
16 January, 2023
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…
28 December, 2022
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…
23 December, 2022
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…
18 December, 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…
11 November, 2022
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…
10 November, 2022
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…
3 November, 2022
Carmen Fernández Villalba, Iñaki Alforja, Ione Hernández, Marciano Menéndez Aizpurua, María Hervera and Pilar Gutiérrez Aguado are the participants in the first edition of Laboratorio Segunda Versión, the audiovisual creation…
27 October, 2022
CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers) has published the 2022 Global Collections Report, which provides comprehensive data and analysis of collections across all repertoires. The report shows…
25 October, 2022
The deadline for submitting projects is 23rd of November. Alberto Marini, David Muñoz, Michel Gaztambide and Susana López Rubio will mentor the selected projects. DAMA, the audiovisual creators' copyright management…
29 September, 2022
The new book in the collection, 'La reescritura infinita', by Enric Albero, which is available in bookshops, brings together ten of the author's conversations with Spanish telefiction scriptwriters. DAMA and the Escuela de…
19 September, 2022
'La dote', the screenplay by Alejandro Andrade, has been awarded the 30.000€ prize of the first edition of the contest. Rosa Cabrera and Raúl Mancilla received a runner-up prize of €10,000 for the script 'Las recoveras'. Today,…
15 September, 2022
Rosa Cabrera and Raúl Mancilla have been finalists with the script for 'Las recoveras' and have been awarded a runner-up prize of €10,000. The screenwriter Lola Salvador, after whom the award is named, will present the prize at…
8 September, 2022
The project will have a budget of €25,000 for its production. The short film will be produced by Malvalanda ('Madre', 'El agente topo'), the leading production company in the world of short films. DAMA Cortos 2022 already has a…
2 September, 2022
The initiative is supported and financed by the Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA), the Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia, and the European Next Generation funds. The selected…
30 August, 2022
Alcarràs, by Carla Simón, co-written by our member Arnau Vilaró; As bestas, directed and co-written by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, together with Isabel Peña, both members of DAMA; and Cinco lobitos, by our member Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, are…
4 July, 2022
Yagüe, who succeeds Borja Cobeaga, has an extensive professional career as a screenwriter and creator of television series. Curro Royo Fernández has been elected vice-chairman and Estrella García Albacete, general secretary of…
27 June, 2022
DAMA and ECAM, the School of Cinematography and Audiovisuals of the Community of Madrid, together with Caimán Cuadernos de Cine, have presented Cuentos de los mil y un Rohmer (Tales of a Thousand and One Rohmer), by Françoise…
22 June, 2022
Writers & Directors Worldwide (W&DW) held elections for a new Presidency and the Executive Committee for the 2022-2024 term. Spanish screenwriter Curro Royo of DAMA succeeds Yves Nilly as W&DW President for the new…
21 June, 2022
DAMA, the reference entity in copyright management of audiovisual works in Spain, has held the elections of the Board of Directors with a high turnout of members, far exceeding other years figures. The new members of the Board of…
8 June, 2022
CISAC, the world’s leading network of authors’ societies, has concluded its annual General Assembly with the election of a new Board of Directors. The elections took place by an online vote of the General Assembly on June 2nd.…