Mónica Baptiste Gouffray

Mónica Baptiste Gouffray is a Colombian film industry professional with experience in film production, film festival programming and operations. For five years, she coordinated training and funding initiatives for filmmakers at IDFA. Since mid-2026, she has served as Project Manager of the Hubert Bals Fund at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). The Hubert Bals Fund supports groundbreaking film projects in every stage of the production process, working especially with filmmakers from countries where local film funding and infrastructure is lacking or restrictive. The HBF focuses on supporting filmmakers from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and parts of Eastern Europe.