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AVMS Directive – Great progress to support Europe’s audiovisual works
General Approach adopted by Culture Council goes further than European Commission proposal and promises a positive result on promotion of European works ahead of negotiations on final text with European Parliament and Commission.
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Call of European Filmmakers - Festival de Cannes 2017
We, European citizens and filmmakers, live in a Europe that is a standard-bearer of hope when it remains faithful to its values of tolerance, open-mindedness and diversity and stands against the current trends towards nationalism, alternative facts and mistrust.
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Les cinéastes invitent... Petar Valchanov
On the occasion of the premiere of his new film "Glory", L'ARP, Cinéma des Cinéastes, la SACD, SAA and Urban Distribution are very happy to organise an evening with Bulgarian director Petar Valchanov, as part of our series of screenings "Les Cinéastes invitent… l’ami européen".
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European screenwriters and directors call for right to fair remuneration online
Ahead of the deadline for amendments of 12th April in the lead committee of the European Parliament, audiovisual authors call for a concrete measure to turn the positive rhetoric on the need for authors to be fairly remunerated into reality.
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Portability Regulation – Audiovisual authors regret holes in final agreement
The Portability Regulation agreement represents a mixed result for collective management organisations for screenwriters and directors: positive as it represents a bonus for consumers which will enable EU residents to travel across Europe with continued access to their subscription services, negative as the final agreement contains holes that risk opening up the Regulation to abuse and eroding the territorial licensing system that underpins the financing of the European audiovisual sector.
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FREE KEYWAN KARIMI
Sentenced by the Iranian authorities to one year in prison and 223 lashes, Keywan Karimi has finally been imprisoned. His crime was to make films.
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Workshop - Copyright in the DSM: Audiovisual authors’ need for fair and proportionate remuneration
Organised by FERA, DSR and SAA member AIPA, the workshop in Ljubljana brings together European authors' organisations to discuss how the copyright package can benefit screenwriters and directors.
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SAA positions on Copyright Directive & Broadcasting Regulation
As discussions continue in the Parliament and Council, SAA has made its positions on the European Commission's copyright proposals public.
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European Parliament calls for Right to Fair Remuneration for Authors
SAA welcomes the Resolution on a coherent EU policy for cultural and creative industries (CCIs) which calls for the “establishment of the right to fair remuneration and legal protection for authors”. SAA now calls on the Parliament to make this a reality by adding such a right for audiovisual authors in its work on the European Commission’s copyright Directive proposal.
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Screenwriters and directors call on European Parliament to put authors at heart of copyright reform
A delegation of audiovisual authors and their collective management organisations (CMOs) from across Europe met Members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg to discuss copyright package ahead of the announcement of the winner of the European Parliament’s LUX Film Prize.
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*NEW* video on audiovisual authors’ remuneration
What are the professional lives of screenwriters and directors like? How do they make a living and what are the challenges they face?
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SAA welcomes European Parliament moves to promote European film and TV
European Parliament’s Culture committee hearing today on the amending of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive follows the publication of a draft report that looks to narrow the regulatory differences between online and offline services and better promote European works.
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