{"id":41091,"date":"2025-12-18T15:25:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fairpacct.nl\/fair-pay-practice-instruments-for-film-festivals-2026-ready-for-national-application\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:24:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:24:32","slug":"fair-pay-practice-instruments-for-film-festivals-2026-ready-for-national-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fairpacct.nl\/en\/fair-pay-practice-instruments-for-film-festivals-2026-ready-for-national-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair Pay Practice Instruments for Film Festivals 2026 Ready for National Application"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Published: 12\/18\/25 | photo: Shutterstock<\/em><\/p>

The Film Festivals Chain Table of fairPACCT, with support from Berenschot, has expanded the Job Classification Manual for Film Festivals (1) to include reference positions for film festival management. The Standard Basic Regulation for Secondary Employment Conditions for Film Festivals (2) has also been updated. Earlier, fairPACCT published the indexed fair pay salary scales and guidelines for freelance starting rates (3) that will apply as of 2026. <\/p>

Following a public consultation in the autumn of 2025, the updated Job Classification Manual and the Standard Basic Regulation were established by the Film Festivals Chain Table on December 4, 2025.<\/p>

Fair pay practice instruments Film Festivals 2026<\/strong><\/p>

As of January 1, 2026, the updated fair pay practice instruments for film festivals will be in effect. These instruments support film festivals in applying fair pay and fair practice and provide a lower limit for remuneration and employment conditions. <\/p>

(1) Job Classification Manual for Film Festivals – version 2.0 – December 2025 <\/a><\/strong><\/strong>The Job Classification Manual contains the official job structure for film festivals, with reference positions and corresponding job evaluations linked to the fair pay salary scales for film festivals.<\/p>

(2) Standard Basic Regulation for Secondary Employment Conditions for Film Festivals – version 2.0 – December 2025<\/a> <\/b>The Standard Basic Regulation describes the lower limit for secondary employment conditions for workers at film festivals in the Netherlands.<\/p>

(3) Fair pay salary scales and guideline for freelance starting rates Film Festivals \u2013 December 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

The tables contain the indexed salary scales for workers that align with the Job Classification Manual for Film Festivals (1) and are based on the Collective Labour Agreement (CAO) for Theatre and Dance (reference date January 1, 2026). The guideline for freelance starting rates derived from this is also included. For support, an indicative overview has been added with various titles for reference positions as used by different film festivals. <\/p>

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Film Festivals Chain Table<\/strong><\/p>

Since January 2024, the Film Festivals chain table has been working within the fairPACCT program of Platform ACCT on the development of practice instruments as part of the further elaboration of the Fair Practice Code, under the leadership of independent chair Doreen Boonekamp. In doing so, the chain table was able to utilize preliminary studies already carried out at the initiative of several larger film festivals with the desire to achieve appropriate employment conditions and remuneration and to strengthen and sustain the labor market for workers at film festivals. <\/p>

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Participants in the film festivals chain table include representatives of employers, employees, freelancers, and advocacy groups involved with the following organizations: Cinekid, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands Film Festival, Kaboom Animation Festival, International Film Festival Gorinchem, Movies that Matter, Noordelijk Film Festival, and the Kunstenbond.<\/p>

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More information<\/strong><\/p>

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