Niels Putman

Niels Putman is the artistic director and coordinator of yanco, a magazine and streaming library for short-form moving image. He is also a co-founder and co-editor of Talking Shorts. As a freelance film programmer, Niels is affiliated with De Cinema, Antwerp’s local rep house embedded in M HKA’s audiovisual strand. He is also a member of the selection committees for Film Fest Gent (BE) and the video-on-demand platform Avila (BE). Previously, he has served on (pre-)selection committees at film festivals in Dresden (DE), Baden (CH), and Busan (KR), and has contributed as a guest curator to events in Quebec City (CA) and Poznań (PO). His writing has appeared in outlets such as Sabzian, Etcetera, and Fantômas. He is also a member of VAF’s short film commission (2024-2026), the board of European Short Pitch, and the board of oKo, a sector federation for professional arts.