Els Van Driel

Els van Driel (Alkmaar, 1976) studied art history and social-cultural theology at the University of Amsterdam. She worked for almost 13 years for the Dutch Ecumenical Broadcasting company IKON television where she learned the skills and crafts of television- and documentary making. At IKON she initiated the award winning youth documentaryseries ‘Just Kids’ (aka 'Mensjesrechten'); a series about children’s rights, which is broadcast in several countries around Europe on television and is shown at filmfestivals around the globe. 

As an independent journalist/director her interests go out to interreligious conflicts, human- and children’s rights and refugees/asylumpolicies.