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
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
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...
19 September 2020
This open letter is being submitted in response to the public consultation launched by the European Commission on the European Democracy Action Plan (EDAP). We, the undersigned, welcome...
14 September 2020
Just like freedom of artistic expression requires artists to be independent and free of governmental censorship, political interference or pressures of non-state actors, sound academic practice requires universities’...
11 September 2020
Belarus’s peaceful demonstrations in defense of free, unadulterated elections are being bloodily suppressed by the authorities. People are getting killed, and thousands are being arrested, repressed, and imprisoned....
18 August 2020
The text below is written by Melanie Goodfellow and it was published in EFA/ European Film Academy CLOSE-UP #6: Filmmakers At Risk, June 2020. The Federation of European...
12 June 2020
Open Letter to the Egyptian Ministry of Justice To His Excellency Omar Marwan, Egyptian Minister of Justice: We, the undersigned, call for an open and transparent investigation into...
25 May 2020