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Janine Lorente Elected Chair of SAA Board of Directors

Published on 03.01.2012

The board of the Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA) has unanimously elected SACD Deputy General Manager, Janine Lorente, as its new Chair. The election was held as Gerhard Pfennig stepped down from his position as Managing Director at VG Bild-Kunst after 33 years at the German society. As part of the elections Robert Staats, Managing Director of VG Wort, was elected as Vice Chair, as Scam Director General, Hervé Rony, stepped down.

Audiovisual Authors Online - Paul Powell Keynote

Published on 02.12.2011

Paul Powell's keynote speech at SAA's conference - Audiovisual Authors Online - Seizing the Digital Revolution.

Audiovisual authors call on legislators to link them to the success of their works online

Published on 30.11.2011

European officials and a variety of actors from across the audiovisual sector came together in Brussels on 29th November 2011 to look at what the digital revolution means for audiovisual authors like directors and screenwriters and came up with concrete ideas for how this revolution could be seized as an opportunity to finally link authors’ remuneration more directly to the success of their works.

SAA Conference Audiovisual authors online - seizing the digital revolution

Published on 29.11.2011

Getting works out and remuneration in

European Rightholders Welcome New Private Copying Mediator

Published on 24.11.2011

European rightholders welcome the recent appointment of Mr Antonio Vitorino as the mediator in the dialogue on private copying remuneration.

SAA Green Paper response underlines need for unwaivable authors’ remuneration right for online

Published on 22.11.2011

SAA submitted its response to the EC’s Green Paper on the Online Distribution of Audiovisual Works calling for the European Commission to support its proposal for a collectively managed unwaivable remuneration right for the online access to films.

European Parliament Announces LUX Prize Winner and Adopts Digital Cinema Report

Published on 17.11.2011

"Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro” by Robert Guédiguian announced winner as European Parliament adopts report supporting the digitisation of European cinemas.

SAA recommends amendments to orphan works Directive proposal text

Published on 07.11.2011

SAA has submitted its opinion on the proposal for a Directive on orphan works that is currently making its way through the European Parliament and the Council.

State aid for films and other audiovisual works

Published on 04.10.2011

SAA has submitted its response to the EC's consultation calling for broader legal certainty for financial support schemes

European Commission Green Paper on online distribution of audiovisual works

Published on 15.07.2011

The European Commission published its Green Paper on “Online Distribution of Audiovisual Works in the EU – opportunities and challenges towards a digital single market” on 13th July 2011.

Authors Day at the Brussels Film Festival

Published on 24.06.2011

The Brussels Film Festival in partnership with SACD, the ARRF and the SAA is organising an authors day on 28th June from 2pm including a panel on the arrival of digital in European cinemas and a lesson in cinema from award-winning directors Bouli Lanners ("Eldorado", "Les Géants"), Fiona Gordon and Dominique Abel ("Rumba", "La Fée"). Free registration at network@brff.be.

Audiovisual Authors’ Societies Offer Collaboration to Producers on Digital Future

Published on 09.06.2011

The Society of Audiovisual Author’s (SAA’s) chairman of the board of directors Gerhard Pfennig, speaking at the CISAC World Copyright Summit on Wednesday 9th June 2011, offered an open hand of collaboration to Europe’s producers, in the organisation’s efforts to guarantee a digital market that remunerates filmmakers.