysis will be published in a doctoral thesis.
During her research years she worked as programmer for the Ostend Film Festival and as a consultant for several Flemish film companies (Brutteo, De Wereldvrede, Bullitproof Cupid, Potemkino, …). She currently puts her academic research into practice as a producer currently linked to Borgerhoff & Lamberigts TV, while still teaching film and authorship at the RITCS film school. She is a founding member of Genderspectrum and the WANDA Collective, organisations striving for more gender equality and diversity.
