FIA Publications
When time and resources allow for it, FIA undertakes researches and studies on topics related to its professional field of activity, taking advantage of its global network and the first-hand experience that its members can share. As it is the case for projects, these activities are sometimes undertaken jointly with sister federations like the International Federation of Musicians (FIM) or Union Network International – Media, Entertainment and Arts (UNI-MEI).
Below is a list of prominent FIA publications and studies that have been carried out to this date.
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15.02.202122nd Congress of the International Federation of Actors -...
The 22nd Congress of the International Federation of Actors should take place in Manchester, United-Kingdom, from February 15th...[more]
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08.07.2020FIA, UNI MEI and FIM teamwork on post Covid-19 return to...
In the context of the Covid-19 crisis and its devastating effect on the media and entertainment industry, FIA and sister...[more]
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17.04.2020April 28, 2020 – a historic day for audiovisual performers
On the 24th of June 2012, most countries of the world unanimously adopted what, to date, remains the latest multilateral treaty...[more]
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15.04.2020Information for performers affected by the COVID19 crisis:...
The fight against COVID19 is having an unprecedented impact not just on our economies but also on the entertainment sector. As...[more]
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15.04.2020
Postponement of the FIA Congress
We are all living through unprecedented times, with a global pandemic claiming thousands of lives around the world and necessary...[more]
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06.04.2020COVID19 Crisis: FIA supports the #saveEUculture campaign
The Cultural and Creative Sectors (CCS) all over Europe are hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Live events and performances...[more]
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30.03.2020
COVID19 - Trade Union Reaction and Critical Commentary on...
FIA, together with sister Federations FIM and UNI MEI, is communicating our serious concerns regarding the recently issued...[more]
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06.03.2020Happy International Women’s Day 2020: A message from FIA...
Happy International Women’s Day 2020. “50/50 in 2020” is a shared target many use to aim for representation – on screens, on...[more]
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31.01.2020FIA Manual on Combatting Sexual Harassment
The new manual - Resources, Inspiration and Recommended Practices among Performer Unions for Combatting Sexual Harassment -...[more]
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20.01.2020Copyright review winds now blowing towards the EU member...
The final adoption of directive 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market has shifted the pressure onto the EU member...[more]
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30.10.2019
The WIPO Beijing Treaty: a successful road from tale to...
Few performers in the FIA community are yet to hear of the WIPO Beijing Treaty, the new kid on the block in the international...[more]
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23.10.2019The FIA Executive Committee meeting: much more than just...
The annual meeting of the FIA Executive Committee took place in Vancouver, Canada, on October 1 and 2, 2019. The meeting was, as...[more]
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19.07.2019Event report: Workshop on the social protection of arts...
Over forty people attended the workshop organized by the Moroccan performers’ union (SMPAD - Syndicat Marocain des Professionnels...[more]
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09.07.2019FIA Warmly Welcomes the new ILO Convention on Violence and...
The Centenary Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) ended on June 21st with the adoption of a...[more]
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15.04.2019Towards the finish line! A Call on World IP day for the...
Every year, on April 26, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property Day in...[more]
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29.01.2019New ILO Study: Challenges and opportunities for decent work...
The present study examines employment in culture and media in 16 countries, from four regions, and covering the very diverse...[more]
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10.12.2018
Joint statement: The EU urgently needs remuneration rules...
Proposed by the European Parliament and backed by a large majority of its members on 12 September, the opening provision in...[more]
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26.10.2018FIA Excecutive Committee meeting in Tokyo - September...
FIA was deeply moved at its last Congress in 2016 by an alarming and eye-opening report about the challenges faced by...[more]
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25.10.2018Sexual Harassment Working Group Meeting in Tokyo – 24...
The FIA Sexual Harassment Working group (SHWG) is a thematic working group created during FIA’s 2017 Executive Committee meeting...[more]
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24.10.2018Tackling Sexual Harassment: a look at Equity UK’s strategy...
“Enough is enough!” was the message emerging from FIA when issuing its unanimously approved Declaration on Sexual Harassment,...[more]
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28.05.2018FIA Mourns passing of Ligia de Paula Souza
The International Federation of Actors (FIA) and its member unions are deeply saddened by the passing of Ligia de Paula Souza,...[more]
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11.04.2018Celebrating creative women and calling for the ratification...
Every year, on April 26, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property...[more]
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10.04.2018Combatting Sexual Harassment: New FIA Resource Section
As FIA President Ferne Downey noted on International Women’s Day this year: “There’s something in the air – it’s the powerful...[more]
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09.04.2018The WIPO Beijing Treaty: so near, and yet so far
After more than 20 years of stubborn lobbying and campaigning, one might have expected the ratification of the unanimously...[more]
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09.04.2018EU reforms: the clock is ticking!
Time is running alarmingly short and the pressure to complete several ambitious reforms in the EU is increasing exponentially. In...[more]
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08.03.2018#IWD2018: FIA champions equality every day
Statement from FIA President Ferne Downey[more]
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28.11.2017FIA Executive productively meets in Zagreb
The Executive Committee of the International Federation of Actors met in Zagreb, Croatia, from October 26 to 27, 2017, gathering...[more]
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26.10.2017Enough is enough! FIA calls for an end to the scourge of...
Zagreb, Croatia, 26 October 2017 – The International Federation of Actors (FIA) Executive Committee unanimously approves a...[more]
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26.06.2017
EU Copyright review: in the heat of the action
Two comprehensive legislative initiatives are entering their most critical stage in Europe, with both the European Parliament and...[more]
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26.06.2017
Cross-border portability of online content services now...
The regulation on the cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market was finally approved on June 8....[more]
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26.06.2017Civil society gets it all together at 2005 UNESCO Convention
The UNESCO 2005 Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions is perhaps the only...[more]
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01.02.2017Empowering performer unions in Africa
FIA is successfully drawing a three-year programme in targeted African countries to a close. With a special focus on South...[more]
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01.02.2017Living (and dying) in Bollywood
FIA has been actively promoting proper health and safety standards in the burgeoning Mumbai film and television industry for some...[more]
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01.02.2017Theatre and freedom of expression in the Arab-speaking world
At the end of 2016, FIA was invited to attend the opening of the 9th International Arabic Theatre Festival, held in Oran,...[more]
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21.10.2016FIA unions around the world united with SAG-AFTRA members...
The International Federation of Actors firmly stands by SAG-AFTRA members in the US as they strike to earn very reasonable and...[more]
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25.09.2016Closing of the FIA 21st Congress: Ferne Downey re-elected...
SAO PAOLO, 25 September 2016: The International Federation of Actors (FIA) and its worldwide membership successfully conclude...[more]
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22.09.2016Opening of the FIA 21st Congress: A major event for the...
SAO PAULO, 22 September 2016: performer unions flock from around the world to attend the 21st Congress of the International...[more]
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06.09.2016Acting for Diversity: a common goal for FIA members
Talent, and only talent, must be the paramount reason for a performer’s engagement. And yet, too many performers today are...[more]
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28.07.2016WIPO Beijing Treaty: one new ratification and an ongoing...
Concluded in 2012, the WIPO Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual performances (BTAP) is an international treaty acknowledging, for the...[more]
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14.06.2016FIA Child Performer Toolkit
Children have always acted, in productions aimed at children as well as in order to create authenticity in the portrayal of...[more]
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07.04.2016The professional status of performers under threat in France
Outrage among professional performers is growing over the adoption on second reading of the "Creation" bill presented...[more]
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04.04.2016To be an actor today in Turkey
What actors do is play a role, to portray life and convey stories to an audience that resonate with their feelings. Based on...[more]
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12.02.2016Giant leap for performers within reach in Morocco
The International Federation of Actors (FIA) welcomes the news of the unanimous adoption by the Chamber of Deputies in Morocco of...[more]
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19.01.2016Latest news about WIPO
After concluding two very successful new international treaties in 2012 and in 2013, dark clouds seem to be gathering again over...[more]
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19.01.2016Looking for a theatre in Madagascar? How about penguins...
If you Google "theatre in Madagascar" nowadays, all you are likely to get is information about a popular animation...[more]
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19.01.2016
Pack your Netflix in your suitcase!
As part of its overall strategy to finalise the Digital Internal Market, the European Commission has released new measures to...[more]
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29.11.2015Capacity building Workshop in Asunción, Paraguay, 29-30...
In the context of their ongoing Union to Union financed projects in Latin America, FIA-LA and UNI-MEI Panartes will hold a...[more]
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06.11.2015FIA mourns passing of Eddie Cofie
The International Federation of Actors was deeply shocked and saddened to hear about the sudden passing of Eddie Cofie,...[more]
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02.11.2015
Second capacity building seminar in South Africa, 2-6...
For the second time, ACTRA, FIA and SAG-AFTRA are to meet with South African Guild of Actors' members in Cape Town and...[more]
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30.10.2015Adoption of the ‘Law of the Actor’ in Argentina: A...
On the night of 28 October 2015, the ‘Law of the Actor’ (‘Ley del Actor’), officially recognising performers as workers, was...[more]
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16.10.20151980 UNESCO Recommendation as relevant as ever
The report on the state of implementation of the UNESCO 1980 Recommendation regarding the Status of the Artist has just been...[more]
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13.10.2015Promoting safer standards in Bollywood
Global federations FIA, UNI MEI and FIM met with film workers' unions in Mumbai on October 7-9, 2015, to address health and...[more]
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13.10.2015Sudden passing of Joe Mboulè
It was with profound regret and great sadness that the International Federation of Actors learned of the sudden and untimely...[more]
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29.07.2015The EU Parliament and copyright reform
After a hectic negotiation and several deferments, the European Parliament finally adopted on July 9 by a generous majority vote...[more]
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11.06.2015FIA World Live Performance Conference – THE STAGE / Michael...
by Michael Quinn A “common vision” is needed by artists working within the live performance sector if they are to...[more]
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06.06.2015Actors and poverty, just who is to blame? The Green Room /...
Stephen Spence - Equity UK, and Mary McColl - Actors'Equity US, were Orla Barry’s special guests to talk about why...[more]
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06.06.2015International Federation of Actors celebrates successful...
Dublin, 6 June 2015: The International Federation of Actors (FIA) and its worldwide membership concluded a three-day...[more]
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04.06.2015Next FIA World Live Performance Conference will be held in...
Live performance is the only way for the audience to really meet the performers. It allows them to share a moment and...[more]
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04.06.2015Opening of the Second World Live Performance Conference: A...
Dublin, 4 June 2015: for the second time in its history, the International Federation of Actor (FIA) and its worldwide members...[more]
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03.06.2015FIA Executive Committee in Dublin, 3 June 2015
Documentation updated and completed post-meeting![more]
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03.06.2015
FIA Executive Committee, Dublin 3rd June 2015
The Executive Committee of FIA will hold its annual meeting on the 3rd of June in Dublin, Ireland, immediately preceding the FIA...[more]
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20.05.2015Update: FIA Manual on WIPO Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual...
The Arabic version of the FIA BTAP Manual is available for download at the bottom of this page[more]
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08.05.2015EU Commission DSM strategy: some good but also a few...
Whilst the European Parliament was debating about a rather controversial own initiative report about copyright...[more]
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07.05.2015Fair Internet for Performers campaign kicks off successfully
One day prior to the European Commission public presentation on May 6 of its Digital Single Market strategy, EuroFIA, FIM,...[more]
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05.05.2015Promoting ratification of the WIPO Beijing Treaty in Asia
On April 27, our Federation attended a WIPO seminar held in Singapore to promote the ratification of the Beijing treaty among...[more]
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26.04.2015Celebrating creativity on World IP Day 2015
On April 26 every year, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property Day in...[more]
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26.04.2015Celebrating World IP Day and calling for ratification of...
On April 26 every year, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property Day in...[more]
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16.04.2015Three Culture Ministers in the EU uphold copyright in the...
EuroFIA welcomes the recent declarations by Culture Ministers in France, Germany and Italy stressing, among other things, the...[more]
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10.03.2015Dark clouds loom over the EU IP landscape
Performers and other copyright owners prepare for a long fight to safeguard their legitimate interests, as the European...[more]
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10.03.2015Building capacity in Africa
(More pictures are available on the FIA Flikr account) Solidarity is not a term that we, at FIA, take lightly and if...[more]
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09.02.2015Deadline extended till 15/02/2015! UNESCO 1980...
Source: UNESCO, Section on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions UNESCO is undertaking an important review of the implementation...[more]
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08.01.2015FIA stands in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo victims along...
Source: IFJ Website (Brussels, 8.1.2015) Over 200 Brussels-based journalists and supporters gathered together at the...[more]
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01.12.2014The flip side of Bollywood
Mumbai boasts one of the most prolific and popular industries in the entire world of entertainment: it is the Mecca of Indian...[more]
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16.10.2014FIA Executive Committee Meeting in Paris
(More pictures available on the FIA Flickr account) The FIA executive took place in Paris on the 26th and 27th of...[more]
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13.10.2014
Block dismissal of all artists employed by the Rome Opera
A shocking decision by the public authorities in Italy decided to lay off all orchestra musicians and members of the choir of the...[more]
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13.10.2014
Gender Bias without Borders: New Research into Female Roles...
The Geena Davis Institute, a research-based organization focused on Gender in Media recently released a new research study...[more]
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08.10.2014
Europe’s Creative Industries suffer destruction of 400,000...
New study confirms a €20 billion value destruction and 200,000 jobs destroyed in the core sectors of the top five markets of the...[more]
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26.09.2014
Next FIA Executive Committee Meeting will be held in Paris,...
The annual meeting of the Executive Committee of FIA will take place in Paris on the 26 and 27 of September, hosted by our...[more]
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19.09.2014
The impact of IP regimes on access to culture: IAEA joint...
FIA, FIM and UNI-MEI have submitted a joint response to the consultation of the UN special rapporteur on cultural rights on the...[more]
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17.09.2014FIA Manual on WIPO Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual...
In 2012, the member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) met at a Diplomatic Conference in Beijing to...[more]
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01.09.2014
FIA Attends Seminar on TTIP and Culture in Copenhagen
This seminar, organised by the Nordic Artists’ Councils, was a useful opportunity for organisations from the cultural sector to...[more]
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30.07.2014
Update of the OECD Model Tax Convention – Substantial...
In fact, Article 17 no longer refers to “Artistes and Sportsmen” but has been changed to “Entertainers and Sportspersons”...[more]
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20.06.2014A historical venue for the 2015 FIA World Live Performance...
The countdown is on! In now less than a year, the FIA World Live Performance Conference (WLPC) will finally take place. The...[more]
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19.06.2014
Artists' mobility, social security and taxation in the EU...
Brussels, 19th-20th June – FIA participated in the two-day seminar on Artists' mobility, social security and taxation in the EU,...[more]
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08.05.2014
FIA signs Declaration on the Inclusion of Culture in the...
“We believe that culture is both a driver and enabler of sustainable development and that the explicit inclusion of targets and...[more]
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07.05.2014FIA updates its Visual Identity and Logos
FIA is working on strengthening its communications and online presence with, for exemple a new website to be launched this...[more]
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26.04.2014WIPO celebrates World Intellectual Property Day, 26 April...
On April 26 every year, The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property Day in...[more]
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24.04.2014
China ratifies the Beijing treaty !
Concluded in 2012, the WIPO Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual performances (BTAP) is an international treaty acknowledging, for the...[more]
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04.04.2014FIA attends Forum de Chaillot on Future of European...
Organised by French minister of culture Aurélie Filippetti, the International Conference of Chaillot gathered fifteen European...[more]
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11.02.2014FIA meets Asian governments at WIPO-SCAPR event and...
At a meeting organised by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the Societies Council for the Collective...[more]
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10.02.2014The Moral Rights of Performers Handbook 2013
How can audiovisual performers, and dubbing artists in particular, best protect their moral rights? A new FIA Handbook offers a...[more]
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14.11.2013EuroFIA Meeting in Brussels
The EuroFIA group held its most recent meeting in Brussels, Belgium on November 14th and 15th 2013. European members met for one...[more]
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13.11.2013
Euro FIA/ On The Move Joint Seminar on Performers’ Mobility...
The Euro FIA seminar, which was held in Brussels on November 13 and kindly hosted by ACOD-Cultuur, focussed on “Frequent Problems...[more]
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02.10.2013FIA meets with UN Rapporteur Fareeda Shaheed to discuss...
FIA’s longstanding commitment to promote artistic freedom and generate political support around this important issue took shape...[more]
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30.09.2013Download the FIA 20th World Congress Resolutions
The Toronto FIA Congress’s main aim was to define the political agenda of FIA for the four years to come. Input from FIA members...[more]
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20.09.2013
FIA denounces the shocking assassination of Greek rapper...
The International Federation of Actors (FIA) joins its Greek member the Hellenic Actors’ Union and the worldwide artistic...[more]
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26.06.2013
FIA Executive Committee meeting in NYC
The Executive Committee of the International Federation of Actors took place in New York, USA from June 26 to 27, 2013. The...[more]
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28.04.2013FIA-LA Meeting in São Paulo
The 2013 meeting of the Latin American group of the International Federation of Actors (FIA-LA) took place in São Paulo from...[more]
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26.03.2013
FIA workshop in Mumbai
In March 2013, FIA organized, jointly with FIM and UNI-MEI, a workshop in Mumbai, India. The meeting was about the improvement of...[more]
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17.01.2013FIA workshop in Kazakhstan
Kazakh FIA member KCWU kindly hosted this third workshop of FIA’s LO-TCO backed project in the FSU countries (Former Soviet...[more]
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15.01.2013
Cuban theatres destroyed after hurricane Sandy: Call for...
In the backdrop of the destructive consequences caused by Hurricane Sandy, Cuban FIA member UNEAC reaches out to the Federation...[more]
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01.11.2012Read the FIA Congress magazines from ACTRA and CAEA
It is hard to believe that several months have passed since the FIA Congress 2012 was held in Toronto. Delegates have returned to...[more]
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30.09.2012Canadian actress Ferne Downey elected as new FIA president
Ferne Downey was elected new FIA president this week by the federation’s delegates, gathering in Toronto from all around the...[more]
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27.09.201220th World FIA Congress starts in Toronto
Delegates coming from around the world have gathered in Toronto to bring the federation’s most important political body together....[more]
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21.09.2012
Sign the petition to free Zakaria Zubeidi, co-founder of...
Zubeidi has been held since May 13 and has now been sentenced by the Palestinian Authority to another 19 days of prison. In reply...[more]
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12.09.2012
FIA expresses its support to Russian band Pussy Riot
Following the condemnation of the band’s members to a two-years imprisonment for “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” and...[more]
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26.06.2012
FIA delegates welcome the Beijing Treaty
FIA delegates were enthusiastic and hopeful after the Treaty on audiovisual performances was eventually finalised and signed in...[more]
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26.06.2012The Beijing Treaty is born !
The Beijing Treaty is born! FIA celebrates as the Diplomatic conference adopts the long-awaited WIPO Treaty on the Protection of...[more]
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21.06.2012Main Committee I adopts the 20 substantive articles
The second day of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference in Beijing began with a meeting of Main Committee I, the committee responsible...[more]
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20.06.2012
The Diplomatic Conference in Beijing gets off to a positive...
The first day of the diplomatic conference got off to a smooth and consensual al start, which augures well for the negotiations...[more]
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19.06.2012
The FIA delegation arrives in Beijing
FIA is sending a hefty delegation to Beijing, to see the conclusion of a negotiation that has taken more than 15 years to come to...[more]
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02.06.2012EuroFIA meeting in Istanbul
EuroFIA delegates recently met in Istanbul to hold their first 2012 group meeting. FIA member ÇASOD hosted the event, which gave...[more]
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02.02.2012Support Australian performers and sign Australian Actors...
FIA's Australian member Actors Equity is running a campaign to encourage theatre producers to renew their commitment to building...[more]
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13.10.2011
The FIA Charter for Gender Equality and Equal Opportunities
Following the completion of its two projects on gender equality, the European group of FIA has decided to update a gender...[more]
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12.10.2011
Gender Equality in the EU Audiovisual Sector Leaflet
Gender Equality is a fundamental right and key principle of the European Union; and one which improves employment opportunities...[more]
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11.10.2011
EU Framework of Actions by FIA and other European...
FIA and other social partners from the EU Audiovisual Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee have created a tool to promote Gender...[more]
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31.07.2011
WIPO AV Diplomatic Conference to resume in June 2012
The General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has unanimously agreed to reconvene the Diplomatic...[more]
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26.07.2011
FIA gains resumption of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference on...
The General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has unanimously approved a recommendation which moves...[more]
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16.04.2011
Executive Committee Meeting in Sydney
The 2011 FIA Executive Committee meeting took place in Sydney on April 16-17 and was hosted by the Actors Equity branch of the...[more]
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08.07.2010
Handbook of Good Practices to Combat Gender Stereotypes and...
The FIA “handbook of Good Practices to Combat Gender Stereotypes and Promote Equal Opportunities in Film, Television and Theatre...[more]
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15.03.2010
New European Study highlights dramatic digital piracy trends
A new European Study on Piracy and its impact on the Creative Industries was released last week on the 17th of March. It was...[more]
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01.12.2009
FIA calls for the release from Prison of Burmese actor U...
During FIA’s last Executive Committee and EuroFIA meetings, our British affiliate Equity UK reminded the present members the...[more]
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10.11.2009
FIA’s response to DG INFSO and DG MARKT Reflection Document
DG Information Society and Media and DG Internal Market and Services have recently issued a reflection paper on Creative Content...[more]
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03.09.2009
FIA calls for equal extension of term of protection for all...
The European Commission is planning to extend the term of protection of the intellectual property rights of performers from 50 to...[more]
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19.01.2009
FIA-FIM Manifesto on the Status of the Artist
This Manifesto on the Status of the Artist is the outcome of cooperation between the International Federation of Actors (FIA) and...[more]
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24.10.2008FIA XIX World Congress in Marrakech
FIA’s 19th Congress recently took place in Marrakech from the 24-27 of October 2008. We were received in Marrakech by our host...[more]
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10.10.2008
2008 Report on Gender Portrayal and Employment...
This report is the outcome of FIA's year-long project "Changing Gender Portrayal: Promoting Employment Opportunities for...[more]
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15.09.2008
Gender Portrayal Project Conference in London
This conference took place in the Drill Hall in London on the 15-16 September 2008. This page is intended as a follow-up page...[more]
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13.06.2007
Actsafe: recommended health and safety guidelines - Live...
These guidelines are meant as an essential – albeit not exhaustive – checklist for performers, with practical tips they can keep...[more]
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10.06.2007
Actsafe: recommended health and safety guidelines -Film and...
These guidelines are meant as an essential – albeit not exhaustive – checklist for performers, with practical tips they can keep...[more]
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13.12.2005
New rules to regulate audiovisual media services in the EU
On December 13, 2005, the European Commission released a proposal for a new directive that shall set a level playing field for...[more]
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21.10.2005
FIA Executive Committee meeting in Sydney
The 2005 annual meeting of the FIA Executive Committee was held in Sydney, Australia. Delegates extensively discussed...[more]
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10.07.2005
Music copyright: Europe focuses on collecting societies
The European Commission has released a study focusing on the cross-border licensing of authors’ intellectual property rights in...[more]
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25.05.2005
3rd UNESCO Intergovernmental meeting of Experts in Paris
The third UNESCO Intergovernmental meeting of Experts for a new Convention on the protection and promotion of cultural diversity...[more]
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11.04.2005
The future of copyright debated at WIPO: FIA upholds the...
FIA has joined other organisations representing industry and talent (film producers, record labels, publishers, musicians,...[more]
