On the occasion of the announcement of the five films nominated for the LUX Audience Award 2025, the SAA, in partnership with the Federation of European Film Directors (FERA) and the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (FSE), invited MEPs, authors and our members, to meet and dine together in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. 

On the occasion of the announcement of the five films nominated for the LUX Audience Award 2025, the Federation of European Screen Directors (FERA), the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (FSE) and the SAA call in their joint statement on the Members of the European Parliament to empower European audiovisual creation in all its diversity during their 10th parliamentary term.

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.

On 6-9 June, EU citizens will have their say about the composition of the new European Parliament and consequently on the future of the Union. But both the EU and the cultural and creative sectors are facing a few challenges.

Members of the SAA and its Patrons are sending a message to their fellow citizens to stand up for a democratic Europe and its cultural diversity by voting in the European elections on 6-9 June 2024.