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In 2010 the FSE has 28 members in 22 countries: Austria / Belgium / Bulgaria / Denmark / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Hungary / Iceland / Ireland / Italy / Norway / Poland / Portugal / Spain / Sweden / Switzerland / Netherlands / Turkey / UK
AUSTRIA
Drehbuchverband Austria (Screenwriters Association Austria)
www.drehbuchverband.at
BELGIUM
ASA - Association des scénaristes de L'audiovisuel (Broadcasting Scriptwriters Association)
www.associationscenaristes.be
Scenaristengilde vzw (Flemish Scriptwriters Guild)
www.scenaristengilde.be
BULGARIA
БЪЛГАРСКА АСОЦИАЦИЯ НА ФИЛМОВИТЕ, ТЕЛЕВИЗИОННИТЕ И РАДИО СЦЕНАРИСТИ (БАФТРС) (Bulgarian Association of the film, tv and radio scriptwriters – BAFTRS)
www.baftrs.com
DENMARK
Danske Dramatikere
www.dramatiker.dk
FINLAND
Suomen Näytelmäkirjailijaliitto - Finlands Dramatikerförbund ry (The Finnish Dramatists' Union)
Originally founded by a group of writers, the Finnish Dramatists' Union has
been in active operation since 1921. Today the Union comprises over 450
members who work as professional script writers for stage, film,
television, radio and multimedia. Both Finnish and Swedish-speaking authors
are represented by the Union.
The Union protects the professional, copyright and financial interests of
its individual members, and handles the rights of properties owned by other
controlling bodies such as Estates. In addition to negotiating and issuing
contracts, it develops codes of practice in co-operation with theatres,
television channels and producers. The union also works closely with
various artistic, copyright and public affairs organisations in order to
further the aims of professional writers.
Over the years, and alongside the evolution of new forms of media, the main
purpose of the Finnish Dramatists' Union has remained largely unchanged:
the goal is still to serve the needs of Finnish authors and to promote
Finnish dramatic writing.
www.sunklo.fi
FRANCE
Union-Guilde des Scénaristes – UGS
www.ugs-online.org
GERMANY
Verband Deutscher Drehbuchautoren e.V. - VDD (Screenwriters' Guild of Germany)
www.drehbuchautoren.de
GREECE
ΕΝΩΣΗ ΣΕΝΑΡΙΟΓΡΑΦΩΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ – ESE (scriptwriters' guild of Greece)
www.senariografoi.gr
HUNGARY
Magyar Forgatókönyvírók Egyesülete (Hungarian Screenwriters’ Association)
http://mfe-hsa.blog.hu/
ICELAND
Félag leikskálda og handritshöfunda (Icelandic Dramatists´ Union)
The Icelandic Dramatists´Union is an independent organization of playwrights and scriptwriters in Iceland. Its main purpose is the protection of the artistic, moral and pecuniary rights of its members, and the promotion of contemporary Icelandic playwrighting. The Icelandic Dramatists´Union is the authorized party to make framework agreements with all theatres in Iceland and jointly with The Writers' Union of Iceland makes other agreements, i. e. with Icelandic radio- and television stations. The Icelandic Dramatists´ Union is a member of The Nordic Union of Playwrights and a founding member of the Fédération des Scénaristes d’Europe / The Federation of Scriptwriters in Europe.
www.leikskald.is
IRELAND
Irish Playwrights' and Screenwriters' Guild
www.script.ie
ITALY
SACT-Società autori cinema e Televisione (Associated Writers of Cinema and Television)
www.sact.it
NORWAY
Norske Dramatikeres Forbund (Writers' Guild of Norway)
Writers' Guild of Norway (WGN) is an independent writers' organization whose purpose is to protect the artistic and financial interests of writers for film, television, radio and theatre. The guild was founded in 1938, the Guild currently organizes approximately 300 writers. To be eligible for membership, an author must have written and had staged a public performance of at least one full-length or several shorter original works of drama for the theatre, film, television or radio. To qualify for membership, the performance must be professional and the work must be of professional quality. The applicant must have written the work in the Norwegian or Sami language him- or herself. The guild also offers candidate membership, that includes anyone who has completed publicly approved higher education as a playwright or screenwriter.
www.dramatiker.no
POLAND
Stowarzyszenie Filmowcow Polskich, Koło Scenarzystów (Polish Filmmakers Association, Union of Polish Screenwriters)
The Union of Polish Screenwriters is a part of The Polish Filmmakers’ Association, which is the largest audiovisual organization of film professionals in Poland. It exists since 1966 and has 1786 members, among them directors, screenwriters, cinematographers, sound engineers, film editors, animators, costume and set-designers, producers, production managers, critics, even stuntmen. Screenwriters participate in and benefit from the lobbying activity of the Association. The Union of Polish Screenwriters – revived in 2008 – counts currently 68 members. The Association promotes Polish film in Poland and abroad, supports talented young filmmakers, produces first films. Since 1995 the Polish Filmmakers Association includes the Union of Audiovisual Authors and Producers - ZAPA, established as a collective copyrights and neighbouring rights management organization. As an organization of collective copyrights management it cooperates with multiple institutions around the world.
www.sfp.org.pl
www.scenarzysci.org.pl
PORTUGAL
APAD Associação Portuguesa de Argumentistas e Dramaturgos (Portuguese Association of Screenwriters and Playwriters)
http://argumentistas.org
SPAIN
ALMA - Asociación Literaria de Medios Audiovisuales (Writers’ Guild of Spain)
www.asociacionalma.es
FAGA - Forum de Asociaciones de Guionistas del Audiovisual (Audiovisual Scriptwriters Guilds Forum)
The Foro de Asociaciones de Guionistas Audiovisuales is a nonprofit organization founded in 2007. Its main objective is the coordination and cooperation of professional associations of Spain to defend the professional, labor, socioeconomic, and author rights of the screenwriters both of cinema and television, nationallyand in Europe.
To do so, FAGA is involved in strategic meetings and negotiations, promotes studies on topics of interest to the writer, organizes activities, establishing links with European professional associations. FAGA also collects and disseminates information of interest to the sector.
It currently comprises the following four professional screenwriters guilds: A.GA.G – Asociación de Galega de Guionistas with 35 members, EDAV – Escriptors de l'Audiovisual Valencià with 56 members; EHGEP - Euskal Herriko Gidoigileen Elkarte Professional with 73 members, GAC – SiGC Guionistes Associats de Catalunya- Sindicat de Guionistes de Catalunya with 210 members.
The interests of 374 scriptwriters are represented under its umbrella, a fact which makes it the organisation with the greatest level of representation for the profession in Spain.
www.fagaweb.org
FAGA includes:
Asociación Galega de Guionistas - AGAG
Escriptors de l’Audiovisual Valencià - EDAV www.edav.es
Euskal Herriko Gidoigile Profesionalen Elkartea – EHGEP www.gidoi.com
Guionistes Associats de Catalunya - GAC www.guionistes.cat
SWEDEN
Sveriges Dramatikerförbund (Swedish Playwrights Union)
www.dramatiker.se
SWITZERLAND
SCENARIO
THE NETHERLANDS
Netwerk Scenarioschrijvers (Network of Screenwriters)
www.netwerkscenario.nl
TURKEY
SENDER (The Scriptwriters Association of Turkey)
Since its establishment, SENDER undertook a considerable role in the solution of problems relevant to copyrights and professional rights of the scripwriters and in the way of restructuration of the film industry.
SENDER , took place since 2004 in the “Turkish Cinema Council ”, which is established with the aim of promoting and reinforcing the cinema sector in Turkey and It provided considerable contributions which accepted by everybody in the formation of “Sector Restructuration Plan” , in the creation of a language similarity between the organizations of the sector and enactment of laws for support, promotion and sponsorship of the cinema.
Along with these works, SENDER continues to organize workshops and seminars as an on the job training since 2005 in order to promote the professional and artistic level of screenwriting , expansion of screenwriting education, and rising of young scripters.
www.senaryo.org.tr
U.K.
Writers' Guild of Great Britain
The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain is a trade union representing writers in television, radio, theatre, books, poetry, film, videogames and online. We are affiliated to the Trades Union Congress, which is a labour movement centre bringing together almost all the trade unions in the UK. We have no political affiliation.
We have 2,239 members – 1,306 Full (professionally active), 600 Candidate (not yet professionally established), 149 Life (retired), 146 Student, 36 Affiliate (writers’ agents) and 2 Honorary. (January 2010). Our membership is approximately 60 per cent men, 40 per cent women.
In television, film, radio and theatre, the Guild is the recognised body for negotiating minimum terms for writers and we have collective agreements with (among others) the BBC, the main commercial broadcaster ITV, the independent television and film producers’ trade organisation PACT, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and the trade bodies representing subsidised theatre nationwide, the Theatrical Management Association and the Independent Theatre Council.
Our agreements cover upfront writing fees, advances, royalty and residual payments, rights, writers’ credits and arbitration of disputes, expenses for research, attendance at rehearsals/filming, etc., and pension contributions.
In addition we offer members advice and representation on work-related problems, provide legal advice and contact vetting services; we organise events in London and the nations and regions of the UK such as seminars, expert panels, showcases and social evenings, and we hold an annual awards evening covering all the media in which our members work. We have recently launched a co-operative organisation for self-publishing book writers (www.writersguildbookscoop.co.uk). We continually seek to influence the Government on its policy towards arts subsidies, broadcasting and online policy and copyright issues, often in close co-operation with the UK’s actors’ and musicians’ trade unions. Internationally, in addition to our FSE membership we actively participate in the European Writers’ Council and the International Affiliation of Writers Guilds.
We publish a quarterly glossy full-colour magazine, UK Writer; we have a website and blog, we are on Twitter and Facebook and we send our members a weekly email bulletin containing news, industry information, work opportunities and members’ activities.
www.writersguild.org.uk
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