DAMA collaborates one more year with the San Sebastián Festival
DAMA will present the second edition of the DAMA Lola Salvador Screenplay Prize, which awards a €30,000 prize for the best screenplay and a runner-up prize of €10,000 for the finalist. The audiovisual rights management…
‘Cuarentena’, by Celia de Molina, winner of DAMA Cortos 2023
The project will have a budget of 25,000 euros for its production. The short film will be produced by Malvalanda ('Madre', 'El agente topo', 'Las paredes hablan'), a leading producer in the world of short films. The project…
DAMA announces the second edition of the Second Version Laboratory, the audiovisual creation incubator for authors over the age of 50
The initiative is supported and financed by the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA), the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan and the European Next Generation funds. The selected creators will attend…
DAMA’s General Assembly approves the 2022 Accounts, in which royalty income raises up to 38.4%
The audiovisual authors' rights management organisation has more than 2,200 members, that is, 22.21% more than the previous year. DAMA, the audiovisual rights management organisation, held its General Assembly last friday 30th…
Ángeles González-Sinde, elected Vice President of CISAC
The General Assembly of CISAC has highlighted the challenges and opportunities for creators in the digital era. CISAC, the largest network of creative sector members in the world with 227 collective management societies in 118…
CISAC publishes its 2023 Annual Report
CISAC has today published its 2023 Annual Report, providing a comprehensive overview of its work to support 227 member CMOs across the world. CISAC’s members comprise 227 authors societies which together manage the rights of…
World Intellectual Property Day
We celebrate World Intellectual Property Day. At DAMA, we are committed to protecting and promoting the copyright of audiovisual creators. Intellectual property is essential to ensure diversity and cultural richness in our…
DAMA announces the II DAMA Lola Salvador Screenplay Award, endowed with €30,000
The organisation awards a runner-up prize of €10,000 for the finalist script. The name of the award pays tribute to one of the most outstanding scriptwriters in Spanish television and film and founder of DAMA. DAMA, the…
DAMA and NETFLIX present the awards of the second edition of the Cambio de Plano initiative at the Malaga Film Festival
'Consuelo', 'Costus', 'El gran bazar de mis padres', 'Gloria Fuertes', 'La noche del decreto', 'Las novias de Melbourne', 'Villa Futuro' and 'Yawarkancha' are the selected projects in the competition 'Tell us the stories that…
DAMA will give its name to the Silver Biznaga for Best Screenplay at the Málaga Festival
DAMA and the Málaga Festival have reached an agreement for the audiovisual creators' rights management organisation to become a sponsor of the award for best screenplay, which is now officially called the DAMA Silver Biznaga for…
DAMA and NETFLIX will reveal the projects selected for the second edition of the Cambio de Plano initiative at the Malaga Film Festival
In addition, the winners of the first edition will present the pitch and teaser of their projects, produced in the lab, at a MAFIZ meeting. DAMA and NETFLIX are holding the awards ceremony for the second edition of the…
The winners of the Goya Awards 2023
Photo: ©Ana Belén Fernández The Film Academy presented the statuettes for the Goya Awards 2023, at a ceremony held on 11th February at the FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre in Sevilla, celebrating yet another year of…
Spanish fiction lands in the European Film Market at Berlinale
This year at Berlinale, Spanish fiction will have the largest representation in the European Film Market (EFM) to date. The productions created by our members will participate in one of the most important meetings for the…
DAMA Forma brings audiovisual creation closer to young secondary school students
Through talks given by experienced industry professionals, students have the opportunity to learn about what it is like to work in this field and the challenges faced by professionals. DAMA, the copyright management organisation…
DAMA calls for applications to its programme to promote the creation of feature-length documentary screenplays
DAMA Ayuda Docus encourages, through a professional mentoring programme, the development of feature-length documentary scripts. The deadline for applications is the 1st February. DAMA, the audiovisual’s creators copyright…
DAMA members will have a 300 square metre space in Barcelona
DAMA's General Assembly approves the 2023 budgets, with a 19.31% increase in the distribution of funds. DAMA begins in 2023 with more than 2,400 members. DAMA, the audiovisual rights management organisation, held a General…
Here’s to a creative 2023!
With just a few days to go until the end of 2022, and at a time of recovery for the audiovisual sector, we would like to highlight the efforts of all creators to bring culture closer to society and generate spaces for meeting…
List of winners of the Forqué Awards 2022
The 28th edition of the Forqué Awards, the awards given by the producers' rights management organisation Egeda, inaugurate the Spanish film awards season. DAMA would like to congratulate all the award winners, and especially our…
DAMA hosts SAA meeting at its headquarters
Last week, DAMA hosted SAA members at its headquarters in Spain for the Council of General Policy members' meeting. “It is a pleasure to hold this event at DAMA. A great opportunity to defend audiovisual authors' rights and…
DAMA and Netflix announce the second edition of the competition ‘Cuéntanos las historias que nadie cuenta’, an initiative that promotes the reflection of the diversity of Spanish society in audiovisual fiction
The winners will receive a cash prize of 6,000 euros and also will benefit from professional tutoring for the development and presentation of their projects. Two of the selected projects will also be able to record a teaser to…