2023: Diversity on the SAA Board of Patrons

To fulfil the SAA's mission of supporting authors' right and securing their fair and proportional remuneration, we have developed legal expertise and advocacy activities to address the concerns of audiovisual authors at the EU level. This is done with the input and support of authors from across Europe who are represented on our Board of Patrons.

In 2023, SAA members increased the diversity of the SAA Board of Patrons, in terms of gender, age, authors from non-Western regions and the Baltic States, etc. In 2022, only 25% of the Board were women. Today it is 39% (from 8 to 19 women). We now have representation from all but 5 out of the 25 countries in which we have members. In addition, 13 of our Patrons are now established authors in their 30s and 40s. 

Learn more about the filmmakers who are a part of the SAA Board of Patrons.