With more than 30 years experience in the film industry Rabarts most recent position was Festival Director of the New Zealand International Film Festival a role he took up in 2019 following almost 5 years heading EYE International at the EYE – the national film museum of the Netherlands.

Prior to this, Marten was Head of Development & Training of the National Film Development Corporation of India, in Mumbai. Previously, was Artistic Director of Binger Filmlab in Amsterdam for 12 years which saw such successes as Michael Roskam’s Bullhead, cult hit The Babadook by Jennifer Kent, Cannes winning Salvo by Fabio Grassadonia & Antonio Piazza and Adina Pintilie’s 2018 Golden Bear award winner Touch Me Not.

Furthermore, Marten was a founding member of the advisory board of Torino Film Lab, is a voting member of the European Film Academy, served on the board of European Film Promotion and regularly serves on festival juries including the Berlinale (Short Film Jury, Generation 14plus, Teddy Awards) Skip City Tokyo, Adelaide Film Festival and Guanajuato Film Festival among others.