New panel event series by Non-Multiplex Cinema in partnership
with Co-Production Factory:
FILM
MEANS BUSINESS
First event:
Face the
Funders -
finance your film in the UK
Date: Thursday 9th September 2010
Time: 7pm till 10pm - intermission for
drinks - networking before & after event
Venue: Deloitte Auditorium, 1st
Floor, 2 New Street Square, London EC4A 3TR
Panellists to include:
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Maggie Ellis - Head of Production & Talent Development, Film London
Maggie is responsible for the production and talent development unit of
Film London, vertically integrating all of the agency's commissioning of
film and training through production. She has responsibility for
managing the challenging and innovative micro-budget feature film fund,
as well as FLAMIN (Film London Artists' Moving Image Network). |
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David Marlow - Producer & Consultant (SilverLight Media)
David has over thirty years experience in film & television and has
developed, produced and secured finance for a wide range of productions.
At panel he will focus on the UK Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) from
the producer's point of view and will outline a viable model for funding
mid-budget UK feature films under current tax and economic conditions. |
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Agnieszka Moody - Media Desk UK
Agnieszka is director of the
MEDIA Desk UK, responsible for promoting the European funding programme,
MEDIA 2007, in the UK as well as giving information and advice about it.
She has helped over three hundred British companies secure EU funding
for media projects. Her prior experience is in independent film
production in the UK and abroad. |
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Phil Rymer - Media Lawyer & Executive Producer
Phil has over 17
years experience in both independent and studio production. Before
establishing Rymer Media Law, he was General Manager and Director of
Legal and Business Affairs for Mel Gibson's Icon Entertainment. Prior to
this he successfully funded a slate of UK productions for Ruby Films,
including The Other Boleyn Girl and Sylvia.
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Karl Dye -
Film Finance, Coutts Bank
Commercial Banker, Media Team:- film production
finance against pre-sale cover (contract discounting) and other collateral;
providing working capital against the value of intellectual property rights;
understanding and working with available tax schemes; production account
management. |
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Martin Carr - Producer (Formosa Films)
Martin has many years
experience as a feature film & TV producer, having worked with some of
the UK's best writing and directing talents, such as Geoff Thompson and
Danny Boyle. Formosa Films' first feature 'CLUBBED' was funded with a
combination of EIS, UK Film Tax Credit and regional finance. Followed
this year by the film 'twenty8k', written by Paul Abbott. |
Ticket price: £25. !40% discount! Only £15, be quick before the price goes up!
Places are non-refundable. When paying for someone else or for
more than one person, please email the name(s) to
filmmeansbusiness@nonmultiplexcinema.com.
Non-Multiplex
Cinema &
Co-Production Factory
present
New,
open-ended series of panel and networking events.
The
aim: to get independent film-makers to be confident, business-minded, informed
and ready to meet their goals.
Events
to be held regularly, at quarterly intervals, to ensure that film-makers become
increasingly familiar and at ease with their peers and counterparts in the UK
film industry.
Barriers
to success end now. Filmmaking means business.
Future 'FILM MEANS BUSINESS' events:
The
Hawking, The Talking -
Sales, Distribution and Pitching
Get it in
Writing -
Legal Aspects of Filmmaking
All Hail
the Producer! -
War Stories from Film-Makers who have made their First Feature
Pick Your
Partner -
Co-Productions and Alternative Sources of Finance
Would you like to be on the panel? Then email for more details
to
filmmeansbusiness@nonmultiplexcinema.com
Further events to be
planned
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