ESSENTIAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK
‹Professionalize the professionals› is the main goal of the Erich Pommer Institute's workshop programme ESSENTIAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK that covers important legal fields which are relevant to the development, financing, production as well as to the marketing of films in all forms of media. The workshops offer profound knowledge tailored to the specific needs of the film and television industry.
3. European Co-Production: Legal and Financial Aspects
Co-productions between film producers of different EU member states have to cope with complex and changing environments of legal rules and financing opportunities. They have to take into account the relevant differences between copyright laws and its consequences for contracts with foreign talent, production and distribution companies from different member states. They should know about the various tax systems to optimize the taxation of their company and about the possibilities for getting state subsidies.
Topics
- Case studies: from development to production and marketing of two European feature films
- Co-production treaties and European convention
- European co-production, transatlantic co-production - the legal and financial maze
- Tax shelter programmes in Europe and abroad
- Marketing and distribution: Selling your film to the world
Case studies:
- "Love comes lately" (2007 - DE, AT, USA)
- "Dot.com" (2007 - PT, ES, IE, UK, BRA)
For detailed information and registration kindly consult
> www.epi-media.eu
or contact the Erich Pommer Institut in Potsdam/Germany
> 0049.(0)331.721 2885.
Christine Alderson, Ipso Facto Films, UK; Wouter Barendrecht, Fortissimo Films, Hongkong; Luís Galvão Teles, Director and Producer Dot.com, Portugal; Martin Hagemann, Zero Film, Germany; Jochen Hesse, RevCheck, Germany; Fernando Labrada, Arena Audiovisual, Spain; Andrew Lowe, Element Pictures, Ireland; Bernie Stampfer, Deutsche Bank, Germany; Harro von Have, Unverzagt von Have, Germany; W. Wilder Knight II, Prior Cashman, USA
