EWA Network - The Team

Executive Team

Alexia Muiños Ruiz

Director

Barcelona

Born in La Coruña, she received with a distinction her Master Degree in Chemistry and studied at the Conservatory of Music before graduating in Film Studies in Barcelona and completed her training in New York City — supported by a scholarship from the Galician Agency. She brings a uniquely rigorous, evidence-based perspective to the audiovisual sector and the fight for gender equity. A filmmaker, gender equality expert, and communicator with nearly two decades of experience at the intersection of cinema and social change , deeply committed to systemic change in the film industry. She was instrumental in the founding of the European Women's Audiovisual Network in 2013. Through Marineda Films, she produced her acclaimed debut feature. She is also a published critic and essayist. Since 2024, she has served as the Executive Director of the EWA Network, leading its mission to advance gender equality in European cinema. Both in the international as in the Spanish context, she is a recognised figure in gender film activism and a co-founder of the Catalan network Dones Visuals.

barcelona@ewawomen.com

Rumena Ivanova

Business Development

Strasbourg

Rumena Ivanova studied Film Studies and Social and Cultural Anthropology in Berlin (Freie Universität) and Paris (EHESS). She has professional experience in film production, distribution, and sales, and is fluent in English, German, and French.

An alumna of the Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris and former member of the Atelier Network, Rumena most recently worked as a Project Manager at Eurimages. Since October 2025, she has joined the European Women’s Audiovisual Network (EWA) as a Business Developer and Project Manager.

Her background also includes experience in event and festival organization: she worked with German Films during the 20th and 21st editions of the German-French Film Meeting, and organized the Bulgarian Film Festival in Paris.

business@ewawomen.com

Honorary President

Isabel Coixet

EWA network is proud to have as its President the highly successful, award-winning Spanish director Isabel Coixet. Her powerful filmography includes : "My life without me" (2003), "The secret life of words" (2005), "Elegy" (2008), "Map of the sounds of Tokyo" (2009) and "Yesterday never ends" (2012), which was screened in the Panorama Special section in Berlin 2013. Isabel Coixet was a member of the Camera d’Or jury at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and her film "Nobody wants the night" opened the Berlinale in 2015.