As the business aspects of an audio-visual production company are dealt with in contracts, the business and legal sides are intertwined. Business and legal affairs can appear quite daunting, especially in the earlier stages of a career in film and TV. This programme has been designed to address this and will cover the legal framework that is required to handle all relevant aspects of a film or TV series. The course starts with the early stage development, to financing, to finally reaching your audience or, as the case may be, your customers like distributors, broadcasters or streaming services.
The course will also cover the key areas of the legal knowledge needed to create confidence in the individual when negotiating the terms and conditions of various contracts.
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We would be selecting approximately 15-20 participants, all of whom should have 2+ years experience and is aimed at those working in:
Producers of film and TV. It will be most beneficial to producers who are on their third or fourth feature;
Junior executives at a national or worldwide streamer or network broadcaster;
Acquisitions executives in a sales or distribution company;
Entry-level finance and legal executives in a private or public funding outfit.
The Institute is aiming for gender parity, so strongly encourages female teams. We are keen to promote equality across all its training programmes with a focus on inclusivity across gender, abilities, ethnicity and socio-economic status.
Participants will come away with practical knowledge, confidence and understanding of the various business and legal aspects of film & TV contracts and their negotiation.
It is designed to follow the lifecycle of a Film/TV project. The following areas are covered:
The Development Phase
Comprising agreements with scriptwriters, head writers and showrunners, acquisition of rights in underlying material like novels through Option and Literary Purchase Agreements as well as the clearance of life story rights for bio-pics or documentaries;
The Production Phase
Comprising cast and crew agreements, especially with directors, the dos and don’ts when negotiating with domestic and foreign agents, pay or play mechanisms, dealing with members of US guilds like SAG, DGA or WGA, as well as the aspects of right clearance, title reports and script clearance;
The Financing and Exploitation Phase
Covering the basic structures of film financing comprising single source financing for commissioned productions and production services agreements for streaming services, as well as the multi-source financing through a combination of sales and distribution agreements, pre-sales, public funding like subsidies, private equity and co-financing, until the dos and don’ts of international co-production and the relevant regulatory framework like the European Convention on Co-Production, bilateral treaties and the possibilities of supranational funding by Eurimages and the EU Media Programme. This segment covers also topics like cash flow management through discounting and loan agreements with banks, the necessities of completion bonds and collection account management structures.
To be announced soon!
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Impact Hub Vienna
Lindengasse 56
1070
Vienna
Fee €1,500.00 (excluding VAT)
EARLY BIRD rate of €1,350.00 (excluding VAT) until March 15th, 2024
Deadline April 30th, 2024
The fee will cover the 5-day training programme, full seminar catering (lunch + coffee breaks) and networking dinners. Fees do not cover travel or accommodation. A list of recommended hotels and guesthouses will be shared with successful participants within walking distance of our venue.
If you have any questions about this course, content or fees, please email office@screeninstitute.eu
Thanks to Creative Europe Funding, ISI has partial scholarship support available for participants who wish to attend this course from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
If you are not from a Low Capacity Country and can give us a good reason that you are in need of financial assistance and your national screen agency does not fund training in principle, please contact us before submitting your application to discuss whether you can apply for financial support. We have very limited funds available for a limited number of participants in genuine need.
For working parents who have childcare responsibilities, we have a childcare bursary available and a bursary for participants who need extra assistance due to disability or impairment available.
We actively encourage participants to research and apply for financial support with your national/regional funding bodies first who may have bursaries and grants to cover training and professional development.
Please ask the MEDIA Desk in your country if there are any funding opportunities available. Kindly inform us if you apply to a national or regional fund.
We are currently reviewing all the national funds available in Europe. Below are a few examples:
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Contact Fondacija Za Kinematografiju Sarajevo
Belgium: Flanders Audiovisual Fund or Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel
Bulgaria: National Film Center or National Culture Fund of Bulgaria
Czech Republic: Asociace Producentů V Audiovizi (for producers)
Denmark: Danish Film Institute
Estonia: Estonian Film Institute OR Cultural Endowment of Estonia
Finland: Finnish Film Foundation
Germany: Contact the regional film funds (information in German) or see Focus Germany
Ireland: Screen Skills Ireland
Lithuania: Lithuanian Film Centre
Montenegro: Film Centre of Montenegro or Ministry of Culture of Montenegro
Netherlands: Netherlands Film Fund
Norway: Norwegian Film Institute
Poland: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
Portugal: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Romania: Romanian Cultural Institute
Slovenia: Slovenian Film Centre
Sweden: Film Institute
Switzerland: MEDIA Desk Suisse
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