AFM 20155 The Finance Conferences

Friday, November 6

Finance Conference

9:15am – 10:45am

Current Issues in Film Finance

Leading CEOs, filmmakers, financiers and executives explore the state of independent film financing, emerging trends, where the money is and what the future holds.

Moderator

P. John Burke, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Initial Panelists

Bennett C. Pozil, Executive Vice President – Head of Corporate Banking, East West Bank

Roy A. Salter, Senior Advisor, FTI Consulting Inc

11:15am – 12:45pm

The Film Finance Matrix: From Script to Screen

Our panel of experts will review five film packages – submitted by Finance Conference attendees – and discuss how they would finance each project.

To have your project considered for review during the Finance Conference, return the Submission Form and signed Releaseto Finance@ifta-online.org by October 21. If your project is selected, you will be notified by November 2. Only Finance Conference attendees and holders of Platinum and Executive Plus badges are eligible to apply.

Moderator

Joseph Chianese, EVP, Entertainment Partners

Panelists

Micah Green, Co-Head, Film Finance, CAA

Brian O’Shea, CEO, The Exchange

Chris Spicer, Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Paul Steinke, SVP Production Finance, Walt Disney Studios

Adrian Ward, SVP, Entertainment Industries Division, Pacific Mercantile Bank

Gareth Unwin, Co-Founder & CEO, Bedlam Productions