French Filmmaking Bodies Sign Landmark Agreement
France’s organisations representing writers and producers have signed an agreement backed by the CNC to better recognise and compensate screenwriters of feature films.
The agreement, signed at the CNC's Paris headquarters, involves film producers organisations API, SPI and UPC, screenwriters association SCA, directors guild SRF, authors’ rights group SACD and writer-director-producer association ARP.
This is the first accord to cover screenwriters and writer-directors of feature films, while similar agreements have already been made in the audiovisual industry for screenwriters of fiction, documentaries and animation.
The ‘Interprofessional Agreement on Contractual Practices between Screenwriters and Producers of Feature-Length Fiction Films’
Author's summary: French filmmaking bodies sign agreement to compensate screenwriters.