Today, the SAA is publishing its first annual Flash Report on the European audiovisual market. The report reveals that audiovisual authors' royalties collected by SAA members amount to just 0.53% of a sector worth €141 billion, while non-European players capture 89% of streaming and video sharing platforms (VSPs) revenues. While their creativity forms the basis on this vibrant industry, screenwriters and directors face low income, precarious working conditions, fragmented rights and an unfair playing fi

North Macedonia, at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula with 1.8 million citizens, has an impressive cinematic track record. Milcho Manchevski's debut feature Before the Rain (1994) brought the country its first Oscar nomination, winning the Golden Lion at Venice. Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov's documentary Honeyland (2019) became the first Macedonian film nominated for two Oscars. Teona Strugar Mitevska has had several films selected for the Oscars, winning the LUX Audience Award 2019 with God E

At its 47th session that closed at the end of last week, the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) discussed and adopted the proposal of the African group for a global study on "The Rights of Audiovisual Authors and their Payment Mechanisms for the Exploitation of their Works".

This article was originally written by Cécile Despringre, SAA Secretary General, for the SAA member AIPA in Slovenia to mark their 15th anniversary. It was published in the first issue of the first volume of the journal "Twelve: Film, Media & Entertainment", by the Copyright Law Institute in Slovenia.