On 7 October 2026, FERA, FSE and the SAA welcomed Members of the European Parliament to a dinner in Strasbourg, co-hosted by Sabine Verheyen, Vice-President of the European Parliament, and Emma Rafowicz, Vice-Chair of the CULT Committee.
Around 60 participants, including MEPs, European screenwriters and directors, and representatives of their collective management organisations, discussed the impact of generative AI on authors’ rights and remuneration, artistic freedom, the AgoraEU programme and the review of the AVMS Directive.
Speakers included the two co-hosts, Barbara Hayes (SAA Chair), Katarzyna Klimkiewicz (FERA Board member and SAA Patron) and Jacob Groll (FSE President), with a video message from Norwegian screenwriter and director Joachim Trier. Read the highlights from their speeches in the article below.
Photographer: Thomas Dossmann Photographie
