Essential Legal Framework
Clearing Rights for Film and TV
Available Again in 2025 | Berlin
Scripts inspired by real-life events, a Warhol poster in the background, or a protagonist humming a Robbie Williams song – not all rights involved in a script or film are immediately obvious. A thorough analysis is essential to avoid costly and time-consuming legal pitfalls. Understanding these legal complexities has become crucial for the sustainable development of many audiovisual companies.
The workshop offers a comprehensive overview of rights’ clearance strategies and the necessary legal knowledge to tackle these issues head-on. Led by top industry experts and supported by up-to-date case studies, the workshop offers a deep dive into the subject in a surprisingly entertaining way.
Participants will also benefit from excellent networking opportunities, fostering connections with other professionals in the European audiovisual industry.
| Accommodation | tba |
| Location | Berlin |
| Date | April 2025 |
| Format | On-site workshop |
| Target Group | Industry professionals dealing with rights' issues in various stages of production |
| Language | English |
| Certificate | Yes |
| Scholarships | Scholarships and discounts available (details below) |
Offer Components
Clearing Rights for Film and TV
690.00 €
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What Clearing Rights offers
Topics
- Rights clearance strategies
- Copyright and its exemptions (Fair Use, parody etc.)
- Turning real life into film: Clearing personality rights
- Everybody’s nightmare? Clearing music rights
- Who is paying? How E&O insurance works
- The big players: Clearing rights at US majors and the streamers
- Clearing trademarks, artwork and landmarks: The creative approach
- Global perspective: Cases in different national jurisdictions
- Clearing rights for documentaries and factual entertainment
- Combining legal and creative
Benefits
- Practical knowledge to identify and clear rights fast & effectively
- Learning from theoretical and practical work on cases
- Deep insight into best practices and strategies
- Latest expertise from internationally acclaimed trainers
- Interactive sessions with space for questions and exchange
- Opportunity to test and apply the acquired knowledge
- Excellent networking opportunities
- An active and interdisciplinary group of participants and industry experts
- Opportunity to establish valuable and long-lasting business relationships with audiovisual professionals from all over Europe
HEAD OF STUDIES 2025
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Additional information
Change Management: Expert Interview
We asked our expert Gill Thewlis a few questions about the importance of understanding change and innovation processes for our industry and how our workshop will benefit its participants. Read her answers here.
Accessibility
If your mobility is impaired, please get in touch with the EPI team, so we can find the best solution possible to ensure your full participation.
scholarships and discounts
Erich Pommer Institut Scholarships
Thanks to Creative Europe - MEDIA funding, a limited number of partial scholarships are available for nationals of the following countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
Participants from countries that are not part of European Union's MEDIA initiative may still be viable for a scholarship depending on their participation in the MEDIA strand. These countries include: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Republic of Serbia and Ukraine.
Please apply here for a scholarship until March, 2025: Scholarship Application.
Important: Do not register for the workshop while applying for a scholarship.
We also encourage all applicants to seek financial support from their national or regional funding bodies
Other Scholarships and Discounts
Company Discounts:
If a second person from the same company books at the same time and at the standard rate, they are eligible for a EUR 200 discount. To claim this, please reach out to us for a discount code.
Funding Opportunities in Your Country:
We encourage you to explore funding options in your home country. Here are some opportunities available:
- Belgium / Flanders: Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) – Training Support
- Finland: AVEK – Training Support | The Finnish Film Foundation – Training Support for Distributors and Exhibitors
- Ireland: Screen Ireland Bursary Award
- Lithuania: Lithuanian Film Centre – Scholarships
- Norway: Norwegian Film Institute – Support for International Initiatives
- Netherlands: Netherlands Film Fund – Training Support
- Poland: Polish Film Institute – Financial Support
- Switzerland: Media Desk Suisse– Training Support
Important: Discounts and scholarships cannot be combined.
What former participants sAy
- The most meaningful and interesting professional activity this year. Clearing rights and copyright law is a deep matter for every filmmaker. This workshop helped me a lot to clarify very important details from the law aspect, especially at the international level. As an independent film director and producer, I highly recommend this program!
Andrey Hadjivasilev, Revive Vision, Bulgaria - For me it was a great experience being part of a workshop with participants from so many different countries as well as all these international experts. The experts are very competent and they were all open and very likeable. The conversion of the seminar to an online seminar due to the situation this year was done very professionally.
Sonja Maxeiner, Studio Hamburg, Germany - All elements are very well balanced, the quality of the organisation and experts (as well as their variety both in terms of experience, professional areas and geographies) was spot on, and there was openness to discuss any aspect that came to the table. I highly recommend the workshop for any independent content producer willing to embrace the global market.
Virgilio Ferreira, West Coast Film, Portugal
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