Most of the big Film Festivals won’t accept a submission if all content within the film isn’t cleared for use. For example, the Sundance Film Festival has the following regulation: “It is the sole responsibility of …
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Film and televison has been change a lot in these days. Claudia and Valentina are keeping up with the times. They advise clients on the entire lifecycle of a film. During development they help producers to secure the rights needed to successfully produce their project and can handle complex chain of title issues as well as straight screenplay commissions and rights options. They guide producers through the process, providing prompt, commercial and pragmatic advice. They can also advise on co-productions and the film tax credit. They act for independent producers, providing the necessary level of input and dealing with any number of production related issues. They have experience in negotiating with sales agents, distributors and other licensees and can advise on any number of licensing arrangements including straight distribution deals. With separate theatre, publishing, music, interactive entertainment and tech teams, they are also uniquely placed to advise clients on converting their film properties into a proper franchise. Their knowledge across all media and entertainment industries means we are ideally placed to help clients maximise their return by successfully exploiting all rights.
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Film coproductions Germany and Italy – Everything you need to know! Despite the strength of the theatrical market in both countries and the geographical proximity, there are still only a few bilateral film coproductions between …
European film co-productions, an opportunity or a challenge? Are European film co-productions an opportunity or a challenge? The term “co-production” means the collaboration of several producers, through their mutual resources (financial, human and material) and …
European co-productions in Berlin and Copyright: Achtung! Berlin / Rome, November 21, 2016 – The law firm Dandi announces the opening of an antenna in Berlin. In line with the growth trend of our firm and with …
Copyright Law Fanfiction: Legal Issues with Fanfiction (By Heather Sapp) Do the words “fic” or “fannish” mean anything to you? If they do there are pretty good chances you are familiar with fanfiction. Maybe you are …
Copyrightable elements film. The written word and the visual image aren’t the only copyrightable elements in film. Most productions use music to bolster the audience experience. Copyrightable elements film. Music Unless the music is in the …
Film Production Intellectual Property Challenges. The entertainment industry’s core product is intellectual property – mainly copyright. If you want your film to see the light of day without you being named a defendant, you need to …
Moral rights film. Colourisation and the right to preserve the integrity of the work and authorship in an audiovisual work It is undeniable that some modifications unfairly hurt the reputation of an artist, as filmmakers …
Motion pictures copyright protection: rapidly developing technologies threaten to undermine the efficacy of copyright protection for motion pictures In our present “age of information” the new technology of digitalization has upset the delicate balance created and …
Movie Piracy Debate. The illegal download of music and films The Internet has become an easy tool to connect people and share information. It is a fundamental medium that has become necessary not only to …
Sexually provocative Films. Audience, BBFC and perceptions of sexual violence in Straw Dogs (1971) Films have certainly become more explicitly violent since the early sixties and their presentation of violence has changed significantly. This is …
Sexual violence perception films: Audience, BBFC and perceptions of sexual violence in Irreversible (2002). In 2002 a French film, Irreversible, was passed uncut, in spite of a protracted rape scene. The film was assessed by …
Entertainment Contracts – From book to screen Film rights are the rights under copyright law to make a derivative work, in this case a film, derived from an item of intellectual property [1], in the …
Perceptions sexual violence films. How audience’s perception of sexual violence in films can influence BBFC’s valuation and vice versa Abstract The audience’s perspective and the BBFC’s position in regard to Straw Dogs (1971) and Irreversible …
Co-production treaties. Co-producing allows pooling of creative, financial and technical expertise and resources as well as a sharing of risk. An official UK co-production is a film production between the UK and one or more countries made …
Producing pornographic films. Sex industries: Can the economic project involving various persons, all linked by a raft of contracts, be considered legal in private law terms? The sex industry (also called the sex trade) consists of …
Model Release Form. If you are taking photographs of someone, or perhaps painting a picture of a subject, you may like to consider getting the model to sign a release form. This will essentially grant …
Option Agreement Film. The collection of copyrights that constitute ownership of a film, the Chain of Title, begins with the script and, if the script is based on previously created material, the copyright to that …
Creative Rights Checklist directors. FROM DIRECTORS GUILD WEBSITE Before Prep: Were all the company’s script, casting, approvals and budget commitments revealed to you before you took the assignment? Did you get to choose your first AD? …