DEVELOPMENT
Identifying financing possibilities for projects
Negotiating rights and creating/closing legal agreements
Negotiating agreements between producers and third-party production companies
Negotiating on screen talent agreements for both scripted and unscripted productions
Securing format rights
Ensuring chain-of-title is clean, complete and uncompromised
Connecting book publishers to film and television producers
Creating development budgets, schedules, and financing plans
Submitting development funding applications
Fulfilling funding agreement requirements
Tracking rights
Assessing production feasibility
Green-light strategizing
Ensuring from the very start that productions will be eligible for Cancon status and will qualify for tax credits where applicable
PRODUCTION
Drafting and negotiating broadcaster and financier agreements, as well as writer, director, producer, performer and crew deal memos
Creating and overseeing CMF, Telefilm, Rogers Cable Network Fund, Rogers Documentary Fund, Shaw Rocket Fund, Independent Production Fund, Telus Fund applications, and more
Advising and drafting agreements for interprovincial and international treaty co-productions, as well as official co-ventures
Incorporating a single purpose production company for your production
Creating detailed budgets, financing plans, tax credit breakdowns and schedules for your production
Creating all elements required for Canadian federal and provincial tax credit applications and grants
Negotiating and closing interim financing facilities with various Canadian banking institutions and lenders
Creating business affairs required elements for various drawdowns due on every production
Securing financing drawdowns to ensure sufficient cash flow
DISTRIBUTION AND REVENUE REPORTING
Advising on ways to protect and maximize your backend revenues
Negotiating and closing distribution agreements
Creating and distributing revenue reports with monies owed to investors and revenue participants in conjunction with your accountant
Creating a rights management system to help you maximize your company’s ability to exploit its production library