Swedish Film Institute

Swedish foundation

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2024 Supported the production of the film 'The Girl with the Needle'
2024 The government commissioned a new inquiry into the film industry.
April 2024 Anna Croneman became the new CEO of the Swedish Film Institute in mid-April.
2023 Supported the production of the film 'The Promised Land'
September 2023 Åsa Sjöberg became acting CEO of the Swedish Film Institute.
2022 Supported the production of the film 'Triangle of Sadness'
April 2022 Anette Novak became CEO of the Swedish Film Institute.
2021 Supported the production of two films: 'I Am Zlatan' and 'Margrete: Queen of the North'
2021 Anna Serner completed her tenure as CEO of the Swedish Film Institute after a decade of leadership.
2017 Legislation passed to ensure permanent funding for ongoing film digitization efforts by Filmhistoriska samlingarna.
2017 The Swedish Film Institute officially updated its core functions to emphasize supporting quality film production, international distribution, film heritage preservation, film education, and promoting an open democratic society.
January 1 2017 The Swedish Film Institute became solely financed by state funding, with new legislation determining film policy and government regulation of the film industry.
2016 The institute restarted theatrical distribution, enabling cinemas in Sweden to screen digitised films from the archive.
2015 Claes Ånstrand is appointed Chairperson and continues to lead the Swedish Film Institute as of the current date.
2012 Göran K Johansson becomes Chairperson, leading the Swedish Film Institute from 2012 to 2014.
2011 Film archive in Grängesberg was moved from SFI to the National Library of Sweden. www.filmarkivet.se was also established, a collaboration between SFI and the National Library to make film collections publicly available through free streaming.
2011 Anna Serner became CEO of the Swedish Film Institute, initiating a significant gender parity program in the film industry.

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