Stop censoring our fellow Faroese filmmakers!
To Uttanríkis- og mentamálaráðið, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Culture Att. Jenis av Rana We are deeply concerned by the Faroese Minister of Culture’s, Jenis av Rana,...
10 June 2021
Artistic Freedom
Urgent Call for the Release of Myanmar filmmaker Ma Aeint
The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR*) and its founding institutions, the European Film Academy, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and International Film Festival Rotterdam, together with...
FERA signs open letter asking for the release of Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska in Belarus
In an open letter, the global film community expresses concern over Hatsura-Yavorska’s arrest, along with that of other Belarusian human rights defenders. FERA joins a global call for...
15 April 2021
Artists at Risk Connection Publishes “A Safety Guide for Artists”
PEN America, Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) published “A Safety Guide for Artists”, providing a roadmap for artists facing a risk situation. The Guide is the first of...
25 February 2021
EU Filmmakers welcome initiative to bring Artistic Freedom in focus at EU-level
Today, the event “Media and artistic freedom under attack – Europe has to act” organized by the S&D Group in the EU Parliament brought much-needed focus on a...
22 February 2021
FERA French member SRF Pays Tribute to Lokman Slim
The execution of Lebanese documentary filmmaker and political scientist Lokman Slim on the night of 3rd to 4th of February 2021, on a road controlled by Hezbollah, legitimately...
19 February 2021
FERA Joins Forces with International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR)
We are happy to announce that as of 2021, FERA has officially become a strategic partner in the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR). This partnership is...
29 January 2021
FERA Statement: EU Filmmakers Standing In Solidarity With Their Faroese Colleagues Facing Censorship
FERA joins in support of Faroese filmmakers as the film support allocation process challenges their artistic freedom. Over the last few months, they have experienced negative feedback from...
17 December 2020
EU organizations support Slovenian film community facing disastrous governmental pressure as public film funding is blocked
Our organisations, representing authors, screenwriters, directors, actors, crew, producers and members of the film community across Europe, join in support of the Slovenian Federation of Filmmakers’ Guilds against...
12 November 2020