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AgoraEU and the future of the MEDIA Programme: Europe’s ambitions cannot survive a 30% budget cut
AgoraEU and the future of the MEDIA Programme: Europe’s ambitions cannot survive a 30% budget cut
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 15–16 October, FSE joins European film and audiovisual organisations in opposing the proposed 30% reduction to the AgoraEU budget.
Protect Creative Europe in the 2027 EU Budget
FSE joins 16 film and audiovisual sector organisations across Europe in a joint call to restore the Creative Europe 2027 budget.
Fair pay, artistic freedom and AI: European screenwriters and directors meet MEPs in Strasbourg
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.
AgoraEU: 3 key points for authors and other creators
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.
In Spain, FSE member FAGA becomes Unión de Guionistas
Spanish screenwriters guild changes name to highlight growing capacity in defending professional interests and rights of screenwriters in several regions of Spain.
Cannes 2026: Beyond the chilling effect
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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Joint statement: Build AgoraEU on the success of the Creative Europe MEDIA programme
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.
FSE publishes a report on the threats to freedom of expression in the audiovisual and film sectors
“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.
SAA FERA FSE joint statement: Enforce EU values and principles
A Call to Action from Audiovisual Authors to the members of the European Parliament to enforce EU values and principles
Press release. A call to MEPs from SAA, FERA and FSE
Audiovisual authors call on the EU Parliament to hold the Commission and Council accountable to EU values during a dinner with MEPs in Strasbourg.