(Text only available in English) The FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN FILM DIRECTORS (Fédération Européenne des Réalisateurs ...
(English) FERA regrets that the « cultural exception » is not, apparently, going to be applied in the forthcoming EU-US trade talks, and calls on the European Commission to ensure that our cultural policies and the European audiovisual sector will not be weakened by trade liberalization.
(English) In 2002 the German Copyright Law was amended with the purpose of strengthening the contractual position of authors and performers by providing that copyright “serves to secure an equitable remuneration for utilization of his work”. Basically, the amendment consisted in giving creators the right to negotiate their remuneration.
(English) FERA is delighted to announce that Alan Parker has been elected as the new President of FERA. We are honoured to have such a respected colleague take on an active role defending culture and directors’ rights in Europe.
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Photo: Director Michael Caton Jones on the set of « World Without End »
La version française des « Directors’ Contract Guidelines » sera bientôt disponible!
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FERA will again in 2013 be attempting to persuade national governments and EU policy makers to give culture and film production their full and proper share of resources.
(Anglais) On the 1st of December Malta hosted 1100 professionals from the European film industry, who went to Valletta to participate in the 25th edition of the European Film Awards.
Le 9 octobre, le commissaire Kroes et le directeur de cabinet de Vassiliou, monsieur Brunet, ont tenu une table ronde à Cannes autour du «financement et de la distribution des films européens sur le marché numérique de l’UE : distribution extranationale et chronologie des médias »
Le 21 novembre, le président du Parlement Européen, Martin Schultz, décernait le prix Lux de l’année 2012 au film Shun Li and the poet (lo sono Li) d’Andrea Serge (Italie et France), à l’occasion d’une cérémonie organisée lors d’une session plénière à Strasbourg.