Statute
HISTORY AND STRUCTURE OF CZECH FILM AND TELEVISION ACADEMY
On 15th of June 1995 Mr. Peter Vachler – Vachler Art Company, signed a founding letter of Czech Film and Television Academy. The purpose of the Academy was to raise the prestige of Czech films and television shows home and abroad, to support the co-operation among artists and producers, to help young artists, to support worthy film and television projects, to create an effective communication net between local production centres, to inform foreign media about film and television industry in Czech Republic, to inform investors and sponsors about the possibilities of financial support for Czech projects, to document other film-related activities in Czech Republic. Academy, which was started as a foundation, later transformed itself into publicly beneficial organisation.
To create inner structure of the Academy, the Board accepted this
STATUTE
I. Name of the publicly beneficial organisation
Czech Film and Television Academy, publicly beneficial organisation (CFTA).
II. Founder
Czech Film and Television Academy foundation, located at V zálomu 10, Praha 4, ICO: 63833093.
III. Address
CFTA is located at V zálomu 10, Praha 4.
IV. Publicly beneficial services
CFTA was founded to provide below listed publicly beneficial services:
a. organizing of artistic productions
b. as a judging body for the prestigious annual Czech Lion Awards in cooperation with VAC
c. deciding about nominations for AMPAS annual awards
d. publishing of periodicals and other materials promoting above mentioned service
e.organizing of festivals and screenings
f.coordinating the presentation of Czech Republic in cases where selection is asked for
g. creating a database of actors and other film professionals in Czech Republic
h. publishing of yearbooks documenting the whole film production in Czech Republic
V. Supporting activities
To fully use the assets, CFTA will be further active in the field of:
a. gathering of financial assets
b. PR and advertising
c. distribution of film souvenirs and memorabilia
d. raising the public awareness of film and television arts, supporting the cooperation among the industry professionals, support of young artists and valuable artistic achievements
Article VI. Conditions for receiving the publicly beneficial services
Publicly beneficial services will be offered to subjects, who actively raise the prestige of film and television arts in agreement with law and this statute. The Board of directors is the deciding body.
Article VII. Time span
The CFTA is founded for unlimited amount of time.
Article VIII. The Academy
1. CFTA approves so-called Academy Members under below-listed conditions. A Member of the Academy must be a physical person. It can be a foreign citizen.
2. The first members of the Presidium are Members of the Academy.
3. The right of Academy membership belongs to:
- all AMPAS Awards winners
-all European Film Awards winners
- all AMPAS and EFA nominees
- all Czech Lion winners, except the most viewed and the best foreign film
- leading film personalities nominated by Presidium members and approved by 3/5 majority of the presidium
4. In case of the foreign above-mentioned awards the membership right belongs to the director and the producer.
5. The presidium can award an honorary membership. Honorary members are excluded from the dues mentioned in clause 8.
6. The members of the Academy decide in causes described in Article IV, clauses bcf. Honorary members are excluded from the decision process.
7. The assembly of the Academy is summoned by the President on dates specified by the Presidium.
8. All Academy Members are obliged to pay a yearly membership fee of Kc 300,-. After reaching the age of 62, membership fee is reduced to Kc 100,-.
Article IX. Structure of CFTA
Presidium
1. The governing body of the CFTA is the Presidium.
2. The Presidium has 15 members, while the founder is a fixed member. Other 14 members are founder – appointed for the period of three years.
3. The Presidium selects a President from their ranks.
4. The President decides in matters given to his competition by this statute.
5. The Presidium assembles at least four times a year. The assembly is summoned by the president. If three members of the presidium request an assembly in writing, the President has to comply.
6. The Presidium is able to make decisions, if the majority of its members is present. The Presidium decides with 3/5 majority of present members. If the number of votes is equally split, the President has the deciding vote.
The Board
1. The Board is the statutory body of the publicly beneficial company.
2. The Board has 6 members.
3. The member of the Board must be a CFTA member, with full legal responsibility, he must not be an employee of the CFTA.
4. The membership of the Board is a three-year term.
5. A member can not serve more than two terms in a row. After two terms, he is eligible for a new membership after an intermission lasting at least a year.
6. The members of the board select a Chairman from their ranks. The chairman summons the assembly and the meetings.
7. The members of the board have an equal voting right. With votes split equally, the Chairman has the deciding vote. The board is able to make decisions, if more than half of its members are present. The majority of present members is needed to reach a decision.
8. Board members are approved by founder.
9. After the first board is named, the ballot decides the names of one third of the members, whose term will end after one year, and one third, whose term will end after two years.
10. The membership of the board ends with:
- end of term
- death
- resignation
- recalling
11. The founder recalls members of the board for the reasons specified in this document as valid.
12. If there is no founder nor a person appointed with his rights, member of the board will be recalled by the municipal office responsible according to the site of the publicly beneficial company.
13. On the next board meeting new members of the board must be found for the vacated positions.
14. The board has these areas of responsibility:
- within six months of the founding of CFTA to publish statutes designing the inner structure of CFTA. The facts in the statutes must comply with the facts in the founding document,
- Confirmation of the changes made in the founding document accordingly with the law,
- Decision to cancel CFTA and to reassign its property to another publicly beneficial company,
- To focus on the goals, for which CFTA was founded,
- To confirm the CFTA budget, budget changes and the clerical costs
- To confirm the yearly financial audit and annual report,
- To decide on supporting activities of CFTA above the frame defined in the founding document
- To confirm any lease or sale of CFTA property
- To the Director of CFTA, supervise his activities and confirm his salary
- Do decide in other areas of responsibility assigned in the founding document
15. The board holds meetings at least twice a year.
16. The publicly beneficial company is represented on the outside by the Chairman of the Board. Documents are signed by him, with Chairmans signature next to the rubber stamp of the publicly beneficial company.
THE DIRECTOR
1. The Director must be a physical person.
2. The director must not be a member of the company Board or the Supervisory Board. He has the right to attend meetings of the Board. He has an advisory voice.
3. The Director supervises the activities of CFTA, unless they are delegated to Board or another CFTA structure. The Director represents CFTA on the outside. His powers are delegated to him by the Board on the day of his appointment.
THE SUPERVISORY BOARD
1. The Supervisory Board examines all activities of CFTA.
2. The Supervisory Board has three members. The members vote a Chairman who calls and leads the meetings.
3. The first Supervisory Board is named by the founder. Unless the law says otherwise, the rules about the membership of Supervisory Board are the same as about the company Board.
4. Supervisory Board
- examines the accounting and the annual report of CFTA.
- Once a year reports to the Board about Its activities
- supervises the accordance of CFTA activities with founding document
5. Supervisory Board has the power to
- propose the demise of the director to the Board
- to look into all accounting records and to prove their validity
- to call a Board meeting, if the interests of CFTA demand it
6. The members of the Supervisory Board have the right to attend the meetings of the Board and the right to speak there.
7. The Supervisory Board must inform the Board about any unlawful activities, discord with statutes or founding document, wasteful financing or any other misconduct.
Article X. The Financial Input of the Founder
The founder invests five thousand crowns (Kc 5 000,-) into the CFTA funds.
Article XI The Annual Report
1. CFTA publishes an annual report about its activities and funding on the date set by the Board. The date must be not later than six months after the end of calendar year.
2. CFTA must publish the first annual report not later than one month from its founding.
3. Annual reports must be made public.
XII CFTA Funds
1. The funds necessary for reaching its goals will come from following sources:
- founders donations
- donations of companies
- income from CFTA activities
- funds of CFTA
- state support
- membership fees
2. CFTA funds can be only used for publicly beneficial services, supporting CFTA activities and for securing the functioning of CFTA, which means the employees wages, buying of CFTA property and travel expenses, all based on accounting supervised by the Director.
XIII. Cancelation, liquidation and dissolution of CFTA
1. CFTA becomes dissolved on the day it is deleted from the Commercial Register.
2. The dissolution of the company is preceded by its winding-up, either with or without liquidation. Liquidation is not required, if the winding up is executed through merger, consolidation or division.
3. CFTA can only execute merger or consolidation with another publicly beneficial company or divide into other publicly beneficial companies.
XIII. Closing remarks
1. Changes of this statute are only possible through decision of the Board of Directors.
2. CFTA is legally based on the Publicly Beneficial Companies Act, other generally binding legal sources and its statute.
3. CFTA is active on the territory of Czech Republic. If it is necessary to execute its tasks, it can be active outside of that territory.