Writers & Directors Worldwide has welcomed the recent vote by the European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) Committee in favour of an unwaivable right to fair remuneration for audiovisual authors. In doing so, we have added our voice ...
Thanks to the hard work of our colleagues at DAC, a video of our latest executive committee meeting is now available. The English version is shown above but you may also view this with Spanish or Portuguese subtitles if you ...
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On 9 June, audiovisual, literary and dramatic creators throughout the world came together for the Writers & Directors Worldwide Executive Committee meeting in Portugal. The meeting came on the heels of the 2017 CISAC General Assembly and shortly after the ...
In a letter to the Croatian prime minister, Writers and Directors Worldwide has formally added its voice to those calling for an end to government influence in the country’s filmmaking industry.
During the council’s executive committee meeting in ...
Writers & Directors Worldwide dedicated its most recent executive committee (ExCo) meeting as an opportunity to add its support to the We’ve Had Enough campaign launched by Croatian audiovisual authors in response to political interference in film funding. The ...
The Portuguese authors society SPAutores has been appointed an Honorary Member of the Order of Freedom by the President of the Portuguese Republic, Mr. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. The president of the society, Writers & Directors Worldwide executive committee member ...
On 17 November, the SGAE Foundation invited Writers & Directors Worldwide to participate in an event titled “The Remuneration of Audiovisual Authors” where academics and professionals from the European cultural sector gathered to reflect on the state of the industry. Held ...
José Jorge Letria is a renown Portuguese writer, journalist and a member of the Writers & Directors executive committee. He is also president of the Portuguese Society of Authors and provides regular expert comment for the country's most distinguished national ...
Our partner, the Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA) in Brussels, has produced an excellent European legislation update on the national copyright discussions that occurred in four EU countries this summer.
A new law in the Netherlands is requiring contracts to ...
The protection of audiovisual creators’ rights is a moral obligation that represents a tangible investment in culture across the world. But there is also a significant economic aspect that makes the encouragement of new works all the more important.
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