Journalist
Country of origin
Finland
Anna Patronen (*1974) is the Secretary General of the Church Media Foundation dedicated to financing films that explore ethics, religion, and plurality of worldviews in Finland. She is an award-winning journalist and storyteller with a long career in the audiovisual field, later specializing in journalism on religion. Since then, she has also worked as a Communications Specialist in the Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, a role she now combines with administrative duties for the Foundation. She holds a Master of Arts in Finnish Language, with a minor in Journalism and Mass Communication, along with further courses in religion. At the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck 2026 she serves in a film jury for the first time