Association of Slovene Film Producers
Membership
Membership is voluntary and by invitation, and is open to Slovenian film producers and to professionals from other countries engaged in the production of Slovenian films. In order to be accepted as a member of the FPS, the producer must have produced at least one major full-length film distributed in cinemas nationwide or one full-length television work broadcast simultaneously across the territory of Slovenia. Those with a university-level qualification in film production are also eligible for membership. The FPS is made up of three bodies: the management board, the supervisory board and the honorary tribunal, which decides on breaches of the association's code of ethics.
Activities
FPS activities can be divided broadly into public- and profession-facing.
The former includes public presentations of the association's work in the form of conferences, symposiums, masterclasses, workshops, film showings, festivals and retrospectives, and collaboration with educational, academic and research institutions with the aim of producing research and teaching content in the field of film production. It also includes general social education in the area of film in terms of encouraging the public to consider the role of film more broadly within society.
The latter covers the organisation of education and training for FPS members in the form of seminars and courses, and collaboration with similar organisations in Slovenia and around the world, particularly in the area of international co-production. One particularly important function is that of monitoring film industry legislation, and discussing any legislation-related issues with the Ministry of Culture and the Slovenian Film Centre. To this end, it has frequently joined other representative and guild organisations
See also
- Directors Guild of Slovenia
- Institute of Authors, Performers and Producers of Audiovisual Works of Slovenia (AIPA)
- Slovenian Federation of Filmmakers' Guilds
- Slovenian Film Centre