ESSENTIAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK (ELF) is a seminar series that offers compact, hands-on information for film and TV professionals with an emphasis on legal and financial aspects.The main objectives of ESSENTIAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK are professionalization and the facilitation of collaboration and knowledge exchange among European professionals.Relevant topics | Hands-on information | Internationally acclaimed experts | ValuableNetworking.The training series consists of a portfolio of 4 seminars out of which we implement 3residential seminars and one e-learning course per year. The 2015 portfolio included:1. The Art of Negotiating Agreements for the Media Industry (residential seminar)This workshop aimed at enabling professionals to understand agreements and to negotiatethe best deal.Understanding agreements | Training the art of negotiation | Expert lectures and practicalExercises2. European Co-Production – Legal and Financial Aspects (residential seminar and e-course)The training offered relevant information on the various tax incentives and state subsidyprogrammes and gave participants the knowledge to successfully handle the complexities ofEuropean co-productions.How to successfully produce a European co-production | Funding strategies and legalFramework3. Digital Strategies – Financing, Marketing and Distributing 2.0 (residential seminar)In this seminar, we set out to equip film and TV producers (and distributors) with the basictools to help them to capitalize on the opportunities of the digital world.Crowd funding, cross media, social media, VoD | Strategies for multi-platform projects |Inspiring case studies