The EU Commission is developing a Culture Compass to serve as a strategic framework for EU cultural policy. It aims to improve the consistency of EU policies and strengthen coordination between funding and policy. The SAA has submitted its response to the EU Commission's consultation.

Exclusive screening in Brussels of “Loss of balance”, a 2024 Polish drama and the directorial debut of Korek Bojanowski.

Organisations from across the Europe's film and audiovisual sector send a joint statement to EU Culture Ministers ahead of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council on 12-13 May, calling for sector-specific effective EU funding programmes, to safeguard the long-term resilience, competitiveness and the vitality of Europe’s cultural and creative ecosystem.

On 15 April, a delegation from the SAA met with Glenn Micallef, EU Commissioner for Intergenerational Justice, Youth, Culture and Sport. SAA Patron Špela Čadež, a Slovenian animation writer and director, shared her testimony of a career with precarious and unstable income, difficult to reconcile with work-life balance. Her experience reinforced the SAA’s message to the Commissioner.

We’re back from intense few days in Strasbourg, for the first session of the European Parliament’s 10th term. Like many other stakeholders, we met with MEPs and their assistants, some of whom we knew and who had supported authors’ rights in the previous term, as well as new MEPs whom we identified as possible new allies.

A brochure presenting the SAA and CMOs, aggregated collections and facts and figures on the audiovisual market. The brochure is accompanied by topic-specific cards with a brief background, some facts, and how Members of the European Parliament can help.

Authors and other creative professionals are the key actors in the creative value chains and deserve to be treated fairly. Their rights should be recognised and their contribution to society and the economy valued, writes EU Member States’ expert group in its recent report on the status of the artists. Their proposal, a legal status for artists and creative professionals is not a privilege nor an honorary title, it is a way to reduce social and economic disadvantages.

On 29 November 2022, the Council of the EU adopted its resolution on the EU Work Plan for Culture 2023-2026. We had a look at what is particularly interesting for the audiovisual sector and its authors.

SAA contribution to the UNESCO consultation on the Status of the Artist

More than 40 years ago, the UNESCO Recommendation on the Status of Artist stated that Member States should take necessary measures to ensure that “the artist is remunerated for the distribution and commercial exploitation of his work”. On 14 November 2022, the SAA submitted its contribution to the UNESCO consultation on the recommendation.

Young European filmmakers and Youtubers shared their experiences of working with online media and streaming platforms, in conversation with EU policymakers and experts about authors’ rights and remuneration. 

The Society of Audiovisual Authors and its collective management organisation members stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people and their creative community following the invasion of the country, and with all forms of opposition to the war.