Irina Albita is the co-founder and co-CEO of FilmChain (filmchain.co) alongside Maria Tanjala, the fintech infrastructure modernising royalty payments in film and TV, from viewers to content creators. FilmChain offers the first digital collection account management (CAM) that pays professionals in the film/TV industries in an automatic and transparent way and a royalties management solution for content distributors and media enterprises. 

Irina is a technologist with over 12 years experience in the London/NYC tech scene, with a mathematics-economics background. Her passion is exploring how emerging tech radically transforms creative industries, and she is a prominent figure at film & tech events worldwide. Named Startup of the Year at the London Business Awards2020 and a SXSW Pitch2020 finalist, FilmChain leverages blockchain technology to save industry professionals millions in mismanaged funds, human errors and lack of data. The platform is used end-to-end by HBO, Council of Europe Eurimages, Film Fund Hamburg, German Producers Association, Screen Australia and clients in the U.K., Europe, Canada, Australia and Israel.