Happy Thursday, Creative Army!

As many of you already know, Stage 32 Certification has been working tirelessly to bring new film commissions, institutes, colleges, streamers, and other organizations into the mix. This week we’re welcoming the Polish Film Institute to Stage 32 Education!

Together, we’ll be training people looking to work above and below the line in Poland in support of the rebates, incentives, and the production companies and streamers looking to film locally. This will continue our mission to provide opportunities to those who didn’t have the same level of access before.

To learn more, click HERE or on my video below!

What Is The Polish Film Institute?

The Polish Film Institute was established in 2005 to support the development of Polish cinematography and filmmaking. They work to allocate funds to support local audiovisual production, including scripted and unscripted feature films, television series, and animated, and documentary projects. They even provide reimbursement for production costs of qualified applicants who film in Poland or are involved in relevant international co-productions.

You can learn more about the organization and its application process HERE.

A Perfect Partnership

The Polish Film Institute is joining the ranks of well over a dozen international and domestic film commissions that are dedicated to Stage 32 Certification’s mission to bring more production opportunities to places around the world and have more qualified people locally to bring them to life. This group already includes Costa Rica, Cyprus, Slovakia, Canacine Mexico, Houston, Nevada, Oregon, Dallas, Montana, Louisiana Baton Rouge, Central Pennsylvania, St. Petersburg/Clearwater, and the Location Managers Guild International. And we’re in talks with more and more every day!

The Polish Film Institute is committed to their local professionals being trained in the below Stage 32 Certification courses:

• BUDGET CREATION
• TAX INCENTIVE MANAGEMENT
• PRODUCTION SCHEDULING
• PRODUCTION CALL SHEETS
• PRODUCTION ACCOUNTING
• COST REPORTING
• PAYROLL ACCOUNTING & MANAGEMENT
• FINAL DELIVERY ELEMENTS FOR A TV SERIES
• TALENT ATTACHMENT AGREEMENTS
• PRODUCTION CREW AGREEMENTS
• INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION AGREEMENTS
• OPTION/PURCHASE/SHOPPING AGREEMENTS
• FEATURE FILM FINANCING AGREEMENTS
• INVESTOR AGREEMENTS FOR FILMS
• CONTENT DISTRIBUTION & SALES AGENCY AGREEMENTS FOR FILMS

All course graduates - whether you are individually certified or master certified - will be listed in a new database accessible by regional film commissions and production companies hiring in Poland and the hundreds of fast-growing production hotspots around the world.

Stage 32’s Certification:

If you're interested in registering for Stage 32 Certification, you can do so NOW!

Stage 32 Certification courses are taught by highly experienced experts in their fields across the entertainment industry, including Paramount’s Director of Production Maegan Philmore, ViacomCBS Senior Production Finance Manager Shalonda Ware, former head of production at eOne and Carsey Warner Courtney Conte, the legal team at the prestigious Los Angeles-based entertainment firm Ramo Law, Wrapbook’s tax incentive expert Ryan Broussard, film producer and DGA member Korey Pollard and many more.

These courses focus on bedrock production skills such as Production Accounting, Cost Reporting, Production Management & more! Each course requires you to take a test at the end that you must pass to be entered into the Film Commission & Production Company Database. To see this for yourself, click HERE!

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