Join us for a workshop on copyright in film and audiovisual projects! Dr. Marek Bukowski, legal counsel and expert in intellectual property, will discuss the principles of protecting the rights of creators and producers, as well as practical aspects of copyright law.

The workshop is intended for filmmakers, producers, art students, and anyone interested in copyright in audiovisual projects.

WORKSHOPS: COPYRIGHT IN AUDIOVISUAL WORKS

WHERE: Academy of Fine Arts - Lecture hall 1, plac Jana Matejki 13, 30-063 Kraków
WHEN: 18 October 2025 (Saturday), 1 PM
LED BY: PhD in Law Marek Bukowski

FREE ADMISSION

Workshops Program:

1. Audiovisual work and its authors and co-authors.
2. Ownership and acquisition of rights to audiovisual work, and the rights of the film producer.
3. Moral and economic copyrights.
4. License agreements and assignments of economic copyrights.
5. Copyright clauses in contracts with the film producer. 
6. Copyright status of student etudes and diploma films.
7. Distribution of films during screenings, festivals, and on social media platforms.
8. Remuneration rights for filmmakers collected via collective management organizations.

Dr Marek Bukowski

Legal advisor and Doctor of Legal Sciences from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Jagiellonian University. Founder of the Bukowski & Wspólnicy Law Firm. Board member of the Wisława Szymborska Foundation.

He is a recognized expert and advisor in the field of intellectual property law, with extensive experience in the management, commercialization, and protection of intellectual property rights.

He is an esteemed lecturer and speaker at numerous domestic conferences. He runs specialist training courses and workshops for business, state institutions, research institutes, and universities.

He has had the honour of representing and managing publishing matters for Nobel Prize winners: Wisława Szymborska and Czesław Miłosz, as well as many other renowned authors and artists. For several years he has served as the compulsory administrator of the rights to the iconic cartoon characters – Bolek and Lolek.

He is the author of academic and professional publications in the field of intellectual property and co-author of the comprehensive and renowned commentary "Copyright and Related Rights. Commentary", published in 2014 by Wolters Kluwer publishing house.