European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Mariya Gabriel launched on June 17 in Lisbon the Creative Europe 2021-2027 programme that will provide the European creative sector with an injection of €2.5 billion over the next seven year. The new programme, which has doubled in budget over the previous programme (€1.47 billion for […]
From the seminar convened by the audiovisual authors Juanca Maneglia, Creadores PY President and Tana Schembori – General Secretary, next to FESAAL (Latin American Audivisual Authors Societies federation), represented by its members societies: DASC (Directors Colombia) with the presence of its President Mr. Mario Mitrotti, REDES (Screenwriters Colombia) with the presence of its President Mrs. Alexandra Cardona and SOGEM (Screenwriters México) with the presence of its President of the Directors Board, Gerardo Luna, and Carlos Mercado, Author of La Rosa de Guadalupe.
With the approval of Law Nr. 19.858 this past December by the Uruguayan parliament, AGADU – General Association of Uruguayan Authors begins collecting the rights of audiovisual authors as the only management society existing in their territory.
Audiovisual authors representing collective management organisations who are members of the Executive Committee of W&DW – Writers And Directors WorldWide, are continuing their work remotely in order to determine and quantify the damages the pandemic has caused for directors, writers and playwrights worldwide.
The poll was done by BVR Services GmbH of CuDOS and Ghent University, commissioned by FERA – European Federation of Cinema Directors and FSE – Federation of European Scriptwriters. The poll revealed data about remuneration and work life of European Audiovisual Authors.
With the birth of FESAAL – Latin American Audiovisual Authors´ Federation – authors´ right is strengthened throughout the region.
On March 12th, a new meeting of the Executive Committee of W&DW was held in the city of Paris, France, with a view to organize the next Annual Congress to be held in the city of Algiers.