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Cannes
festival provides setting for unique conference
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Paris,
3 May 2004 -
Film professionals, from award-winning writers and directors to producers
and entertainment lawyers, will converge in Cannes on 13-14 May to discuss
some of the major legal and practical issues they face in adapting literary
works to cinema and remaking films.
ICC's 18th Conference
on International Audiovisual Law, 'Books, Movies and Remakes', is timed
to coincide with the 57th International Cannes Film Festival. Among the
topics slated for discussion: distinguishing between 'inspired by' works
and plagiarism, adapting contracts for comics to animated works or films
and the working relationship between the producer and legal beneficiaries
of an original work.
Participants include:
- Carlo Dusi - Managing
Director, Aria Films Limited, UK
- William Nunez -
Director and Writer (Full Metal Racket, Fear of Man), USA
- John E. Johnson
- Screenwriter, Producer and Director; Executive Director, American
Screenwriters Association, USA
- Jérôme
Paillard - Executive Director, Marché du Film, France
- Thomas F.R. Garvin
- Partner, Garvin & Company P.C., Lawyer, USA
The conference is
being jointly staged by ICC's Institute
of World Business Law, the International Bar Association (IBA) and
the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers (IAEL).
"This conference
offers a unique opportunity to update knowledge on business, legal and
technical issues in adapting literary works to cinema and remaking films",
said Executive Manager of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, Laetitia
de Montalivet.
Ms Montalivet added:
"It provides an open forum for anyone interested in the major legal
issues facing cinema and TV suppliers today. It is an original venue for
participants to exchange views and share experiences with fellow professionals."
Registration for the
conference includes free access to all Marché du Film facilities
and services on 13-14 May as well as the possibility of registering for
the rest of the conference at a 70% discount.
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