About
A stage for stories without borders
Podium Biarritz Foundation, launched by Corine Meijers in the beginning of 2025, initiates, produces and distributes audiovisual projects that cross borders.
Podium Biarritz is the stage we want to give to impressive and relevant stories, films, installations, immersive experiences and cross-disciplinary projects. We aim to do that through various events, partnerships, festivals and tailer made gatherings together with YOU!
We cross borders in 1) form, technology and subject matter, 2) in collaboration with filmmakers, artists & partners and 3) in audience reach, distributed on multiple platforms.
The Podium Biarritz Foundation is related to Studio Biarritz, but not limited by this bond in any way, and is open to many kinds of collaborations in the Netherlands and abroad. We develop our own projects, but we also love collaborating with filmmakers, artists and partners from all over the world to produce and stage stories with a lot of heart that are relevant to our trying times.
Board
Julia Ton
Julia Ton, a BIFA award winning and BAFTA longlisted producer, runs London- and Amsterdam-based production company Project 1961. She specializes in community-led and socially-conscious filmmaking that produces films and docs that aim to entertain. Julia is a producer with over 15 years of experience in fiction, creative documentaries and animation. Her latest production is multi-award winning Grand Theft Hamlet by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane, which she produced with Rebecca Wolff. GTH is released in UK and US cinemas and will be on MUBI early 2025. Over the years, she has set up over a dozen European co-productions.
Janneke Gulen
Janneke Gulen is the program leader of Social Innovation & Inclusion at ROC Amsterdam/Flevoland and an advocate for inclusive, innovative education. With a background in youth care, she learned that young people often hold the key to their own growth, if we are willing to learn from them.
Driven by the belief that education is the path to full participation in society, Janneke develops programs like Izone, which give students the freedom to pursue their passions and take control of their own learning process. She is committed to building an educational system where vocational (MBO) students are valued just as much as their academic peers.
Through initiatives like Podium Biarritz, she helps amplify voices that often go unheard, contributing to a richer and more inclusive society.
Nasim Miradi
Nasim Miradi is the artistic director of Dawn Collective and fulfills the role of creative producer. She has enormous passion for theatre and stories that haven’t been told yet, with a special focus on the female point of view.
Team
Corine Meijers
Founder & Producer
Zeo Mancini
Jr. Producer
