Mélanie de Vocht finished her MA in Cultural Anthropology in 2005. After graduating she started working for the Program Department of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). From 2006 until now she’s working for the IDFA Bertha Fund. As project manager of the Fund Mélanie oversees the mentoring of the supported projects, is part of the pre-selection committee, guides the selected projects and takes care of the IDFA Bertha Fund selection and delegation at IDFA each year. Furthermore she represented the fund and/or was part of the jury in several documentary film festivals in amongst others Tanzania, Syria, Peru, Tunisia, Morocco, Georgia and South Africa.

In 21 years the IDFA Bertha Fund has developed into an internationally renowned institution supporting over 600 documentaries projects in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle-East and Latin America.