Writers & Directors Worldwide (W&DW) held elections for a new Presidency and the Executive Committee for the 2022-2024 term. The elections were held online.
Spanish screenwriter Curro Royo of DAMA succeeds Yves Nilly as W&DW President ...
On May 24th, APASER held a roundtable on author's rights in Africa at the Pavillon Afriques during the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. The discussion provided a current state of authors' rights and recent developments in the world and their consequences ...
Caro Biagio,
I haven't managed to say goodbye to you yet. Upon the announcement of your death in March, already many weeks ago, the normal reaction would have been to write a tribute to the W&DW ExCo member, ...
The CISAC community’s “Creators for Ukraine” fund has raised around EUR 1.2 million for creators and refugees who are victims of the war in Ukraine.
The fund, set up by CISAC in partnership with its member societies, has attracted many ...
Paris, March 10th, 2022 - CISAC, the global confederation of authors societies, has come together with its members worldwide to launch a new support fund dedicated to helping the victims of the war in Ukraine.
The fund was approved ...
We are authors, directors, scriptwriters, playwrights, documentary filmmakers and journalists from all continents.
We have friends and colleagues who are in Ukraine, Moscow and at the borders of Ukraine and the European Union. They are covering the conflict ...
Paris – 7th October 2021 – Acclaimed screenwriters and directors from four continents have come together to highlight the lack of fair rights for audiovisual authors and support action to guarantee their right to earn royalties.
Five prominent audiovisual authors – Olatz&...
CISAC report shows the impact of COVID-19, the actions of authors societies and the support needed from governments
Paris – 28 October 2020 – Worldwide royalty collections for creators of music, audiovisual works, visual arts, drama and literature are likely to decline ...
In the past 12 months, Writers & Directors Worldwide (W&DW) has expanded into new regions with new alliances, supporting the introduction of APASER's mobile app to reinforce audiovisual development in Africa, and helped the development of copyright reforms across ...
W&DW and the Confederation of Rightsholders’ Societies of Europe and Asia (CRSEA) have signed a cooperation agreement on March 18th.
The agreement seeks to promote the interests of screenwriters and directors as well as increase the level of ...
The Executive Committee of Writers & Directors Worldwide (W&DW) met in Italy on November 7th and 8th at the invitation of one of the largest and most historic multi-repertoire societies in the world, SIAE. The ...
Busan, South Korea, 8 October 2019 - Audiovisual creators from around Asia-Pacific gathered today in South Korea at the Busan International Film Festival for the official launch of the Alliance of Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Writers and Directors (AAPA).
The alliance’...
