As histórias influenciam os nossos comportamentos e dão forma à nossa cultura. Ajudam-nos a compreender. As histórias conquistam o medo. As histórias têm poder. Enquanto argumentistas, contadores de histórias do nosso tempo, temos consciência do nosso papel e responsabilidade, e unimo-nos para garantir que poderemos continuar o nosso trabalho neste novo ambiente.

Os desafios criativos e financeiros que encaramos só podem ser ultrapassados se juntarmos forças e trabalharmos em conjunto. Insistimos na capacidade individual de cada um dos vinte e cinco mil argumentistas cujos representantes estão aqui reunidos para ver e entender o mundo da sua própria maneira, e reflectir essa perspectiva única nas suas histórias. Exultamo-nos por saber que a criatividade individual é o que nos aproxima na defesa e promoção dos nossos direitos e objectivos comuns.

Subscrevemos as ambições e intenções da Carta da FSE, da Carta da IAWG, e do Manifesto dos Argumentistas Europeus.

Exigimos o direito de todos os argumentistas serem reconhecidos como autores das obras audiovisuais que escreveram, e justamente recompensados por todo e qualquer uso dado ao seu trabalho.

Iremos pois envolver-nos numa colaboração activa em campanhas que procurem concretizar os nossos objectivos comuns.

Comprometemo-nos a trabalhar em conjunto para defender e ampliar os direitos dos escritores audiovisuais.

Acordado e assinado no sábado, 7 de Novembro de 2009, em Atenas, na conclusão da primeira Conferência Mundial de Argumentistas.

Christina Kallas
Presidente
Federation des Scenaristes en Europe/Federation of Screenwriters in Europe

Michael Winship
Presidente
International Affiliation of Writers’ Guilds

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World Screenwriters Declaration

In the new digitised and globalised world, we screenwriters have today come together, in Athens Greece, to discuss our central role in the creation of the stories that are carried with such impact to the world’s myriad screens and to people’s minds and hearts.

Stories influence our behaviour and shape our culture. They help us understand. Stories can conquer fear. Stories have power. As screenwriters, the storytellers of our time, we are conscious of our role and our responsibility and we have met to make sure that we can continue our work in the new environment.

The creative and financial challenges which we face, can only be met if we join forces and work together. We insist on the individual capacity of every one of the twenty five thousand screenwriters, whose representatives are gathered here, to see and understand the world in their own way and to reflect that unique perspective in their stories. We exult in the knowledge that individual creativity is what brings us together to defend and assert our common rights and goals.

We endorse the ambitions and intentions of the Charter of the FSE, the Charter of the IAWG and the Manifesto of the European Screenwriters.

We demand the right of screenwriters everywhere to be acknowledged as an author of the audiovisual work which they have written and to be fairly compensated for each and every use made of their work.

In pursuit of these objectives we will engage in active collaboration on campaigns that seek to achieve our common goals.

We pledge to work together to defend and extend the rights of writers for the screen.

Agreed and Signed on Saturday 7th November 2009 in Athens at the conclusion of the first World Conference of Screenwriters :

Christina Kallas
President
Federation des Scenaristes en Europe/Federation of Screenwriters in Europe

Michael Winship
Chair
International Affiliation of Writers’ Guilds