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A look back at WCOS 04
Highlights of WCOS 04, the Fourth World Conference of Screenwriters held in Berlin in October 2018: speeches, resolutions, videos, photos…
Audiovisual creators welcome talent-focused EP position on Creative Europe 2021-2027
FERA, FSE and IMAGO welcome the adoption by the European Parliament of CULT rapporteur Silvia Costa’s report on the proposed Regulation establishing the Creative Europe programme 2021-2027.
A new EU Copyright law – a long-fought battle won
FERA, FSE and SAA welcome the European Parliament’s final vote on the Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market. This is a great achievement for European authors!
Final Results of Survey on EU Audiovisual Authors’ Remuneration
FERA, FSE and SAA disclose the final results of the first ever EU-wide study on audiovisual authors’ working life and remuneration. Most of them are struggling to make ends meet and to maintain sustainable careers.
Over 100 organisations representing European Authors co-sign open letter in support of Copyright Directive
Authors are at the very origin of the copyright value chain for Europe’s cultural and creative industries. They urge MEPs to seize this once in a decade opportunity and support the successful adoption of the Copyright Directive.
Audiovisual Authors gathered in Ljubljana to discuss Implementation of the Copyright Directive
The Copyright Directive is a concrete opportunity to empower a struggling European audiovisual authors’ community. Participants of the workshop discussed opportunities and challenges faced by AV authors in getting fair value for the exploitation of their work.
Once upon a time, the creation of FSE
When scriptwriters/screenwriters’ guilds in Europe decided to create the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (Amsterdam June 1999 – Athens, June 2001).
Manus Festet, the Danish Manifesto for Gender Equality
Danske Dramatikere (the Danish Writers Guild) published a manifesto – a satirical and ironic list of 40 points – to tackle gender stereotypes and clichés in films and TV series.
Fair Remuneration for Audiovisual Authors with Better Contracts
FERA, FSE and UNI MEI organise a series of workshop to foster cooperation among European audiovisual authors’ guilds and unions on contracts, fair remuneration and collective bargaining.
Bullying and harassment in the audiovisual sector : FSE resolution
The Annual General Assembly of the FSE (Berlin, October 2018) carried unanimously a resolution on bullying and harassment in the audiovisual sector.