Co-Productions

At times producers both in Australia and overseas approach DEMS about investing in a project. We can only be involved in projects that are filmed in Canberra’s AIE Studios and that make use of the virtual production facilities, hence only certain types of projects will get us excited to work with you. We are looking for established production companies but will work with new experienced producing teams.

DEMS will be responsible in organising the majority of loans and/or equity financing to the project.

All our co-productions require a female lead role or an ensemble cast with a significant female lead role. Secondly, DEMS will be responsible for the project such as the film’s budget, casting, pre-production, production, post-production, distribution and studio hire. While it will be your creative vision, we are ultimately responsible to bring this vision to life. You are expected to have a producing team that will work with our producing team, have secured a script and a degree of financing either from the marketplace and/or investors. Ideally you have a director attached, and possibly the Director of Photography. We do not expect cast to be attached.

Will your project is suitable for most of the filming to take place in a soundstage as a virtual production using a LED volume?

The majority of filming for our co-productions will be conducted in one or more sound stages using a virtual production volume. Will your story take advantage of the unique features of virtual production ? While LED stages can create the appearance of vast landscapes and environments, it can be difficult to simulate the scale and depth of real-world locations. This can make it challenging to create shots that require a wide field of view, such as aerial shots or sweeping landscapes. Stories that work well in this format are Science Fiction and Fantasy, because they often involve worlds and creatures that are difficult or expensive to create with traditional sets and practical effects. So before you approach us, think about the locations and how they could be filmed in a virtual production soundstage.

Does your project have significant VFX requirements?

While virtual productions require significant previz, pre-production 3D work and set construction prior to going into production, most of our projects need extensive visual effects. DEMS Entertainment works with experienced VFX and post houses for all our projects, however we also curate Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE) AIE’s VFX alumni into attachments into such organisations.

Next Steps?

If you wish to proceed under this basis, before we can review your project, we will require some information about your project and for you to enter into a Co-Producing Submission Policy and Release Agreement.

Please fill in this form and Co-Producing Submission Policy and Release Agreement, and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Co-Producing Submission Policy and Release Agreement

Dems Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (the “Company”) would like to thank you (the “Producer”) for your interest in submitting a piece of scripted literary material and supporting documents (the “Material”). We invite you to review our submission policy and procedures below. Please be aware that the Company will only accept and consider material if the Producer(s) sign and agree to the policies set forth and outlined below.

FULL OPTION RIGHTS/COPYRIGHT / OWNERSHIP OF THE SCREENPLAY, TREATMENT, OR SCRIPTED MATERIAL

Your submission will only be considered at your request, accompanied by a fully signed and executed release form, with your guarantee that you (and your co-producers if applicable) have current option rights or ownership rights of the scripted material and you have the legal right to submit the Material to the Company for consideration.

DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL IS NOT CONFIDENTIAL

You authorise the Company to discuss your Material with its employees and collaborators to evaluate its overall production potential. You furthermore acknowledge and understand that any consideration and discussion of your submission does not create a binding and confidential relationship.

SUBMISSION WITHOUT PREJUDICE

The Company’s consideration of the Material you submit, or negotiations to co-produce said Material, does not waive our right to research and confirm / contest your copyrights, trademarks, and intellectual property rights.

CONCEPTION BY THE COMPANY

The Company may already be exploring films, tv series, video games and ideas generated by employees or other outside sources that resemble your submission. In certain cases the Company may have considered your ideas in the past, or similar or identical ideas that may have been generated independently. Therefore, you agree to renounce any claim that the Company misappropriated any ideas or portions of your submission in any future Company productions.

Dear Dems Entertainment Pty. Ltd,

I (the Producer) am submitting to you (the Company) the enclosed material (the Material) including information relating to the financial and business affairs of the Producer, including but not limited to; screenplays, lookbook, financial models, film and television return on investments, marketplace parameters, sales estimates, distribution ultimates, recoupmnt schedules, marketing budgets, production budgets, projection figures, information memoranda, fundraising plans and figures and financial information about distributors, sales agents and other investors. and other supporting information for a project entitled:

The Material is submitted on the following conditions:

I acknowledge that because of your position in the entertainment industry you receive numerous co-production requests and submissions of ideas, formats, stories, and the like and that many such co-production submissions received by you are similar to or identical to those developed by you or your employees or otherwise available to you. I agree that I will not be entitled to any compensation because of the use by you of any such similar idea or material.
I further understand that you would refuse to accept and evaluate said material in the absence of my acceptance of each and all of the provisions of this agreement. I shall retain all rights to submit this or similar material to persons other than you. I acknowledge that no fiduciary or confidential relationship now exists between you and me, and I further acknowledge that no such relationships are established between you and me by reason of this agreement or by reason of my submission to you of said Material
I request that you read and evaluate said Material to decide whether you will undertake efforts to co-produce.
I represent that I have the exclusive, unconditional right and authority to submit and / or convey said Material to you upon the terms and conditions set forth herein
I agree to indemnify you from and against any and all claims, expenses, losses, or liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and punitive damages) that may be asserted against you or incurred by you at any time in connection with said Material, or any use thereof, including without limitation those arising from any breach of the warranties and promises given by me herein.
I agree to give you written notice of any claim arising in connection with said Material or arising in connection with this agreement, within sixty calendar days after I acquire knowledge of such claim.
In the event of any dispute concerning said Material or concerning any claim of any kind or nature arising in connection with said Material or arising in connection with this agreement, such dispute will be submitted to binding arbitration. Each party hereby waives any and all rights and benefits which he or it may otherwise have or be entitled to under the laws of the Australian Capital Territory to litigate any such dispute in court, it being the intention of the parties to arbitrate all such disputes. Either party may commence arbitration proceedings by giving the other party written notice thereof by registered mail and proceeding thereafter in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration in accordance with the ACICA Expedited Arbitration Rules, irrespective of whether or not the dispute, controversy or claim arose prior to this Agreement. The arbitration shall be conducted in Canberra, Australia, and shall be governed by and subject to the laws of the Australian Capital Territory and the then prevailing ACICA Expedited Arbitration Rules. The parties agree to modify Article 24.6 such that there shall be a hearing. The parties agree to modify Article 28 such that the Arbitrator shall make a final award within six months of the appointment of the Arbitrator, unless such period is extended by the Arbitrator in consultation with the parties. The arbitrators’ award shall be final and binding and a judgment upon the award may be enforced by the courts of the Australian Capital Territory.
I hereby acknowledge and agree that there are no prior or contemporaneous oral agreements in effect between you and me pertaining to said Material, or pertaining to any material (including, but not limited to, agreements pertaining to the submission by me of any ideas, formats, plots, characters, or the like). I further agree that no other obligations exist or shall exist or be deemed to exist unless and until a formal written agreement has been prepared and entered into by both you and me, and then our and my rights and obligations shall be only as are expressed in said formal written agreement.
I understand that whenever the word “you” or “your” is used above, it refers to (1) you, (2) any company affiliated with you by way of common stock ownership or otherwise, (3) your subsidiaries, (4) subsidiaries of such affiliated companies, (5) any firm, person or corporation to whom you are leasing production facilities, (6) clients of any subsidiary or affiliated company of yours, and (7) the officers, agents, servants, employees, stockholders, clients, successors and assigns of you, and of all such person, corporations referred to in (1) through (6) hereof. If said material is submitted by more than one person, the word “I” shall be deemed changed to “we,” and this agreement will be binding jointly and severally upon all the persons so submitting said material.
Should any provision or part of any provision be void or unenforceable, such provision or part thereof shall be deemed omitted, and this agreement with such provision or part thereof shall remain in full force and effect.
This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Australian Capital Territory applicable to agreement executed and to be fully performed therein.
I have read and understand this agreement and no oral representations of any kind have been made to me and this agreement states our entire understanding with reference to the subject matter hereof. Any modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this agreement must be in writing and signed by both of us. I agree with the terms and conditions.

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