Arab Film Studio Production Management is targeted for all UAE nationals and residents with at least 3 fiction credits in the production department and in positions that include but not strictly limited to:

• POC and Assistant POC.
• Experienced Production Assistants.
• Production Accountants.
• Location Managers, Location Assistants and,
• Assistant Directors.
• Junior Production Managers or seasoned Production Assistants from the local TV or advertising industry may also be eligible.

The program will cover these topics, among others:

• Budgeting & Scheduling.
• Breaking down of scripts.
• Anatomy of the filmmaking process (from script to distribution).
• Job description and key elements that form the responsibilities to create a good production manager.
• How different departments work together (needs, issues, and those which may need more attention than others).
• Departmental structures, crew roles, film unit structures and hierarchies.
• Essential paperwork and memos / document trails.
• Confidentiality in production and distribution of information.
• The Production Office set up.
• Essential accounting procedures (purchase orders, cash flows, petty cash management) to ensure smooth tracking of costs and how to read cost reports.
• The Production Coordinator, being the production manager’s backbone.
• Rebates and tax/financial incentives.
• Crew & Cast contracting and deal memos.
• Health & Safety.
• General legal and insurance concerns.
• Fringes and the role of unions.
• The production flow in terms of paperwork and the process on set.

The course instructor is Malcolm Scerri-Ferrante; an accomplished Production Manager and Line Producer with more than 30 years of experience in films such as The Count of Monte Cristo, Eragon, Asterix & Obelix vs Cleopatra, Wickie the Viking and Netflix’ series Alexander The Making of a God. He has worked with directors Guy Ritchie, Kevin Reynolds, and Oliver Stone, among others.