Union & Non-Union Talent Management

Here is how this works in practice. We manage the buy-in and admin of talent in line with the labour framework that applies to a Czech production. Czech audiovisual work operates under the Czech Labour Code rather than a closed-shop union system, with industry practice shaped by bodies such as the APA, the Asociace producentů v audiovizi. Our team handles buy-in terms, working hours, rest periods, rates and welfare for cast, and makes sure the production meets its obligations to performers.

Here is the short of it. For global shoots, we also set up the needs that visiting cast may carry from their home areas. Performers engaged under guilds such as SAG-AFTRA or Equity bring their own union conditions. We manage those alongside Czech buy-in so both frameworks are satisfied.

Here is the breakdown. Getting talent running right in the Czech Republic protects both the production and the performers, and supports the wider compliance picture. Well logged buy-in underpins the production-insurance position and the qualifying-spend records for the State Cinematography Fund's 20% rebates, since the Fund expects clean, compliant forms. The Czech Republic's standing as a top service shoots hub — with deep, skilled, English-speaking crews and decades of global shoots at Barrandov Studios — means the local industry is well used to handling the interaction of Czech labour law and visiting global union obligations. We set up union and talent running with casting, contracts and talent releases so buy-in, rights and welfare are all steady and audit-ready.