Essential Legal Framework

Participants
Professionals from the film and television industry: producers, distributors, commissioning editors, directors, TV broadcasters, bankers and lawyers
Date and venue
Wednesday 21 to Sunday 25 October 2009 in Baden (close to Vienna), Austria
Registration/Application deadline
At the Erich Pommer Institut in Potsdam/Germany
> www.epi-media.eu, or tel: +49 331 721 2885
No deadline - first come, first served
Fee
Full fee: € 1'250.-, incl. accommodation and full board at the Hotel Schloss Weikersdorf in Baden
Language
English
Organisation
Erich Pommer Institut: Nadja Radojevic (Project Manager);
Petra Böschen-Scott (Assistant) T+49 (0)331 721 2895;
> boeschen@epi-medieninstitut.de

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Martijn Meerstadt (Freeway Entertainment)
Dr. Andreas Pense (Unverzagt von Have)
Bernie Stampfer (Deutsche Bank)
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