Team
Ineke Kanters
Producer / Managing Director
Ineke Kanters studied history in Rotterdam. Following her college years, she served as a producer for Studio Sport (Dutch public television) and as an Internet editor at the Netherlands Broadcasting Foundation in Hilversum. Hereafter, she worked as a fund manager at the Rotterdam Media Fund and as development executive producer at Kasander Film. Since January 2012, she has been running her own company while also working part-time at Waterland Film among others, where she was actively engaged in the development, financing and production of feature films. In January 2016, she co-founded The Film Kitchen with Jan van der Zanden. In 2023 she partnered with Lisette Kelder, now sharing ownership of The Film Kitchen. Ineke is a highly experienced producer, with nearly 25 years of experience, having (co-)produced films such as: Dealer (2021), My Father is a Saucisse (2021), Sunburned (2019), Fight Girl (2018), Cobain(2018), Disappearance (2017), Handle with care (2017) and White Sun (2016).
Lisette Kelder
Producer / Managing Director
Lisette Kelder studied Journalism in Utrecht. She started working in film at an early age and has worked as a producer for nearly 20 years. First as associate producer at Kasander film (a.o. Greenaway’s Nightwatching(Venice 2007) and Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank (Cannes 2009)). Later Lisette developed into a freelance line producer but soon after became a (executive / co-) producer for Circe Films and Kaap Holland Film. Her producer credits include a broad range of both arthouse films and mainstream films, a.o.: Wander to Wonder (Venice 2023), Kurak Günler (Cannes, Un Certain Regard 2022), Tiempo Compartido (Sundance Winner Special Jury Prize 2018), Cobain (Berlinale Generation 14+ 2018). In 2023 Lisette joined forces with Ineke Kanters at The Film Kitchen and became co-owner.