Matthijs is currently working as a story editor for the Netherlands based production company Lemming Film, where he provides support in the development of films and television productions of various lengths. Before that, he worked as a story editor for the Dutch public broadcaster NTR. After attaining his MA in Film Studies at the University of Amsterdam, Matthijs worked for the children's film festival Cinekid, as well as International Film Festival Rotterdam. For the former festival, he, among other things, produced the Cinekid ScriptLAB. Matthijs was selected as a jury member for the 2016 edition of the Venice Days through the 28 Times Cinema programme, and consequently functioned as an ambassador for the LUX Film Prize. From 2016 to 2018 he was the editor-in-chief of VERS Magazine, aimed at new Dutch filmmakers.
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