The Federation of European Screen Directors (FERA) is delighted to announce the appointment of Julie Belgrado as its new Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Pauline Durand-Vialle after more than...
1 October 2025
Pauline Durand-Vialle to Step Down as Chief Executive in September The Federation of European Screen Directors (FERA) announces that Chief Executive Pauline Durand-Vialle will step down on 12...
27 June 2025
The Federation of European Screen Directors (FERA), in partnership with the European Film Agencies (EFAD), held a conference dedicated to addressing gender inequality in the European film sector. ...
15 February 2025
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