WHO IS WHO

Cinemaximiliaan grew out of a volunteering initiative, and its spirit is very much based on the positive energy with which every individual contributes its part to the platform. Cinemaximiliaan is an associative and dynamic organisation, and so are the people involved in the project. 

Founders: Gwendolyn Lootens & Gawan Fagard

General Coordinator: Annabelle Van Nieuwenhuyse

Events and Volunteers Coordinator:   Alice Carson

Film Production CoordinatorDiren Agbaba, Oan Moonens

 

Music Creation CoordinatorHannibal Saad 

Finance & Administration: Annabelle Van Nieuwenhuyse, Mervat Abu Amro

Communication:  Annabelle Van Nieuwenhuyse, Majdi Abu Hasira

Architecture Representative: Ruth Van Mechelen 
 

Maintenance: Alketa Sinani

Graphic Design: Joud Toamah, Lennert Van Asselbergh

Web Development: Reza Panahi, Rawad Ghostin

Interns:

2022: Freya Vehent, Katerina Indesteege, Emilia Kwaszyńska, Maja Fronska, Fatima Mohaddab, Zavosh Laghaie, Jelle Vanderveken, Deon Feng

2021: Lisa Leroy, Ali Sarhan, Esther Neuville, Ha Nguyen, Emilia Kwaszyńska, Maja Fronska

2020: Céline Schouppe, Gohram Khan, Nora Flamen, Marius Lefever, Nore De Belder, Laura Krüger, Wolf Comeyne, Salam Eliyan, Emilia Vangrinsven, Dalia Hourani, Paulien Descamps, Pieter Krzesinski, Mervat Abu Amro, Annagrazia Graduato

2019: Xaver Konneker, Annelise Scheuren, Elena Grigorescu, Wolf Comeyne, Selma Draoui, Maxime Grisart, Moudane Mahdieh, Doaa Azawi, Laura Krüger, Thomas Willekens, Ahmed Rzgar, Karam Asoos, Nora Jerreira, Maaike Claes, Clara Wouters, Faraz Farsi, Gailan Abdulwahhab, Majdi Abu Hasira 

2018: Soetkin Keukeleire, Wolf Comeyne, Omar Al Samarrai, Flo Vandenbussche, Masha Berkers, Bilal Issa, Alain Culleton, Ahmad Alchekh, Inez El Mouden, Fatma Osman

2017: Solange Luijkx, Kinshuk Surjan, Batul Hosseini, Reza Panahi, Angela Al Souliman, Aaron Stevens

2016: Lubnan Al Wazny, Olga Henrard

Friends of Cinemaximiliaan Fund: Joost Declercq, Pierre Iserbyt

Accounting: KPMG – Patrick Valckx, David Fernandez, Kevin Goossens

Legal Advice House: BakerMcKenzie – Jean-François Vandenberghe

Architecture House: OFFICE – Kersten Geers David Van Severen, Alexander Smedts, Anne Van Hout

Board of Directors: Maher Alfortosi, Doaa Azawi, Gohram Baloch, Jos Brumagne, Leen De Spiegelaere (president), Elodie Francart, Wouter Hillaert, Katleen Van Waeyenberghe

General Assembly: Sophie Alexandre, Hassan Ali, Sigrid Bousset, Julie Declercq, Gawan Fagard, Flo Flamme, Wouter Hessels, Lisaboa Houbrechts, Gwendolyn Lootens, Bruno Mola, Bart Van Langendonck 

People involved: 

Aaron, social worker (BE)
Abbas, barber (IQ)
Abdel, cook and actor (SY)
Abdullah, cook (IQ)
Abdullah, pupil (IQ)
Abdulrahman, cook (SY)
Adil, architect (MA/BE)
Adrian, human right’s activist (MX)
Agata, curator and artist (PL)
Ahmad, economist (SY)
Ahmed, nurse student (IQ)
Ahmed, veterinary (IQ)
Alaa, chemist (IQ)
Alain, social worker (IR)
Alejandro, composer (BO)
Alex, artist (BE)
Alexandra, biologist (CA)
Ali, art student (IQ)
Ali, journalist (AFG)
Ali, painter (IQ)
Alketa, textile and maintenance (ALB)
Amila, curator (BOS)
Anastasia, photographer (RU)
Angela, journalist and filmmaker (SY)
Anisa, anthropology student (ALB/GR)
Ann, journalist (BE)
Anna Franziska, actress (BE)
Anne-Marie, artist (BE)
Anne, musician (NL)
Annelies, teacher (BE)
Annemie, tour manager, teacher and flower creator (BE)
Antonio, filmmaker (BE)
Arezoo, musician and cook (IR)
Arkan, musician (IQ)
Aukje, artist (NL)
Ayham, aid worker and international relations (SY)
Ayman, nurse and translator (PS)
Azmi, engineer (SY)
Bart, film producer (BE)
Bassel, sound designer (SY)
Batul, teacher, NGO worker, librarian (AFG/IRN)
Bea, photographer (BE)
Béla, filmmaker (HU)
Ben, computer scientist (BE)
Bilal, translator (SY),
Britt, fashion designer (BE)
Bruno, businessman (BE)
Bushra, anthroplogy (SD)
Caroline, yoga and textile (BE)
Cathérine, artist (BE)
Catherine, gallerist (FR)
Celine, social worker and mindfullness (PL/CD/BE)
Charles, editor (BE)
Rokhsareh, filmmaker (IRN)
Clara, photography and art history student (BE)
Constance, law student (BE)
Dahlia, actress (BE)
Dahlia, translator (LB)
Daphne, filmmaker (NL)
David, architect (BE)
Deirdre, financial manager (CA/BE)
Diren, filmmaker (BE)
Diren, filmmaker, cameraman and filmproject coordinator (BE/KU)
Dirk, communications manager (BE)
Dirk, curator and art critic (BE)
Doaa, doctor (IQ)
Donna, NGO worker (USA)
Ehsan, performer and choreographer (IR/BE)
Elke, journalist (BE)
Ella, student architect (BE)
Emma, artist, teacher (NL)

Emma, musician (NL)
Enzo, sounddesginer (FR)
Ermira, sales manager (ALB)
Esmoreit, cameraman and filmmaker (NL)
Esraa, lawyer and artist (IQ)
Fanny, social worker (BE)
Faraz, It student (IR, BE)
Fatma, filmmaker (SO)
Firas, monteur (IQ)
Flo, filmmaker (BE)
Frederike, social worker (BE)
Gailan, airconditioning technician (IQ)
Galal, IT specialist (GUI)
Gawan, art historian and film critic (BE)
Gert, film producer (BE)
Ghulam, student (AFG)
Gina, filmmaker (LB)
Gohram, engineer (BA)
Grace, theatre director performer (NL)
Guillaume, editor and filmmaker (BE)
Gwendolyn, artist and filmmaker (BE)
Haider, instrument builder(IQ)
Hala, social geography student (LBN)
Hanana, social worker (MA/BE)
Hans, cameraman and producer (BE)
Hans, film director and script writer (BE)
Hasina, psychology student (MG)
Hassan, philosopher (PK)
Hayder, instrument builder and musician (IQ)
Hayo, cultural manager (NL)
Hjalte, journalist (DK)
Hooman, graphic designer and artist (IR)
Hussein, musician (IQ)
Jan, theatre director and performer (BE)
Jas, social worker (EN/IN)
Javid, photographer (AFG)
Jeronimo, filmmaker (CO)
Joachim, film distributor and filmmaker (FR)
Joëlle, landscape architect and social worker (BE)
Jos, banker (BE)
Joud, graphic designer and artist (SY)
Jozef, set design (BE)
Julie, filmmaker and artist (BE)
Juliette, musician (FR)
June, sociology student (SGP)
Karam, media student and filmmaker (IQ)
Karar, truck driver (IQ)
Katrien, curator, cultural manager (NL)
Kevin, model (ALB),
Kersten, architect (BE)
Kinshuk, filmmaker (IN)
Koen, accountant (BE)
Korneel, photographer (BE)
Kym, artist (UK)
Laura, filmmaker (BE)
Lauren, graphic designer and yoga teacher (BE)
Leila, textile worker (IR)
Lennert, graphic designer and filmmaker (BE)
Leonie, artist (DE)
Limat, cook (ER)
Lobna, cook and stewardess (SY)
Lotte, filmmaker (BE)
Louay, aid worker and film student (SY)
Lubnan, shoemaker and actor (IQ)
Maaike, social worker student (BE)
Maher, lawyer and integration worker (IQ/BE)
Mahmood, sound engineer (SY)
Mahmood, student (AFG)
Majda, cook and teacher (IQ)
Majdi, IT specialist (PS)
Malak, highschool student (SY)

Margaux, pedagogy and film (BE)
Maria, international affairs officer (SY/SE)
Marof, mechanic (AFG)
Mary Emily, accountant (US)
Maryam, scholar (IR)
Masha, filmmaker (NL)
Matthias, film scholar and filmmaker (BE)
Matthieu, programmer (FR)
Maxime, social worker (BE)
Mehdi, journalist (MAR/BE)
Moji, filmmaker (IRN)
Monica, political studies student (BE)
Mostafa, musician (IRN)
Moudane, communication (DJ)
Mousab, designer (SY)
Nagham, social worker (SY)
Natalia, set design (MX)
Nedjma, dramaturge (ALG/BE)
Nik, sound recordist (BE)
Noor, highschool student (IQ)
Nor, student (MA)
Noura, student (SY)
Obaidullah, media (AFG)
Odessa, pedagogic sciences (BE/NL)
Omar, architect (EG)
Omar, cook (IQ)
Oscar, artist (NL)
Pauwel, theatre production (BE)
Philemon, artist (FR)
Pierre, real estate (BE)
Quinten, filmmaker (BE)
Rahaf, actor student (SY)
Rajaa, lawyer (IQ)
Rand, filmmaker (SY)
Rand, highschool student (IQ)
Reza, IT specialist, NGO worker (AFG/IRN)
Rik, teacher (BE)
Romy, actrice (BE)
Ruchira, translator (IN)
Ruth, social worker, house coordinator (BE)
Sabine, textile designer (DE)
Saddam, sociology student (SY)
Saif, musician (IQ)
Samah, pupil (IQ)
Sandra, filmmaker (NL)
Sandy, mathematician (CA)
Sean, filmmaker (CA)
Selma, migration student (FR)
Shadan, linguist (SY)
Shahriar, composer (IRN)
Shalan, musician and composer (SY)
Shamsia, social worker, psychology student (AFG)
Sheri, worker (AFG)
Sigrid, cultural manager (BE)
Simon, composer (CH)
Soetkin, social worker (BE)
Sofie, filmmaker, teacher (BE)
Solange, pedagogic sciences (BE)
Stefan, writer (BE)
Stijn, set designer (BE)
Tareq and Ahmed, airconditioning technician (IQ)
Terry, accountant (BE)
Teuk, musician (BE)
Thomas, businessman (BE)
Toon, film producer (BE)
Vakil, Maya, Ferzana, Fataneh, shop owners (AFG)
Vera, musician (IT)
Victor, liberal arts (LB/BE)
Walaa, musician (IQ)
Wolf, social worker (BE)
Wouter, teacher and filmcritic (BE)
Yusur, pilot (IQ)
and many more…