Karla Puttemans Appointed Director Of Flanders Audiovisual Fund After Tumultuous 18 Months At Body

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The Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) has named Karla Puttemans as its new director, in a move many in the Flemish film industry are hoping will bring closure to a tumultuous 18 months for the public funding body.

Puttemans has been appointed from within VAF, which oversees public funding of film, TV drama, games and podcasts being made by Belgium‘s Flemish-speaking community, where she previously held the position of Head of Production and Talent Development.

She takes replaces Koen Van Bockstal, who announced last November he was stepping down a year early due to health reasons, having originally been appointed for a five-year term in 2021.

Van Bockstal’s final year at VAF were mired in controversy after he fired Christian De Schutter, the long-time head of VAF’s promotional arm Flanders Image, out of the blue.