The Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (FSE) brings together 31 screenwriters’ organisations from 27 European countries. It represents 10,000 professional screenwriters.
On 7 October, FERA, FSE and SAA welcomed MEPs and European directors and screenwriters for a dinner, co-hosted by Sabine Verheyen, Vice-President of the European Parliament and Emma Rafowicz, Vice-Chair of the CULT Committee.
FSE and 13 organisations of authors, performers and other artists and cultural workers sent their joint comments and voting recommendations on the proposed amendments to the AgoraEU programme.
Spanish screenwriters guild changes name to highlight growing capacity in defending professional interests and rights of screenwriters in several regions of Spain.
AI and Screenwriters in Europe : Progress, Consent and Value Sharing: FSE general delegate Denis Goulette gave a speech at IX Encuentro de Guionistas in Spain.
FSE Press release / The 2026 Cannes Film Festival will be remembered as the unintended stage of a demonstration of the growing threats to freedom of creation and expression in Europe.
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FSE supports a joint statement to call on the Member States to keep a separate financial framework for the audiovisual sector in the new programme for culture, media and democratic values.
“Right to Write: Screenwriters and the Growing Threats to Freedom of Artistic Expression in Europe”, an FSE report on the impact of the far-right Playbook on audiovisual creation.
This resolution matters for transparency, licensing and remuneration of audiovisual authors in Europe. FERA, FSE and SAA call on the Commission to act without delay.
The FSE welcomes the recent publication “Showrunning in Europe – Skills, Tasks, Responsibilities” by ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln. This comprehensive attempt at defining a European showrunner model opens a debate on credits. Check FSE recommendations on three key writing credits, translated in several languages.
European screenwriters gathered in Berlin made strategy decisions in a context of growing threats against freedom of artistic expression and challenges to authors’ rights in the area of Artificial Intelligence.