STRASBOURG: Irina Kanousheva will represent Bulgaria as the country takes on the annually rotating Presidency of the European Audiovisual Observatory for 2013.
Kanousheva has been responsible for International Relations, Festivals and Promotion at the Bulgarian National Film Center.
Kanousheva said she was looking forward to “a very dynamic and constructive” Bulgarian Presidency of the Observatory in 2013 and announced that Sofia will host an Observatory media conference in summer 2013.
Bulgaria was one of the founding members of the Observatory. The Observatory collects and distributes information on the audiovisual industry in 39 European countries.
The Film New Europe (FNE) Association is the networking platform for film professionals in the CEE/SEE/Baltics region. The webportal and FNE newswire was chosen as the MAIN TOOL to achieve the network’s objectives of the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the VOICE of the region.
FNE’s objectives include VISIBILITY for the region and AUDIENCES for films by providing a special focus on the region.