Join us online on Wednesday, 30 September at 16:00-17:45, for an expert seminar on Article 18 of the DSM Directive - at a pivotal moment for its EU-level review and the ongoing CJEU Streamz case.

I’m back after spending the summer touring family and friends in different regions of France, as usual. However, new was the devastating wildfires that I could observe from the smoke in the sky and th...

We caught up with the Slovenian director to talk about her film, which stars Anuša Kodelja and Klara Kuk as two young women, each weird in her own way

At a panel co-organised by the SAA and CineLink at the Sarajevo Film Festival, representatives from four collective management organisations compared notes on collecting and distributing royalties for...

Ahead of EU negotiations on the 2028-34 funding framework and AgoraEU, public money alone won't secure European audiovisual culture; it must come with rules guaranteeing fair remuneration, transparenc...

Before switching off my computer and heading to the South of France for a long-awaited holiday with family and friends, I am sharing some of the key development onaudiovisual authors' rights that kept...

Greetings from a sunny Brussels, remarkably hotter than Cannes, where I spent almost a week for the Cannes Film Festival, before heading on to Geneva for the biannual meeting of the Copyright committe...

As a part of our small and dedicated team, you will have the opportunity to actively contribute to, and gain practical experience of, the European audiovisual landscape and the development of legislat...

European Commission EVP Henna Virkkunen on film funding overhaul and Paramount-WBD merger.

Cinema needs Europe, Europe needs cinema “No art form, like cinema, traverses our diurnal consciousness so directly as to touch our feelings, deep within the twilight chamber of our soul.” For more ...

In the words of Slovene artist Maja Smrekar: ‘[…] art holds the power to spark social change, and this is why it is so feared by the far-right.’ Artistic freedom is increasingly threatened and attacke...

Some long-awaited meetings with the Commission finally took place in April. The authors who joined us were a reminder of why our work is so important. We collaborated with a broad MEDIA coalition to a...

We, representatives of the European film and audiovisual sector and the press sector, welcome the European Commission’s ambition to strengthen support for culture, audiovisual, media and democratic va...

We, the European organisations representing the entire European film and audiovisual sector, would like to highlight the pivotal role played by the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme, which is celebrat...

“I wrote my first feature film ‘Girl’ together with Lukas Dhont, 12 years ago. It took us three years of work for which I received €12,500. At the time, we both had second jobs to be able to pay our bills. The film started its career in Cannes. Thanks to my authors’ rights, I could develop my next project and afford a living. However, I’m one of the privileged ones compared to many colleagues who struggle in a precarious system.”  said Belgian screenwriter Angelo Tijssens. This real-life example set

In a world where cultural diversity is increasingly central in the discussions around the future of the European Union and its place in the global power shifts, the Advocate General (AG) in the case C-840/24 (VG Wort) reminds us that collective management organisations (CMOs) represent one of the building blocks of cultural development for a democratic (and diverse) society, by giving the chance to potential authors to create and express themselves.

As the Belgian weather shifts from blue skies and sunshine to hail, storms and rain, sometimes all in one day, so too does my work vary in its tasks. Not least in March, which took me from speaking in...

The AVMS Directive is under review. Stakeholders on all sides say the same thing: don't reopen it. But creators fear losing ground, while platforms fear gaining obligations. History suggests that volu...

The Federation of European Screen Directors, the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe and the Society of Audiovisual Authors, welcome today's adoption by the European Parliament in plenary of its res...

While Generative AI is reshaping the audiovisual sector rapidly, the rules governing how authors' works are used have not kept pace. European screenwriters and directors are having their livelihoods t...

February has been one of those months where the calendar looked impossible and yet, somehow, everything got done. As a European association, it's that time of year when we are preparing for our annual...

Valued at €141 billion, the European audiovisual media sector is one of the continent's most valuable cultural and economic assets. Yet non-European players dominate the streaming market, capturing 89...

After a great winter break with my family in sunny South of France, I returned early January to Brussels and delved deep into the technical details of the implementation of the AI Act for two consulta...

Serbia gave the world 'Who's Singin' Over There?', still regularly voted the country's greatest film over 40 years after its 1980 premiere. Its director Slobodan Šijan is among the many authors whose ...

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...

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 ...

It's been a memorable November! First, I enjoyed a festive celebration with SAA members and guests in Brussels followed by a strategic gathering in Skopje that put the spotlight on authors' rights in ...

Interviews and key moments from SAA 15th Anniversary Conference, where creators, experts, and industry representatives discussed AI, copyright, and the future of…

After rushing to yet another airport, and leaving my suitcase in the office, I realised that I was juggling a lot at the same time! In October, I travelled to three countries, delivered different pres...

While organisations representing rightsholders in Brussels are vastly outnumbered by large tech companies, EU Member States continue prioritising licensing mechanisms and the role of collective manage...

Industry News posted by Chris Evans about “More industry people will work with AI, and more AI people will work with the industry” on The Location Guide.

10/10/2025 - Interest in anime has been rising steadily for over a decade, and Western Europe’s current animated output increasingly mirrors this trend, says the expert at MIA

The last time I wrote was at the end of July, when I wished everyone a relaxing summer break. Yes, I had a break, but it feels like a long time ago already! Since my return and participation in a Cine...

In this report to the General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur Alexandra Xanthaki builds on her previous report on digitalisation and cultural heritage and turns her attention to the ways in which art...

Copyright protection in the AI era is in jeopardy. As the AI Act entered into force on 2 August, the challenges of copyright and AI remain not only unsolved but are becoming urgent. While the EU insti...

Cedric Klapisch is the jury president.

July was a particularly busy month until the last day. I'm glad I didn't plan big holidays, which would have been affected by the publication of the European Parliament's draft report, code of practic...

Representing a broad coalition of European and global authors, performers, publishers, producers and other rightsholder organisations, we wish to formally express our dissatisfaction with the publishe...