Ireland

MEDIA
Film, television, and/or video work on any production support known or not yet known for any distribution platform intended for viewing.

MINIMUM PARTICIPATION
Bipartite:  15%
Multipartite:  10%

SHOOTING AND PERFORMERS – LAB WORK – VERSIONING/DUBBING

A work will be produced in the territory of a Party and may also be produced in the territory of a third-State producer.

The administrative authorities may, by mutual written consent, allow a work to be produced in the territory of a third-State or a non-party for storyline and/or creative reasons.

The administrative authorities may, by mutual written consent, allow technical services to be provided in the territory of one or more third-State or non-parties provided that producers demonstrate the non-availability of those services in the territory of either Party and provided that the value of such services does not exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the total production budget of a work.

(a) “Key Position” includes the following eight (8) positions, set out below by type of work:

(i) animation: author-director or director, screenwriter, music composer or sound designer, lead actor (voice) or second lead (voice), chief of animation/animation director, character model, supervisor/storyboard supervisor or chief picture editor/picture editor, special effects director or stereoscopy director and layout director;

(ii) documentary: author-director or director, screenwriter or researcher, music composer, lead actor or narrator, second lead actor or narrator, director of photography, art director or production designer and chief picture editor/picture editor;

(iii) fiction: author-director or director, screenwriter, music composer, lead actor, second lead actor, director of photography, art director or production designer and chief picture editor/picture editor;

(iv) for types of works, other than those listed above, such as non-linear digital works, the positions to be included in the key positions will be determined by joint written consent of the administrative coproduction authorities;

All eight (8) key positions may be filled by one or more nationals of either Party or as follows:

At least seven (7) of the eight (8) key positions in the production of a work will be filled by:

One or more Canadian nationals; and

One or more Irish nationals.

The remaining key position in the production of a work from subparagraph (a) may be filled by a third-State national or a non-party national.

Notwithstanding subparagraph (a), in a high budget work, a second key position out of the eight (8) in the production of the work, may be filled by a third-State national or a non-party national. Thresholds for high All dubbing services of a work, in English and French or the other Party’s official language(s), will be performed in the territory of one of the Parties or of a third-State producer.

All dubbing services of a work, in English and French or the other Party’s official language(s), will be performed in the territory of one of the Parties or of a third-State producer.