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SAA welcomes Borja Cobeaga to board of patrons
Screenwriter behind Spanish blockbuster comedy "Ocho apellidos vascos" joins other directors and screenwriters from across Europe in our board of patrons.
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LUX Prize 2014 announces 10 finalists
The European Parliament prize, which will be awarded on 17th December, announced the finalists at the Karlovy Vary festival.
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SAA, FERA & FSE - 7 ways to put authors back at the heart of culture & copyright
SAA, FERA and FSE have put forward 7 areas where the new European Parliament can make concrete progress for screenwriters and directors over the next 5 years.
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Danis Tanović joins SAA board of patrons
Oscar winning Bosnian film director and screenwriter, famous for "No Man's Land" and "An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker" joins 22 other European directors and screenwriters in our board of patrons.
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Women in film under the spotlight at Cannes
Directors UK report among others to be discussed at European Audiovisual Observatory workshop at Cannes film festival
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SAA raises concern over future EC Copyright White Paper
Supported by renowned screenwriters and directors, the SAA has written to Commissioners Barnier and Vassiliou over the contents of a leaked draft Impact Assessment on Copyright.
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Culture Key to Europe’s Future – Follow-up of Forum de Chaillot
A number of Europe’s screenwriters and directors including Costa-Gavras, Agnès Jaoui and Enrique Urbizu called for the next European institutions to support culture and its creators.
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SAA Patron Jochen Greve speaks at European Parliament IP conference
German screenwriter calls copyright and collective management organisations a screenwriter’s “only weapons” in “jungle full of snakes”.
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Klapisch: I still believe in Europe
In front of a packed crowd, French filmmaker Cédric Klapisch reaffirmed his belief in Europe and called for Europe to be bolder in promoting the hope embodied by his trilogy.
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SAA calls for creators to be put at heart of copyright policy
In its contribution to the European Commission’s consultation on the review of EU copyright rules, the SAA has called on the Commission to put creators back at the heart of copyright policy to help reinforce the legitimacy of the copyright system.
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SAA congratulates European Parliament on private copying resolution
The Society of Audiovisual Authors congratulates the European Parliament and particularly French MEP Françoise Castex, following the adoption of her report in plenary on private copying levies on 27 February. The report rightly underlines the continued relevance of the system to the digital age and its importance to Europe’s creators.
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Authors’ and performers’ organisations welcome Castex report on Private Copying
Authors’ and performers’ organisations congratulate Legal Affairs committee on forward-looking report that looks at how to sustainably modernise the implementation of the private copying levy system to cater for permanently evolving consumption patterns of copyrighted works and to ensure its efficient functioning within the single market.
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