Mieke Bernink

Mieke Bernink has been Head of Research (Lector/Professor) at the Netherlands Film Academy since 2008 when she was invited to set up a Master’s programme. She founded the international two year research Master Artistic Research in and through Cinema which she led until September 2021.

Alongside Mieke’s ongoing interest in the combination of artistic research and pedagogy, her focus is also on creating possibilities for makers, teachers and students to understand, develop and share their practices as research. She is also Head of the Artist in Residence programme of the Amsterdam University of the Arts. 

Before joining the Netherlands Film Academy, Mieke was policy advisor for film and media education at the Netherlands Council for Culture, while starting her career in the field of film as chief editor of the Dutch journal for film and visual culture Skrien. Prior to bidding farewell to the academic world, she studied philosophy and psychology.