Fair Practice Code
Internationalization of the workplace has become increasingly important. Each year, the employee policy is aimed at recruiting a good team and creating working conditions in which everyone can excel and contribute to IDFA’s activities from their divergent perspectives.
As part of our ongoing commitment to ensuring the institute of IDFA remains safe and inclusive, IDFA developed a code of conduct for dealing with undesirable behavior, such as (sexual) harassment, intimidation, aggression, violence, discrimination, and bullying. There are two confidential counselors within IDFA. In addition, IDFA is affiliated with Mores.online, the independent disclosure office for undesirable behavior in the Dutch cultural and creative sector, which offers advice and support by independent confidential counselors.
The Fair Practice Code is applied within IDFA’s employee policy. In addition to fair financial compensation and transparency, this also concerns involving the team with the development of the organization (policy and annual plans), preserving knowledge by maintaining more sustainable work relationships, establishing work processes, and conducting evaluations with employees.
Together with other film festivals, Bureau Berenschot conducted research into the market conformity of IDFA salaries in 2023 and carried out an employment conditions comparison. Film festivals are lagging behind in certain areas in terms of fair pay. To repair the salary structure alone, € 1,200,000 per year would have to be made available. The government has allocated €275,000 to the four film festivals in the basic cultural infrastructure (BIS) from additional resources for fair pay. Under the guidance of Platform ACCT, the film festivals will draw up a Film Festival Working Code in 2024. This will include: a joint salary structure, a conversion tool for freelancers that aligns rates with salaries, a joint set of secondary employment conditions, and a coordinated training policy.