On 30 September, FERA members gathered in General Assembly unanimously elected Ken Loach as their new Honorary President. After studying law in Oxford and a brief spell in...
2 October 2024
On the occasion of the announcement of the five films nominated for the LUX Audience Award 2025, the Federation of European Screen Directors (FERA), the Federation of Screenwriters...
19 September 2024
Europe’s creative community urges EU policymakers to put transparency back at the heart of the EU AI Act. We represent the collective voice of hundreds of thousands...
23 November 2023
Honorable members of the inter-institutional negotiating teams on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), We, the undersigned organisations representing public service media, journalists, media workers, civil society, cultural...
8 November 2023
FERA and FSE and the SAA congratulate Lukas Dhont, director and writer, and co-writer Angelo Tijssens of CLOSE, winner of the LUX Audience Award 2023, as announced during...
28 June 2023
Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted its report on the implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Directive. We, organisations representing European audiovisual screenwriters, directors, composers, producers, distributors and...
10 May 2023
Internationally acclaimed documentarian Heddy Honigmann passed away on May 21 after a long battle with illness. The Peruvian-born filmmaker built a strong filmography with over 40 titles in a career spanning...
24 May 2022
Key players show their commitment to the art of cinema and its unique power and magic to move audiences, by stimulating their curiosity, by exploring other realities, emotions...
Today is 1-year since the deadline passed for EU countries to implement the Directives on Copyright in the Digital Single Market and on Online Transmissions and Retransmissions. On...
20 May 2022