Essential Legal Framework
Clearing Rights for Film and TV
April 25-27, 2024 | Berlin
Scripts based on real stories, a Warhol poster in the background of a scene, and a protagonist humming a Robbie Williams song – not all rights contained in a script or a film are that obvious. Only a detailed analysis can avoid cost-intensive and time-consuming pitfalls. Understanding the legal issues involved in a production 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. Top industry experts and state-of-the-art case studies help participants develop a deep understanding of the topic in a surprisingly entertaining way.
Excellent networking opportunities that help establish business relationships with other European audiovisual professionals round off this intensive workshop.
| Accommodation | Hotel Catalonia Berlin Mitte, Köpenicker Str. 80-82, 10179 Berlin |
| Location | Berlin |
| Date | April 25-27, 2024 |
| Format | On-site workshop |
| Target Group | Industry professionals dealing with rights' issues in various stages of production |
| Language | English |
| Participation Fee | 690 EUR (incl. meals, excl. accommodation) |
| Certificate | Yes |
| Scholarships | Scholarships and discounts available (details below) |
Offer Components
Clearing Rights for Film and TV
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Hotel Accommodation (4 nights at Hotel Catalonia Berlin-Mitte, April 24-28)
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What Clearing Rights offers (STILL subject to change)
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
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VENUE and Accommodation
The Catalonia Berlin Mitte Hotel
The Catalonia Berlin Mitte hotel owes its name to its central location in the city’s Mitte district, just 10–15 minutes’ walk from Museum Island and 15–20 minutes’ walk to Alexanderplatz and historical Nikoleiviertel; Berlin’s entertainment area full of typical restaurants. The hotel is located just in front of the Heinrich Heine Metro Station (U8, two stops to Alexanderplatz).
Opened in February 2014 and located in a building dating from 1911 with an austere facade, typical garage entry leading into a quiet courtyard. The hotel has a unique lifestyle charm recreating the essence of Berlin with its industrial style, raw walls and graffitis in each floor created by well-known berliner artists. The 131 hotel rooms are spacious, modern and fully equipped and offer a perfect atmosphere for all kind of travelers.
Decorated by Barcelona based Interiorists “Denis von Arend” walls, ceilings and other building elements take an unusual prominence exposing the historical memory of the building that will captivate the customer. The hotel has a unique lifestyle charm recreating the essence of Berlin with its industrial style, raw walls and graffitis in each floor created by well-known berliner artists. All this is backed by an excellent service, functionality and comfort guaranteed by the Catalonia H&R Stamp, that will provide our Guests an unforgettable experience.
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scholarships and discounts
Erich Pommer Institut Scholarships
A limited number of mostly partial scholarships will be available for nationals of the following countries thanks to our Creative Europe - MEDIA funding: 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 18: Scholarship Application. Please do not register for the workshop when applying for a scholarship.
We encourage all applicants to seek financial support with their national/regional funding bodies.
Other Scholarships and Discounts
Company discounts: The second person from the same company is eligible for a discount of EUR 200 when booking at the same time and at the non-discounted rate. Please contact us to receive the discount code.
Please consider applying for funding in your home countries.
- Belgium / Flanders: Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) training support (contact person: Koen Baeyens)
- Finland: AVEK training supports | The Finnish Film Foundation training supports for distributors and exhibitors (contact person: Ilmari Arnkil)
- 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
Please note: Discounts and scholarships are not combinable.
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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