Contract Management Services

Here is how this works in practice. We manage the contractual framework that holds a production together. Crew engagements, talent agreements, location contracts, supplier and rental terms, and the deal memos that precede them. Our team drafts, reviews and tracks agreements, keeps a clear record of signatures, deliverables and payment milestones, and flags renewal or option dates before they lapse. For shoots in the Czech Republic we make sure agreements reflect the Czech Labour Code on working hours, turnaround and engagement terms, and align with practice promoted by the APA, the Asociace producentů v audiovizi.

Here is the short of it. Contracts are typically denominated in Czech koruna — the country is an EU and Schengen member but not in the Eurozone, with roughly 23 CZK to the US dollar — and we confirm how 21% VAT and withholding obligations are handled so the contractual and accounting positions match.

Here is the breakdown. Sound contract running also underpins access to the Czech film rebates. The State Cinematography Fund (Státní fond kinematografie) administers a 20% cash rebate on qualifying Czech spend, plus a rebate on withholding tax for foreign cast and crew, and qualifying that spend depends on properly documented, compliant agreements with Czech entities. We structure contracts with the rebate audit in mind, keeping supplier and crew paperwork consistent and traceable.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. For global co-productions our team sets up with local legal counsel on cross-border terms, intellectual-property assignment and the interaction of foreign and Czech law, and works alongside the production-insurance and licensing-rights workstreams so the full contractual picture — risk, rights and obligations — is consistent across every agreement.