Film Production Intern (m/f/d)

• Berlin (city), Paris (city)
• 11 septembre 2024
• Réf. FRDJOB2024091018436362

COPRODUCTION OFFICE LIMITED

JOB OUTLINE:

You will:

• work in an international and multilingual environment with a friendly and motivational atmosphere, alongside committed and team-oriented colleagues.
• gain insight on the independent film industry while working on unique films.
• perform the following tasks as a member of our Production team: 
  • Researching funds, investors, and credit lines
  • Conducting specific research related to individual film projects
  • Assisting with film budgets 
  • Assisting with cost reports for producers and financing partners
  • Assisting with the legal aspects of international co-productions
  • Preparing applications for the funding of films (German and European film and cinema funds)
  • Assisting the in-house producers in preparing and following up on shootings and post-production
  • Copywriting texts in German (for instance for press books or for funding applications), and occasionally translating into German
  • Participating in, and occasionally helping with, the organisation of test screenings of films in post-production
  • Updating monitoring tools
  • Interacting with all the departments of the Coproduction Office and facilitating administrative processes, and in particular communicating with the finance team at the Paris office. 
  • Participating in the bookkeeping for projects and being a point of contact for the accounting team 
  • Participating in the budgeting and reporting tasks related to film production
  • Scheduling (and occasionally attending) meetings with international partners 
  • Preparing and following up on meetings: logistics, recordings, transcripts, to do lists, coordinating and implementing follow ups.

You are:

• comfortable with writing texts and have an excellent command of English and German (written and spoken). A knowledge of French or Italian is a plus.
• Detail-oriented and deadline-focused
• Creative and able to think outside the box
• Able to demonstrate previous experience in the film industry (a plus) and an interest in financial topics 
• Passionate for cinema
• Flexible and proactive
• Proficient with Excel (budgets, cash-flows, etc.)
• Eloquent and have good social skills, are capable of interacting with professionals in different sectors: the film industry, the public sector, artists etc.
• Proficient in writing memorandums 
• Computer savvy and proficient in cloud-based applications and virtual workspaces 
• A To Do Lists lover

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