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Non-Multiplex Cinema

presents a series of panel events

FILM MEANS BUSINESS

in collaboration with

Co-Production Factory

 
Non-Multiplex Cinema & Co-Production Factory are organizing a new open-ended series of panel and networking events aimed at encouraging independent film-makers to be confident, business minded, informed and ready to meet their goals.

Events are 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 here.

Let filmmaking mean 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 and after event
VENUE: Deloitte Auditorium, 1st Floor, 2 New Street Square, London EC4 map
 

BOOK ONLINE: Limited early bird discount of only £15 (full price £25).
Your name

Places are non-refundable. When paying for someone else or for more than one person, please email the name(s) to
filmmeansbusiness@nonmultiplexcinema.com.

 

PANELLISTS:

Maggis Ellis 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).
David Marlow  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.
Agnieszka Moody  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.
Agnieszka Moody  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.
Karl Dye  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
Martin Carr  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.


FUTURE PANEL 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

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