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Financing a Film - Monday, February 8th
(3 cpe/cle credits)
6:00 PM Registration & Networking Reception
7:00 PM Financing a Film Workshop
Representatives from various perspectives in a film financing transaction will take you through a sample
transaction from the initial stages to securing financing and closing the transactions. You will receive
practical advice and information to utilize in financing your projects. Our panel will provide practical advice
and analyze and discuss the issues that arose during the financing process.
9:45 PM Open Forum: Q&A with Panel
10:00 PM Workshop Concludes
Film Finance Summit - Tuesday, February 9th
(5.5 cpe/cle credits)
8:00 AM Breakfast & Summit Registration
8:45 AM Welcome & Introductions
9:00 AM Current Financing Trends & State of the Industry
This panel will discuss what is being financed, how they are being financed and who is financing films in this
economic recovery. This panel will also analyze the current state of the industry, the impact of major
problems from the credit crisis and the importance of tax credits and gap financing.
10:00 AM Networking Break
10:20 AM Financing Content
This panel will cover the primary sources of financing content in the economic credit crunch for television and
film -- debt, equity, presale and soft money. We will explore the roll debt lenders and the conditions a
producer and filmmaker need to satisfy to secure funding from commercial banks, private equity and other
sources of financing for content.
11:40 PM Branded Content Financing and Production Strategies
Many brands are finding it harder and harder to get their products in front of consumers and are turning to
the Internet, mobile and other platforms to gain exposure. This panel will look at ways that major brands are
using content to promote their products but also entertain audiences. The panel will analyze how advertising
agencies, producers and product integration are now key elements in the content financing chain.
12:45 PM Networking Luncheon
2:15 PM Consuming Content in the Transmedia World
This high level panel of studio execs, academics and content creators will look at how we are now consuming
content in the new digital world and the impact of technology on our viewing habits. Panelists will look at
current trends for producing and marketing content on multiple platforms available to consumers and how the
way we consume content will change.
3:35 PM International Financing
This will be an insider’s look at an international financing and will discuss the advantages and disadvantages
in filming in various country’s as well as accessing funds, grants, treaties, tax credits & shelters available
globally.
4:35 PM Closing Remarks & Open Forum for Questions
5:00 PM Summit Concludes / Networking Reception
Taxation of the Film & TV Industries - Wed., February 10th
(3.25 cpe/cle credits)
8:00 AM Registration & Breakfast
8:45 AM Introduction & Overview to Taxation of the Film & TV Industries Workshop
9:00 AM Tax Planning for the Film & TV Industry
This session will provide an overview of federal tax issues impacting the film and television industry, including
Section 409A, loan-out corporations, deductions; income forecast amortization, income recognition, inbound
and outbound international tax issues, withholding, independent contractor qualification, and characterization
and taxation of various financing transactions.
10:30 AM Refreshment Break
10:45 AM State Tax Incentives Update & Financing Tax Credits
With states offering 20 – 40% in tax incentives, credits and rebates, where you shoot has become a critical
part of financing because it is a way to lay off some of the financial risks. This panel will discuss the States
with the best incentives, the requirements to file for the tax credit, what the incentives cover, the filing
process and how to cash flow credits and rebates. The Incentives Office WINTER 2010 GUIDE TO U.S.
PRODUCTION INCENTIVES will be distributed at the workshop.
12:45 PM Workshop Concludes
(3 cpe/cle credits)
6:00 PM Registration & Networking Reception
7:00 PM Financing a Film Workshop
Representatives from various perspectives in a film financing transaction will take you through a sample
transaction from the initial stages to securing financing and closing the transactions. You will receive
practical advice and information to utilize in financing your projects. Our panel will provide practical advice
and analyze and discuss the issues that arose during the financing process.
- Accessing the economics of the deal
- Creating an effective package: business plans, budgets, letters of intent, pre-sales, chain of title
- Understanding the key legal agreements
- Identifying key players in the financing transaction
- Tax and accounting issues
- Completion bonds, credit insurance
- Moderator:
David Steinberg, Partner, Heenan Blaikie
Panel:
Nicholas Tabarrok, Owner, Darius Films
David Henry, Senior Vice President, U.S. Bank
Jeff Sanders, Managing Partner, Roberts Ritholz Levy Sanders Chidekel & Fields
9:45 PM Open Forum: Q&A with Panel
10:00 PM Workshop Concludes
Film Finance Summit - Tuesday, February 9th
(5.5 cpe/cle credits)
8:00 AM Breakfast & Summit Registration
8:45 AM Welcome & Introductions
9:00 AM Current Financing Trends & State of the Industry
This panel will discuss what is being financed, how they are being financed and who is financing films in this
economic recovery. This panel will also analyze the current state of the industry, the impact of major
problems from the credit crisis and the importance of tax credits and gap financing.
- Moderator:
Jeff Sanders, Managing Partner, Roberts, Ritholz, Levy, Sanders, Chidekel & Fields
Panel:
Roy Salter, Principal, The Salter Group
Mark C. Manuel, Executive Vice President, Lionsgate Entertainment
Peter Graham, Principal, 120dB Films
David Friedman, Executive Vice President, Summit Entertainment
10:00 AM Networking Break
10:20 AM Financing Content
This panel will cover the primary sources of financing content in the economic credit crunch for television and
film -- debt, equity, presale and soft money. We will explore the roll debt lenders and the conditions a
producer and filmmaker need to satisfy to secure funding from commercial banks, private equity and other
sources of financing for content.
- Moderator:
P. John Burke, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Panel
Stefan Litt, CFO, Sony Pictures
Morgan Rector, Head of Entertainment, Comerica Bank
Joseph Cohen, President, American Entertainment Investors
11:40 PM Branded Content Financing and Production Strategies
Many brands are finding it harder and harder to get their products in front of consumers and are turning to
the Internet, mobile and other platforms to gain exposure. This panel will look at ways that major brands are
using content to promote their products but also entertain audiences. The panel will analyze how advertising
agencies, producers and product integration are now key elements in the content financing chain.
- Moderator:
Philip Alberstat, Partner, Fuel Industries
Panel:
Steven Amato, Partner, Omelet
Amber J. Lawson, Controller of Comedy, Babelgum Networks
Michael Bellavia, President, Animax Entertainment
Daniel Tibbets, Executive Vice President & Studio Chief, GoTV Networks
12:45 PM Networking Luncheon
2:15 PM Consuming Content in the Transmedia World
This high level panel of studio execs, academics and content creators will look at how we are now consuming
content in the new digital world and the impact of technology on our viewing habits. Panelists will look at
current trends for producing and marketing content on multiple platforms available to consumers and how the
way we consume content will change.
- Moderator:
Philip Alberstat, Partner, Fuel Industries
Panel:
Henry Jenkins, is the Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts at the
University of Southern California
Stuart W. Volkow, VP, Strategy and Development, The Institute
Steven Hein, Vice-President of Digital and Short Form Content, 20th Century Fox
3:35 PM International Financing
This will be an insider’s look at an international financing and will discuss the advantages and disadvantages
in filming in various country’s as well as accessing funds, grants, treaties, tax credits & shelters available
globally.
- Moderator:
David Steinberg, Partner, Heenan Blaikie
Panel:
Tony Beaudoin, Executive Producer, Tower Hill Entertainment
Ortwin Freyermuth, Esq., Freyermuth & Associates Inc
Eva Schmieg, Partner, Heenan Blaikie
4:35 PM Closing Remarks & Open Forum for Questions
5:00 PM Summit Concludes / Networking Reception
Taxation of the Film & TV Industries - Wed., February 10th
(3.25 cpe/cle credits)
8:00 AM Registration & Breakfast
8:45 AM Introduction & Overview to Taxation of the Film & TV Industries Workshop
9:00 AM Tax Planning for the Film & TV Industry
This session will provide an overview of federal tax issues impacting the film and television industry, including
Section 409A, loan-out corporations, deductions; income forecast amortization, income recognition, inbound
and outbound international tax issues, withholding, independent contractor qualification, and characterization
and taxation of various financing transactions.
- Schuyler M. Moore, Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
10:30 AM Refreshment Break
10:45 AM State Tax Incentives Update & Financing Tax Credits
With states offering 20 – 40% in tax incentives, credits and rebates, where you shoot has become a critical
part of financing because it is a way to lay off some of the financial risks. This panel will discuss the States
with the best incentives, the requirements to file for the tax credit, what the incentives cover, the filing
process and how to cash flow credits and rebates. The Incentives Office WINTER 2010 GUIDE TO U.S.
PRODUCTION INCENTIVES will be distributed at the workshop.
- Co-Moderators:
Dama Claire, Production Executive, The Incentives Office
Jeff Begun, Production Executive, The Incentives Office
Panel:
Jamie Cope, Location Services Manager, West Virginia Film Office
Bruce Deichl, President, Tax Credits LLC
Anthony Gudas, Managing Member, Tax Credit Finance LLC
Amy Lemisch, Director, California Film Commission
Vince Porter, Executive Director, The Governor's Office of Film & Television, Oregon Film
12:45 PM Workshop Concludes
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