The Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (FSE) brings together 34 screenwriters’ organisations from 26 European countries. It represents 10,000 professional screenwriters.
FSE expresses full support to WGA statement following removal of a Jimmy Kimmel Live! rerun by ABC.
FSE joins a coalition of rightsholder organisations to express dissatisfaction with the AI Act implementation measures adopted by the EU Commission.
FSE co-signed this open letter. We call on EU leaders to:
1. Keep Creative Europe stand-alone
2. Double its budget
3. Invest strategically in culture’s future
FSE co-signs a Joint letter to the European Parliament’s JURI Committee on the upcoming own-initiative report on copyright and generative AI.
FSE endorses Manifesto for the Protection of Authentic Creation launched in Montreal.
FSE is part of a broad coalition of organisations in Europe’s creative and cultural sectors. Together they launch a campaign on the #AIAct. Keywords: Transparency. Consent. Remuneration. They call on EU policymakers to #StayTrueToTheAct.
FSE signed a global statement on artistic freedom, cultural diversity, and cultural sovereignty, to call on all governments to stand firm and safeguard the systems that support independent film and audiovisual creation.
FSE co-signed an open letter to the attention of the European Ministers of Culture ahead of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council on 12-13 May 2025. They now have a prominent role to play on the specific impact of AI on European cultural diversity and artistic freedom, which are cornerstones of European values and essential pillars of wellfunctioning democracies.
FSE General Delegate Denis Goulette delivered speech on opt-out regime during information session on generative artificial intelligence at WIPO.
The third draft of the GPAI Code of Practice undermines objectives of the AI Act, contravenes EU law and ignores the intention of the EU legislator – we cannot support it.