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Film and Audiovisual Law Conference: 30th April and 1st May 2022 - Espinho, Portugal
The first Film, and Audiovisual Law Conference will occur on 30th April and 1st May 2022, in Espinho, Portugal. As a constantly evolving subject, Law for Film and Audiovisual is continuously adapting to the legislative technological and social evolution in this industry.
Therefore, it is vital to have the most up-to-date knowledge available, as well as a space to discuss it. Additionally, the conference strongly encourages networking and the Building of Dynamics between producers, lawyers specialized in law of Film and Audiovisual, and other agents present at the event.
The conference will shed light on the new tendencies in Law in Film and Audiovisual and tackle the absence of conferences that address this issue on an international level.
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SATURDAY APRIL 30TH | | | 9 am – 10:30 am session: Introduction to copyright The film & TV value chain Adapting works: shopping and option agreements Collaboration and co-production BREAK 10:30 am – 11 am 11 am – 1 pm session: Writer/format agreements Director agreements Financing sources and structures in film and television LUNCH BREAK 1 pm – 2 pm 2 pm – 3 pm session: Music rights in content creation Hot button issues in the film & TV sector BREAK 3 pm – 3:30 pm 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm session: M & A consolidation in the film & TV sector - what does the future hold? Q&A Panel 4:30 pm - 6 pm session: Optional Networking Event |
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SUNDAY MAY 1ST | | | 9 am – 11 am session: Evolution of the audiovisual content sector in the last 5 years Impacts of the changes BREAK 11 am – 11:30 am 11:30 am – 1:30 pm session: Digital commerce: blockchain, non-fungible tokens LUNCH BREAK 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm 2:30 pm – 4 pm session: Territory specific considerations in filmmaking Q&A Panel 4 pm - 6 pm session: Optional Networking Event |
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Kami Naghdi | | | Heads the Film and Television practice at Clintons. His work spans media finance, development, production and exploitation of film and television content across all platforms, with an international client base from Los Angeles to Beijing.
Recent work includes documentaries Supersonic, Trojan and Death of Gentleman; feature films The Titan, Ophelia, Where Hands Touch and Moose. He has also worked on a number of the highest value rights deals in TV in the UK. Listed by the Legal 500 as a leading individual in film and television. |
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Rusta Mizani | | | Graduated in Business Administration, worked in marketing at various film distribution companies (including PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Tobis StudioCanal).
Rusta successfully completed the Atelier/Masterclass Ludwigsburg-Paris and then worked as a freelance producer. He was Head of Contract Management and Administration at the Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and most recently Head of Business Affairs at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB).. |
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Frédéric Dumont | | | Has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2000 and a partner of DDG since 2009, where he co-manages the IP/IT & Media practice. He advises French and foreign groups mainly in the following sectors: media, advertising, new technologies, entertainment, distribution, luxury goods and clothing, wines and spirits, pharma.
His practice combines advice, transactional work, and litigation in intellectual property (“soft IP” / patents), audiovisual and advertising law, new technologies, and personal data. |
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Andreas Pense | | | Lawyer and partner at Unverzagt, in the Copyright and Media Law department. He is a member of Deutsche Filmakademie and German-French Film Meetings.
He does comprehensive advice on film projects and TV series in all matters relating to rights clearance, development, structuring, financing, insurance, production, and exploitation. Recent work includes legal services in the movie The King’s Daughter and Stowaway and legal counsel in Without Remorse and A Hidden Life. As external legal advisor advised in the documentaries Sea of Shadows and The Ivory Game. |
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Nastasja Borgeot | | | Interned at several world-renowned auction houses and worked part-time at an art investment fund while studying International Relations (War Studies) at King's College, London. Co-founded and ran a company promoting and managing fine artists and organizing street art events and exhibitions. After completing the Legal Practice Course - with distinction - in 2020, she spent a year as a trainee in the corporate, sports, and commercial/IP departments of a law firm based in Switzerland. |
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