Find out more about the international team of professionals behind the European Women’s Audiovisual Network.
Executive Team
Alessia Sonaglioni
Executive Director
Strasbourg
Alessia is a founding member of EWA Network. With a long standing experience as media lawyer and programme manager at the Council of Europe, she joined Eurimages in 2010 as project manager gaining experience in legal and financial issues linked to European film co-production. She is also a certified coach and a human rights expert. Her engagement for gender equality comes mainly from her human rights background. She strongly believes that women, half of the world population, should have the same opportunities to tell their stories, express themselves and their own talents, and have their stories heard. Alessia is EWA Network's Executive Director since February 2016.
Alexia Muiños Ruiz
Deputy Director/WEB editor
Barcelona
Born in La Coruña, Master Degree in Environmental Chemistry and studied at the Conservatory of Music before leaving for Barcelona where she extended her education by graduating in Film Studies. She completed her training in New York City. For the past years, she has been working in several facets of the Film / Advertising Industry as director/actor and founded her production company in 2015. Her debut feature film is Noche Transfigurada. Currently working on the film "Las Truchas cantan en verano" (Trout singing in the Summer) which received Creative Europe support. As deputy director, Alexia is in charge of the management of the EWA Network web platform,the member community as well as EWA Networks social media.
Francine Raveney
Head of PR
Strasbourg
Former Director of EWA Network (2013-2016), Francine is currently Head of Research and PR. She has been executive producer of a number of films, including « En la Ciudad sin brújula » by Antonio Savinelli and has been working on Isabel Coixet’s upcoming documentary on John Berger. An expert in European co-productions, Francine regularly teaches at film schools and training courses, and acts as a project consultant, especially on gender policy. She studied French and English at Oxford University, followed by Women’s studies, has worked in communication and is committed to good communication and equality in the audiovisual sector.
Elizabeth Thorne
Project Manager
Strasbourg
Having graduated from a French Literature Degree in Lyon II, Elizabeth also earned an International Cultural and Social Studies diploma in BMCC New York City before coming back to France to enter a Master’s Degree in Gender Studies, while enrolling in different associative activities regarding intersectional feminist issues. Elizabeth is a confirmed feminist who strongly believes in an equal system and a need to put women on the front stage, she has been invested in different feminist and LGBTQI+ associations for years and is passionate about gender-related issues from an intersectional perspective that she considers fundamental to any kind of social rights achievement. She started out as an intern at EWA Network in 2018 before officially joining the team in 2019 as Project Manager.
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 latest film "Nobody wants the night" opened the Berlinale in 2015.
Board Members
Ada Solomon
(Hi Film Productions)
President
Zeynep Atakan
(Zeynofilm)
Vice President
Isabel Castro
Treasurer
Nicholas David Mackenzie
General Secretary
Susan Newman
(Eurimages)
Secretary
Juliane Schulze
(Peaceful Fish)
Board Member
Kristina Trapp
(EAVE)
Board Member
Marie-Pierre Vallé
(Wild Bunch)
Board Member
