The Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (FSE) brings together 31 screenwriters’ organisations from 27 European countries. It represents 10,000 professional screenwriters.
“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.
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.
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.
At the first edition of the European Screenwriters Day in Berlin, screenwriters from Germany and all over Europe are gathering to exchange views on their job as screenwriter in a context of threatened freedom of artistic expression and incredibly fast development of Artificial Intelligence.
The FSE is missing Polish screenwriter Maciej Karpinski, who served as member of the executive committee since 2015 and was FSE Vice-president.