FIAD is glad to have co-signed a letter with 57 organizations calling on the European Commission to leverage the upcoming Digital Services Act proposal to enhance the Know Your Business Customer obligations already existing under Article 5 of the Electronic Commerce Di...

FIAD is glad to have contributed to the Commission’s consultation on the Digital Services Act, a piece of legislation that will define and shape the online sphere for years to come.

The E-Commerce Directive (ECD) has existed for 20 years and needs to be updated given th...

On 23 June, FIAD’s Secretary General – Alina Popescu – spoke on a high-level panel at the Cannes Marché du Film organised by the European Audiovisual Observatory where the status of the audiovisual sector in the time of COVID-19 was discussed by leading figures in the...

As the EU has started discussing the proposed recovery plan, the International Federation of Film Distributors' Associations (FIAD) joins 94 organisations from across Europe’s cultural and creative sectors to alert EU leaders : our sector needs strong and systemic supp...

On 11th of May, Victor Hadida (President of Metropolitan Film export and President of FIAD – the International Federation of Film Distributors’ Associations) and Stefano Massenzi (Head of Acquisitions and Business Affairs at Lucky Red and President of Europa Distributi...

To lobby for ambitious EU budgetary measures via the MFF to alleviate the economic consequences of COVID-19 on the European cultural and creative sector, FIAD has signed a letter with 78 organisations and associations representing vast swathes of Europe’s cultural dive...

European film distributors, represented by Europa Distribution and FIAD - the International Federation of Film Distributors’ Associations, need urgent support during the Covid-19 crisis to avoid a long-term catastrophe, not just for the film industry and employment as...

The International Federation of Film Distributors' Associations together with the whole Film and AV sector in calls for extraordinary measures to face the crisis stemmed from the COVID-19 outbreak. Find our statement below or in the official document, including a full...