About us

JEVA was born in 2020 as an organization of Venezuelan womxn dedicated to film creation in all its areas, who from different parts of the world wanted to establish a space to meet and offer support to other fellow femmes in the development of their careers.

We are a space for meeting, participation and empowerment, where femme filmmakers can go to materialize their projects and consolidate their careers, contributing to the reduction of inequalities in the professional field, which aims at the visibility, connection and sustainability of its associates.

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Our Vision

We have big plans...

Public Professional Directory

Launch of the first public professional directory of Venezuelan filmmakers and audiovisual professionals worldwide.

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Job List

Create a reliable job list, with opportunities in Venezuela and abroad for our members.

Educational Opportunities

Offer a program of paid internships and more intensive training spaces for different career levels.

Labs, workshops and micro-financing

Launch a development lab for up and coming writers, directors, and producers with the support of professional mentors from all over the world.

Our History

2021

January

JEVA publicly launches on the internet and social networks.

2020

July

Founders team is born and JEVA becomes a formal proposal.

2021

March

First edition of the “Más cortas” workshop, with the support of the Venezuelan-American Center.

2021

May

Intensive Workshop on co-productions and private capital, in alliance with the French Embassy in Venezuela.

2021

August

We exceed 800 femme filmmakers registered in our database and more than 3,500 followers on social media.

2022

August

Launch of the JEVA Directory, the first professional networking platform for all Venezuelan women in the audiovisual industry.

2022

June

“Make it Work!” program launches in partnership with the Venezuela Affairs Unit.

2022

March

Second edition of the "MásCortas" workshop was funded, aimed towards documentary filmmaking, with the support of the Venezuelan-American Center and the UCAB Cultural Center.

2022

September

No Hay Post Sin Nuestra Voz VOL.1, an intensive post-production workshop held with the support of the Embassy of Spain in Venezuela and the AECID through its ACERCA programs.

2022

December

Our community continues to grow, reaching over 1,200 Venezuelan female filmmakers worldwide and more than 5,000 followers on social media.

2023

March – August

Mi vida es de película Online laboratory of audiovisual narratives for women in South America, carried out in partnership with WePlot and the Goethe Institut Venezuela.

2023

December

In-person meeting of the JEVA community in different cities around the world: Caracas, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Mexico City, Los Angeles, and Madrid.

2023

November

In-person workshop in Bogotá Learning basic techniques for documenting LGBTQIA+ memory, conducted by the Humpty Dumpty Institute, Bill Megalos, Dr. Tamara Adrián, and JEVA.

2023

August

No Hay Post Sin Nuestra Voz VOL.2 , the first in-person workshop of the association, an intensive post-production workshop supported by the Embassy of Spain in Venezuela and the AECID through its ACERCA programs.

2024

February

Alliance with the Toolbox Programme of the EFM, within the framework of the Berlin International Film Festival.

2024

April

Global Media Makers - Creative Producing Residency, held in person in Cartagena in partnership with Film Independent, the Cartagena International Film Festival, and the U.S. Embassy.

Our team

At JEVA we have the support of our founders, associates and freelancers who continually contribute to the growth of the organization.

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