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15 European media professionals selected for second editon of the female leadership programme AUDIOVISUAL WOMEN by EPI

Press Release: Potsdam, Babelsberg 17 October 2023 – EPI has selected 15 experienced media professionals for the upcoming second edition of the female leadership programme AUDIOVISUAL WOMEN. The transformative programme is designed to empower female managers in the audiovisual industry, including film, television, and digital media at different stages in their careers.
19 October 2023 by
15 European media professionals selected for second editon of the female leadership programme AUDIOVISUAL WOMEN by EPI
Erich Pommer Institut gGmbH


AUDIVISUAL WOMEN is directed at female professionals, mid to senior level management, and aims at fostering inclusivity, diversity, and gender equality in the media industry. It offers a unique opportunity to enhance the paricipants’ skills, to network with industry experts, and to access valuable coaching sessions through online and on-site workshops led by top experts.

The program focuses on topics such as (digital) leadership and entrepreneurship, innovation and change management in a VUCA world as well as communication and self-marketing. Another unique element of the leadership programme is a training module especially designed for HR managers or decision-makers in their companies providing them with tools to implement more diverse and gender-equal hiring practices.

AUDIOVISUAL WOMEN is funded by Creative Europe – MEDIA. Partners of the programme are EAVE – European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, EWA - European Women’s Audiovisual Network, Göteborg Film Festival and Women in Film & Television International (WIFTI).


SELECTED PARTICIPANTS

Danai Anagnostou, Kenno Filmi, Finland

Anila Balla, Kaçak Productions, Albania

Andrea Blaser, Contrast Film, Switzerland

Maria João Dinis, Ukbar Filmes, Portugal

Mónica Diniz, CreativArt - Creative Visual Arts (CREART), Portugal

Anita Hugi, HEAD University of Art and Design Geneva/ Narrative Boutique, Switzerland

Agata Jujeczka, Vision House Productions, Poland

Mathilde Neau, 23bis, Switzerland

Rūta Petronytė, Smart Casual, Lithuania

Jasna Pintarič, Filmoteka, Slovenia

Mara Prohaska Markovic, Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival, Serbia

Julia Rappold, Germany

Esther Schmidt, Vrouwen in Beeld, Netherlands

Dorien van de Pas, Dial M Creative Consultancy, Netherlands

Julia Wagner, HEARTWAKE films, Germany


Kristofer Woods, AUDIVOUSAL WOMEN project manager (in 2023) at EPI: “AUDIVOUSAL WOMEN will help the selected media professionals to capitalize on their capabilities and skills to advance in their careers. With AUDIVOUSAL WOMEN, EPI wants to contribute to a more diverse, inclusive, gender equal and, thus, more sustainable European media industry.”

AUDIOVISUAL WOMEN will run in five modules from October 2023 until March 2024.

More information here.


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