Rodolphe Belmer, general director of TF1, launched the idea at the last La Rochelle Fiction Festival in September. Instead of defending their interests separately, when everyone is interested in preserving the system that has allowed the concept of cultural exception to flourish, audiovisual actors could join forces for the benefit of this “pillar of our democracy and our culture” that constitutes your sector. Belmer had interviewed Delphine Ernotte, president of France Télévisions, who shared these opinions. And since then, the project has borne fruit.
This is how LaFA, La Filière audiovisuelle, was launched on Wednesday, November 13. Among its first supporters are the producers’ unions, the National Union of Audiovisual Production (USPA) and the Union of Independent Producers (SPI), but also copyright societies such as the Sociedad Civil de Autores Multimedia (SCAM), the Society of Musical Authors-Composers and Publishers (Sacem), the Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (SACD), AnimFrance (dedicated to animated audiovisual and film production) and Adami (the organization for the collective management of intellectual property rights of performing artists).
If the M6 is also part of this circle determined to intervene in the public debate, with the regulator, with the national representation and with the European Parliament, the Canal+ Group, although it is the main financier of cinema in France, is largely absent .
“All good wishes are welcome, says Rodolphe Belmer, first president of the association. On condition that they share a constructive vision of the French creative ecosystem. It is not about them being in the balance of power, brutality and defense of the strictly individual interest of their society. » The Franco-German channel Arte and the Union of Independent Producers and Creators (Spect) should quickly be incorporated into the structure.
A call for public broadcasting
First on the list of seven issues considered priority is the defense of public broadcasting of a “high, dedicated, predictable and sustainable public funding is essential to maintain its independence and carry out its specific and distinctive missions of general interest”. “The vitality of public broadcasting benefits everyone”Belmer justifies. “It is a question of money, but also of diversityFor his part, says David El Sayegh, deputy director general of Sacem. Some authors, if they are not broadcast on the public service, are not broadcast anywhere! »
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