A photoalignment composition comprising a) 0.001 to 20%, by weight, of at least one photoreactive compound that comprises a photoalignment group of formulae: whereby the aromatic rings are unsubstituted or substituted and wherein the compound residue (Ia) represents a straight-chain or branched C 1 -C 16 fluoralkyl group, wherein F is fluorine, and x is an integer from 0 to 15, B represents a straight-chain or branched C 1 -C 16 alkyl group, which is in addition to its fluorine substituent(s) unsubstituted or substituted by di-(C 1 -C 16 alkyl)amino, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, nitro, cyano and/or chlorine; and wherein one or more -CH 2 - group may independently from each other be replaced by a linking group, which is selected from -O-, -CO, -CO-O-, -O-CO-,, -NR 1 -,-NR 1 -CO-, -CO-NR 1 -, -NR 1 -CO-O-, -O-CO-NR 1 -, -NR 1 -CO-NR 1 -, -CH=CH-, -C≡C-,-O-CO-O-, and -Si(CH 3) 2 -O-Si(CH 3) 2 -, and wherein: R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or C 1 -C 6 alkyl; and/or a non-aromatic, aromatic, unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic group connected via bridging groups, which are selected from -CH -, -CO-, -CH 2 -, -SO-, -CH 2 -, -SO 2 -, -CH 2 (SO 2)-, -COO-, -OCO-,-COCF 2 -, -CF 2 CO, -S-CO-, -CO-S-, -SOO-, -OSO-, -SOS-, -O-CO-O-, -CH 2 -CH 2 -, -OCH 2 -, -CH 2 O-, -CH=CH-, -C≡C-, -CH=CH-COO-, -OCO-CH=CH-, -CH=N-,-C(CH 3)=N-, -N=N- or a single bond; or a cyclic, straight-chain or branched, substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 24 alkylen, with the proviso that oxygen atoms of linking groups are not directly linked to each other, S 1 and S 2 independently from each other denote a spacer unit, and b) 80 to 99.999% by weight, of at least one compound that does not comprise a photoalignment group, and c) optionally at least one reactive or non-reactive additives, and d) optionally at least one solvent. a) 0.001 to 20%, by weight, of at least one photoreactive compound that comprises a photoalignment group of formulae: whereby the aromatic rings are unsubstituted or substituted and wherein the compound residue (Ia) represents a straight-chain or branched C 1 -C 16 fluoralkyl group, wherein F is fluorine, and x is an integer from 0 to 15, B represents a straight-chain or branched C 1 -C 16 alkyl group, which is in addition to its fluorine substituent(s) unsubstituted or substituted by di-(C 1 -C 16 alkyl)amino, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, nitro, cyano and/or chlorine; and wherein one or more -CH 2 - group may independently from each other be replaced by a linking group, which is selected from -O-, -CO, -CO-O-, -O-CO-,, -NR 1 -,-NR 1 -CO-, -CO-NR 1 -, -NR 1 -CO-O-, -O-CO-NR 1 -, -NR 1 -CO-NR 1 -, -CH=CH-, -C≡C-,-O-CO-O-, and -Si(CH 3) 2 -O-Si(CH 3) 2 -, and wherein: R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or C 1 -C 6 alkyl; and/or a non-aromatic, aromatic, unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic group connected via bridging groups, which are selected from -CH -, -CO-, -CH 2 -, -SO-, -CH 2 -, -SO 2 -, -CH 2 (SO 2)-, -COO-, -OCO-,-COCF 2 -, -CF 2 CO, -S-CO-, -CO-S-, -SOO-, -OSO-, -SOS-, -O-CO-O-, -CH 2 -CH 2 -, -OCH 2 -, -CH 2 O-, -CH=CH-, -C≡C-, -CH=CH-COO-, -OCO-CH=CH-, -CH=N-,-C(CH 3)=N-, -N=N- or a single bond; or a cyclic, straight-chain or branched, substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 24 alkylen, with the proviso that oxygen atoms of linking groups are not directly linked to each other, S 1 and S 2 independently from each other denote a spacer unit, and F is fluorine, and x is an integer from 0 to 15, B represents a straight-chain or branched C 1 -C 16 alkyl group, which is in addition to its fluorine substituent(s) unsubstituted or substituted by di-(C 1 -C 16 alkyl)amino, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, nitro, cyano and/or chlorine; and wherein one or more -CH 2 - group may independently from each other be replaced by a linking group, which is selected from -O-, -CO, -CO-O-, -O-CO-,, -NR 1 -,-NR 1 -CO-, -CO-NR 1 -, -NR 1 -CO-O-, -O-CO-NR 1 -, -NR 1 -CO-NR 1 -, -CH=CH-, -C≡C-,-O-CO-O-, and -Si(CH 3) 2 -O-Si(CH 3) 2 -, and wherein: R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or C 1 -C 6 alkyl; S 1 and S 2 independently from each other denote a spacer unit, b) 80 to 99.999% by weight, of at least one compound that does not comprise a photoalignment group, and c) optionally at least one reactive or non-reactive additives, and d) optionally at least one solvent.