The Insider's Guide to Film Finance

4  Banking Documents

Lucy Walker and Philip Alberstat

 

I don't care, I do not want to be an investor in this movie. Unnamed banker to producer during lengthy conference call

 

 

Banks and Security Documents — An Introduction

This chapter looks at the form and content of the agreements that a bank typically will require a borrower to enter into in connection with a secured loan facility for the purposes of financing a film transaction.

This chapter is written on the basis that a film production partnership, or company, is the borrower and that the bank, as security for its loan facility, requires a charge and assignment over the borrower's rights in the film and key contracts in connection with the film. The content and principal terms of a ...