european women's audiovisual network

- EWAIntroduction

What is ewa? Non-profit organisation set up in Strasbourg

on 26 January 2013; Initial concept set forth at Santiago de

Compostela filmmakers’ conference on female audiovisual professionals 2010;

200 members from 14 countries (incl. albania, france, germany, italy, luxembourg, poland, serbia, spain, turkey, uk);

Financial backing from 4 European film funds (SFI, NFI, DFF, ICAA);

In-kind support from HAVC and Hungarian Cultural Centre of Berlin and some brands.

Who are our partners? FERA – Federation of European Film Directors and UNIC

- Unic - Union Internationale des Cinémas;

Women’s national networks in Europe and beyond (WfTV – DE, UK, IC, FI, IE and Atlantic Coast, Canada and India; CIMA – ES; FC Gloria – AT; Le deuxième regard – FR, etc.);

Director’s UK, 25 Images in FR, Producers’ Association TR;

Women’s film festivals (Drac Magic – ES, BEV – UK, Elles tournent – BR, etc.)

Film funds throughout Europe,

European Audiovisual Observatory, Council of Europe, and Eurimages.

EWA’s team – staff members/volunteers

Francine H. Raveney – Network Director

Alexia Muinos Ruiz – Deputy Director/Web

Aurélie Grenet – Training project manager

Aslihan Tekin – Advocacy manager

Ines Gracia – Finance assistant

Laura Nunn – Communication assistant

Carrie McAlinden – Research assistant

Nick Holdsworth – Press

Advisory Board (ongoing consultation)

Holly Aylett (Global Policy Institute) Elin Erichsen (Training expert - NFI)  Benja Stig Fagerland (SHEconomics) Dorota Ostrowska (Birkbeck college, London

University)

Colin Pons (Producer, UK and head of workstation Sheffield)

Jan Runge (Unic) Anna Serner (CEO- Swedish Film Institute)  Elisabeth Sjaastad (CEO-FERA) Carole Tongue (former MEP, advisor on

audiovisual policy)

Bureau

Exec. President – Isabel de Ocampo Vice-President – Paula Ortiz Gen. Secretary – Nicholas David Mackenzie

Treasurer – Sabine Emery

Quarterly meetings to report on activities and discuss policy

President

Isabel Coixetreferring to directing:

“EWA may not be able

to change the mountain,

but it may be able to make

the climb that little bit

easier.”

EWA’s 3 goals

1. Promote greater gender equality for audiovisual creatives in terms of access to and opportunities for employment, be they working in the areas of film, video games or online audiovisual content creation, to ensure that women’s creative voices are heard in all their linguistic and cultural diversity throughout Europe and beyond.

 2.Promote gender mainstreaming for all technical and other roles throughout the sectors of film, video games and online media.

3. Where possible devise initiatives and opportunities for reflection, such as pilot projects, workshops etc. to consider the issue of representations of women from all cultural and ethnic backgrounds in audiovisual content.

EWA members

EWA represents European audiovisual professionals who support its objectives and partner organisations with whom it has signed a partnership agreement in 47 countries.

Membership offers discounts for training, newsletter access and access to a jobs board, as well as concept and project sharing spaces and the possibility of connecting with other members through the directory and private facebook group.

Communication – As (in)visibility is a big issue EWA serves as a platform to promote the work of its members through all of its different communication channels (facebook, interviews, website spotlight section, still photos, etc.)

How we work

1. Bridge-BuiIding/Networking – online/at events/masterclasses/conferences etc.;

2. Research and promotion of harmonised data monitoring on gender in the areas of film, video games and online media;

3. Training;

4. Advocacy at local, national and pan-European level to promote the network’s goals and to lobby both industry and other organisations;

5. Pilot projects;

6. Other initiatives to meet the network’s goals.

A year in pictures – Dec. 2012

Pitching EWA to Anna Serner at SFI, Sweden… and support – thanks SFI

A year in pictures – Jan. 2013

January – signing the EWA statutes in Strasbourg (26.1.13) and travelling to Oslo to meet the NFI team

A year in pictures – Feb. 2013

Feb. 2013 - Networking event during the Berlinale, presentation of stats. at the “You cannot be serious” conference and launch of EWA announced in “Variety”

A year in pictures – March 2013

Sharing the office with Drac Magic, Women’s International Film Festival Barcelona and attending Créteil Film Festival

A year in pictures – April 2013

Alexia Muinos Ruiz joins the team and Istanbul film festival/Meetings on the bridge provides great networking opportunities

A year in pictures – May 2013

Cannes Film Festival – two networking events, a training brainstorming session and meeting Jane Campion

A year in pictures – June 2013 Conference in Amsterdam organised by the CoE

on representations of women in the media and talk at Birkbeck College, London university.

A year in pictures July/August 2013

Preparing for the #PitcherPerfect training course… showcasing Croatian filmmakers on the website, through HAVC’s sharp brochure, and trying to increase facebook and twitter followers…

A year in pictures - September

Presentation at Zeyno Films, Istanbul hosted by Zeynep Ozbatur, with interpretation in Turkish and meeting FC Gloria and Barbara Fränzen in Austria followed by the OFI

A year in pictures – October 2013

#PitcherperfectBarcelona 2013 in partnership with SGAE; Sitges Film Festival panel event – “From Bram Stoker to Glam stalkers”; meeting #JackieBuet from Créteil film festival at the Sénat/ Guadeloupe Int’l Film Festival

A year in pictures – November 2013

Brussels advocacy work, EFARN meeting at the Swedish Film Institute and meeting the Elles tournent team

A year in pictures – Dec. 2013

“No place for young women” – female directors in Europe dinner/debate organised by Fera, SAA and EWA in collaboration with the Lux Prize and hosted by the MEP – Nadja Hirsch

2014…

Key objectives:delivery on research and training and encouraging more data monitoring as part of pan-European strategy;

ongoing advocacy work to raise awareness & improve legislation;

increased membership drive and creation of more networking opportunities (online and in person);

growing the team;

ongoing fundraising to ensure sustainability of the project - essential;

New and reinforced partnerships…

Thank you Thanks to Eurimages for its great policy change,

especially the study group on gender equality, and in particular Roberto Olla, Isabel Castro, Alessia Sonaglioni, Sanja Ravlic, Dorien Van der Pas and Doreen Boonekamp, Suzanne Glansborg and the whole SFI team, Iris Zappe-Heller, Roland Teichmann and Barbara Fränzen and of course the Eurimages President for all of your massive help and support in 2013!

Thanks to all supporters, members and friends of EWA. Without this support none of the EWA’s work so far could have happened.

2013 result = Gender inequality in the audiovisual sector is being firmly put on the agenda throughout Europe.

more information…

www.ewawomen.com

https://www.facebook.com/EWAnetwork

@ewawomen

and social networking channels for interviews and clips:

https://www.youtube.com/user/EWAwoman

http://vimeo.com/user17465684

contact@ewawomen.com