The Pan-African Alliance of Screenwriters and Filmmakers (APASER) was invited to speak at the African Pavilion of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival on July 12th. The workshop focussed on author’s right and its mechanism from the African scriptwriter perspective. Joining ...
The following is a joint statement released by the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) and the African alliance of Writers & Directors Worldwide, the Pan-African Alliance of Screenwriters and Directors (APASER).
Ouagadougou, February 25th, 2019
United in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso ...
Writers & Directors Worldwide and its African alliance APASER will be joining in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on February 26th for Authors’ Rights Day at the FESPACO film festival. Founded in 1969, the festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2019.
Authors’ Rights ...
Algeria, Burkina Faso and the Ivory Coast are the primary contributors to audiovisual collections in Africa according to CISAC’s 2018 Global Collections Report. The low figures come predominately from a lack of effective licensing.
To address this gap, the Rwanda ...
Algerian Minister of Culture Azzedine Mihoubi and CISAC Vice President Marcelo Piñeyro open congress by showing how culture can unify
Creators from 26 countries have gathered in Algeria for the annual Writers & Directors Worldwide congress. Supported by ...
Poet, novelist and Algerian Minister of Culture Azzedine Mihoubi as well as Argentinian director and CISAC Vice President Marcelo Piñeyro to deliver opening addresses
Paris, April 13th, 2018 – Attracting approximately 100 attendees from the world of drama, literature and audiovisual, the ...
The organisations representing audiovisual creators globally and in Africa have come together to collaborate in the fight for stronger rights for screenwriters and directors.
The newly-created Pan-African Alliance of Screenwriters and Directors (APASER) joined the Writers & Directors Worldwide congress ...
This historic accord comes six months after Writers & Directors Worldwide participated in two panels at the 2017 FESPACO film festival in Burkina Faso. At the close of that event, the council officially signed an agreement with FEPACI that pledged to ...
Council president and screenwriter Yves Nilly also joins two expert panels at the FESPACO Film Festival to share international perspectives on the creators’ right to remuneration.
The universal adoption of a remuneration right for audiovisual creators is critically ...
