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 ...
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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 ...
