The University of Audiovisual Arts, European Film Academy, ESRA Paris - Skopje - New York was founded in 2007 as the first private University in the field of audiovisual arts in Macedonia. Mr Jordan Plevnes is the founder of the University. He is a famous playwright, novelist and screenwriter. His plays have been performed on all five continents and translated into fifty languages.
The University of Audiovisual Arts, European Film Academy, ESRA Paris - Skopje - New York, combines European audiovisual experience with tradition and experience in the Republic of Macedonia and South-Eastern Europe. It is especially important to mention the introduction of several departments of audiovisual areas which students have had no opportunity to study at universities or academies in Macedonia or countries in the region.