Film Distribution Contract

[sheen2608]

I reside in India and I was approached by a media distribution company based in Miami in September, through a film festival in Nigeria. I signed and sent them the contract in December 2018. The contract states that the Law of state of New York is applicable. I received no confirmation or any other information from them until this week. This time they asked me for the required deliverables and sent me a new contract dated 2019, with minor changes. My question is if I have not received a signed copy of the contract dated 2018 from them up until now, can I bow out of the contract with any hassle? The contract does mention that it is not binding upon either Party until a copy of this Agreement has been executed by each Party and has been delivered to the other Party.

 

[Taxing Matters]

The contract does mention that it is not binding upon either Party until a copy of this Agreement has been executed by each Party and has been delivered to the other Party.

That would seem to answer your question. Without having read the entire contract and knowing the background I cannot say if there is an argument to be made here that there is a contract in effect, however.

 

[quincy]

I reside in India and I was approached by a media distribution company based in Miami in September, through a film festival in Nigeria. I signed and sent them the contract in December 2018. The contract states that the Law of state of New York is applicable. I received no confirmation or any other information from them until this week. This time they asked me for the required deliverables and sent me a new contract dated 2019, with minor changes. My question is if I have not received a signed copy of the contract dated 2018 from them up until now, can I bow out of the contract with any hassle? The contract does mention that it is not binding upon either Party until a copy of this Agreement has been executed by each Party and has been delivered to the other Party.

The contracts need to be personally reviewed in their entirety and more facts are needed to tell you if you are legally bound by the terms of the contract you previously signed.

What "deliverables" were you required to send for this Nigerian film festival? I believe the dates for the festival were February 12 and 13 of this year, according to their online publication.

 

[quincy]

No advertisement in my post. It's a link to a relevant article about a film company with an office in NY and a conference room in Miami.

The Nigerian Film Festival mentioned in this thread has already come and gone for 2019.

 

[Los-Angeles]

The Nigerian Film Festival mentioned in this thread has already come and gone for 2019.

Yeah I know! I'm alerting him to a side topic -- distributors.

 

[PayrollHRGuy]

Yeah I know! I'm alerting him to a side topic -- distributors.

He signed up here on the March 13th and has not returned.

 

[Just Blue]

Yeah I know! I'm alerting him to a side topic -- distributors.

Admin has already edited this thread and did not repost your link. Lets let this old thread go back to it's grave.

 

[quincy]

Yeah I know! I'm alerting him to a side topic -- distributors.

sheen resides in India so sheen probably should seek assistance on any other legal issues in India.

 

[Just Blue]

sigh...


Should we call it the Walking Thread?? ...lol...get it?

 

[quincy]

sigh...


Should we call it the Walking Thread?? ...lol...get it?

Haha. Yup.

I guess the moderator has a few more posts to edit out of this thread now to get it sent back to March (where it belongs).

Although, if we keep this thread going long enough, it will be time for the 2020 film festival.