Lady plans to raise 27.2 million euros in 2022

The General Assembly of AGITATE, Audiovisual Authors' Right Management Entity, has approved its budgets by 2022, as well as an update of its statutes.

The approved budget estimates that, for the closing of 2021, the collection of the entity ascends to 25.4 million euros, exceeding the budgeted twelve months before 1.78%. Lady plans to close 2022 above 27.2 million euros.

This growth of 6.96% planned for 2022 is mainly due to Increased collection on video on demand platforms, which already exceeds in the budgets of 2022 the 3.7 million. In addition, the Public recovery that goes to film rooms It is reflected in an increase in the collection budget for that channel of 105.13%, to reach 2.8 million euros. The distribution of budgeted rights will reach 23.12 million euros, with a growth of 7.05%. The Digital television operators are maintained as the main source of copyright collection, contributing more than 13 million euros to the cast.

As for affiliation, Lady continues to grow and close 2021 with 1,837 (which represents an increase of 11.46% compared to the previous year), after the arrival to the entity of numerous directors and scriptwriters of daily series. With the new additions that will be made effective as of January 1, the entity's number of partners will exceed the 2,000 CREATORS. In the field of management, the budget maintains its competitive administration discount, of 10%; 5% in the case of the rights obtained abroad.

Improvement in aid

Given the persistence of the difficult situation caused by the pandemic, the assembly has decided to expand the Social Aid Plan which makes available to its partners, based on their own demands. Specifically, a 15.67% The budget for welfare and promotional funds, which will have an endowment of 1.48 million euros, compared to the previous 1.28 million, quantities that can be used to develop new projects and strengthen those already initiated.

In addition, the General Assembly has approved an update of the Statutes, General Regulations and Delivery, and of the Management Contract; instruments that the organization has renewed in the mood of updating the last laws and continuing to guarantee efficient and transparent management.

Lady's 2021

Beyond its management and distribution of rights, the year that ends has been especially significant for AGITATE For different initiatives. The project “Plane change”, Which analyzes and promotes diversity in the Spanish audiovisual sector, and the birth of the collection Dynamic printing press (edited next to the ECAM And in collaboration with Caimán Film Notebooks), A line of publications that makes readers available to the performance of the film profession, in addition to theoretical and informative reflections.

During the last months of 2021, lady made available to its partners its new headquarters: a place with rooms for the work and meetings of the members of the organization, with three small auditoriums that have been the scene in the celebration of acts: closed passes of films and series of members of the entity, as The daughter or Hit; The presentation of the script of Parallel mothers; o Training courses for partners, for example, about Branded Content.

In addition, programs such as "Lady Aid", "Lady Short" and "Lady Help Series" have offered audiovisual authors the opportunity to shape and continuity to their projects, and even take them to the screens. They have also returned "Lady's Tuesdays", the cycles of conferences, round tables and courses with cinema and television as a central axis, by the hand of prominent professionals in the audiovisual industry. To the extent that the health situation allows, Lady intends to intensify in 2022 these activities more linked to the strengthening of the professional script and direction ecosystem.