Marjoleine Boonstra (1959) is a photographer and filmmaker. In 2002, she was awarded the L.J. Jordaan Prize from the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts and the Icodo award for her film Bela Bela, in which four poets tell the story of their political imprisonment. Boonstra's films have been broadcast internationally by various organisations including Arte, BRT, VPRO and HBC. Her films were shown at festivals in Berlin, Krakow, London, St. Petersburg ,Tel Aviv, Mexico-City, New York, as well as the International Film Festival Rotterdam, IDFA (Amsterdam) and at art galleries such as the Van Abbe Museum (Eindhoven) and the Venice Biennale.