6 The Completion Guarantee

 

After we deliver, it's your problem mate!

Completion guarantor to sales agent

 

 

Completion Guarantees

A completion guarantee is a particular type of contract of insurance required by financiers and distributors of films to protect the investment they have made until such time as the film is delivered to them for exploitation. Completion guarantors are specialist companies who offer a form of insurance coverage against certain events that could prevent a film production from being completed.

Contributors to the financing of a production would lose their investment, without a hope of return, if a film was not completed for a particular reason. There are many reasons why a film may not complete. Running out of ...

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