Writers & Directors Worldwide, the council dedicated to fighting for audiovisual authors’ rights, has elected Argentinean film director and screenwriter, Horacio Maldonado, as its new president.
The election took place as audiovisual authors internationally gathered at its 2017 congress in Venice ...
Writers & Directors Worldwide Joins Selection Committee for new “Contribution to the Protection of Audiovisual Copyright” Award
This weekend, the inaugural Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival (PYIFF) officially opened with a gala event in the Festival Palace ...
Writers & Directors Worldwide has joined 28 other organisations in writing a joint letter to Axel Vos, the newly appointed European Parliament Rapporteur on the Commission’s proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. These organisations represent authors in ...
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 ...
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 ...
Additional Role Will Bring Invaluable Experience to Writers & Directors Worldwide International Campaigning, Says Nilly.
Writers & Directors Worldwide President, Yves Nilly, has been appointed head of the French arts association, Beaumarchais-SACD which provides financial support for new authors. Mr ...
On the 23 June, Writers & Directors Worldwide president, Yves Nilly, met with acclaimed author, director and actor, Harry Shearer to discuss their shared experiences of audiovisual rights campaigning. While Writers & Directors Worldwide has been successfully pursuing legislative changes via ...
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 ...
One year ago, Writers & Directors Worldwide pledged its support for our audiovisual creator colleagues in Australia in their fight for equitable remuneration. The issue had worsened in the months before as Screenrights, an organisation charged with the administration of ...
National Senate Approval of the “Pepe Sánchez Act” Represents Another Significant Step Forward for The Audiovisual Campaign
The Senate of the Republic of Colombia has today formally approved a vital change in the country’s legislation that will for ...
