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Iwana Chronis has been appointed arsenic CEO of nan Netherlands Film Fund, succeeding Sandra den Hamer who has served arsenic interim head for nan past 3 years.
Taking up nan station connected May 1, Chronis will beryllium responsible for shaping nan people and strategy of nan fund, together pinch Business Director George van Breemen.
The fund, which is backed by the Netherlands’ Ministry of Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, is simply a cardinal financier of section characteristic films arsenic good arsenic indie co-productions pinch supported world titles complete nan past 18 months including The Secret Agent, Filipiñana and upcoming Cannes Palme d’Or contender Coward.
It has €92.1M ($107M) disposable for 2026, pinch €20M ($23M) earmarked for characteristic movie accumulation and €9.5 ($11.1M) for high-end series, alongside support schemes for improvement and distribution among different initiatives.
Chronis has been pinch nan money since 2019, firstly arsenic a characteristic movie advisor and past arsenic Head of Feature Film & Documentary since 2021.
In this role, she was responsible for nan creator and editorial appraisal process for movie applications successful nan Feature Film, Feature Animation and Feature Documentary categories, arsenic good arsenic nan further improvement of nan fund’s creator and editorial direction.
Prior to moving astatine nan fund, she led nan Hubert Bals Fund astatine nan International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) for galore years and besides worked for nan movie festivals, Movies that Matter and nan International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).
She was intimately progressive as a coordinator successful nan founding of nan International Coalition for Filmmakers astatine Risk (ICFR).
Chronis began her profession arsenic a programme coordinator astatine nan Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development. She holds a Master’s grade successful Theatre, Film and Television Studies (2002, Utrecht University) and a Master’s grade successful Social Theory from nan University of Melbourne (2005).
“I americium looking guardant to getting started pinch awesome power and confidence. The value of a nationalist money for nan independent movie assemblage is significant. Especially now, astatine a clip erstwhile nan request for speech and relationship wrong nine is growing, meaningful stories are much basal than ever,” said Chronis.
“Remarkable films person been made successful caller years that we tin beryllium incredibly proud of. We person highly talented filmmakers successful our country, arsenic good arsenic emerging talent fresh to return nan adjacent step. A beardown talent pipeline for filmmakers from crossed nan Netherlands is crucial. That forms a coagulated instauration connected which to proceed building a vibrant Dutch movie civilization pinch films that move, captivate and deepen nan public’s emotion for Dutch cinema.”
Den Hamer, who was antecedently nan head of nan Eye Film Institute, and earlier that nan International Film Festival Rotterdam, took up nan baton of interim money head successful 2023 erstwhile incumbent Bero Beyer stepped down owed to wellness reasons.
Chronis’ assignment was made connected nan proposal of nan fund’s Supervisory Board, and was past confirmed by Netherlands’ Minister of Education, Culture and Science Rianne Letschert.
“We are highly pleased pinch nan assignment of Iwana Chronis arsenic CEO. Iwana knows nan section wrong retired and was nan imaginative driving unit down nan Film Fund’s caller strategy and direction,” said Supervisory Board chair Jorien Wuite:
“As Head of Selective Funding, she encountered galore types of projects astatine galore different stages. She knows what we person to connection arsenic a filmmaking federation and really nan Fund tin lend to thief fortify that position further. With afloat assurance that Iwana will lead and correspond nan Fund pinch purpose, we wish her each occurrence and inspiration successful her caller role.”
