Dana Linssen

Dana Linssen is a Dutch film critic, philosopher and writer from The Netherlands. She is the former editor-in-chief of de Filmkrant magazine, a long-standing film critic for NRC Handelsblad, the founder of the Slow Criticism Project and a curator of the Critics’ Choice at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. She has received several awards for her work as a film critic. In 2017 she wrote the libretto for 'Creator/Destroyer. 17 Ways to Spell Boson', a 'particle cantata' about the discovery of the Higgs boson. In 2021 'Instead of Heroes' will have its world premiere at Het Zuidelijk Toneel, to which she contributed a stand alone one act monologue about Tracey Emin. She is currently developing the libretto for a new collaboration with composer Maarten Ornstein and a screenplay for a speculative documentary.  

Mit dem Text BURNING CONSCIENCE (AT) ist sie Stipendiatin der TOUR DES TEXTES 2021.