AFM Finance Conference

Each year AFMA presents the sell-out AFM Finance Conference where CEOs and Financiers offer their insights and predictions. Join your colleagues as the AFM Finance Conference examines the future of feature film financing.

Friday, 22 February

8:00 – 9:00am

Registration, Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 10:40am

The Future of Feature Film Financing: The Financiers & Facilitators

Panelists:
Paul Brooks, President, Gold Circle Films
Martin Katz, President & C.O.O., Grosvenor Park Film Financing Corporation
Edward S. Labowitz, Partner & Co-Chair, Global Entertainment and Media Group, Coudert Bros., LLP
John W. Miller, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan
Michael C. Ohoven, Chairman & C.E.O., Infinity Entertainment
Moderator:
Lewis Horwitz, President & C.E.O. - The Lewis Horwitz Organization

11:00am – 12:40pm

The Future of Feature Film Financing: The CEOs

Panelists:
Kirk D'Amico, President - Myriad Pictures
Mark Damon, Chairman & CEO - MDP Worldwide
Avi Lerner, Co-Chairman - Nu Image, Inc.
Stewart Till, President - Signpost Films
Moderator:
Paul Wissmann, Partner, Information, Communications & Entertainment - KPMG LLP

Location:

Fairmont Miramar Hotel (Starlight Ballroom)
101 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica

Cost:

$75.00 (includes continental breakfast and both conference sessions)

Click here for a printable Registration form. (get Acrobat Reader)
Please note that Conference tickets are sold individually and do not require AFM registration.

MCLE and CE credit for the AFM Finance Conference: MCLE approved for 3.25 credit hours. AFMA follows the CE guidelines specified in the California Board of Accountancy Regulations. CE credit may be available.

AFM Seminars

Six AFM Seminars will provide a forum where attendees can interact with and learn from prominent filmmakers, talent and industry executives.

Saturday, 23 February

11:00am

Getting the Competitive Edge: Use SAG Actors as Your Advantage
Programmed by: Screen Actors Guild

Panelists:
William Atherton, " Bread and Roses" and " The Pelican Brief"
Seymour Cassel, "The Royal Tenenbaums" , "The Crew" and "Rushmore"
Frances Fisher, "Titanic" and "Glory Days"
Melissa Gilbert, President, Screen Actors Guild
Elliott Gould, "Ocean's Eleven" and "Friends"
Moderator:
Tom Bower, "The Negotiator" and "The Practice"

3:00pm

Sources of Co-Production Financing for Independent Filmmakers
Programmed by: Women In Film & Women In Film International

Panelists:
Phil Avalon, Filmmaker (Australia)
Paul Colichman, President, Regent Entertainment (Asia, Germany, Canada)
Jo Gilbert, Director, Spinster Productions Limited & Paint Hall Studios (Ireland)
Tim Levy, CEO, Future Films Group (England)
Michel Libermann, International Attorney (France, Belgium, Central Europe)
Charlene Paling, President, Wishmaker Films, Inc. (Canada)
Moderator:
Judith Merians, Co-Chair, WIFI/LA & SVP, Business Affairs, Regent Entertainment

Sunday, 24 February

3:00pm

The Changing Landscape of Foreign Financing
Programmed by: Independent Feature Project/West

Panelists:
Jeffrey Colvin, SVP/Manager, Imperial Entertainment Group
Daniel Diamond, President, Fireworks Pictures
Daisy Gonzales, Assistant VP, Entertainment Finance Division, Union Bank of California
Doug Mankoff, Manager, Echo Lake Productions
Moderator:
Patricia Saperstein, Managing Editor, Special Issues, Variety

Monday, 25 February

11:00am

Is Vertical Integration Limiting Creative Opportunities?
Programmed by: Writers Guild of America, west

Panelists:
Frank Biondi, Sr. Managing Director, WaterView Advisors LLC
Leonard Hill, Producer/Writer and Owner of Leonard Hill Films; Past Chairman, Alliance Communications, Inc.
Jerry Isenberg, Producer; Former Chair - Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors; Professor, USC School of Cinema - Television
Tom Schulman, Writer, "Dead Poets Society" and "What About Bob?"; Producer, "Indecent Proposal"
John Singleton, Writer/Director/Producer/Actor, "Baby Boy" and "Shaft"
Moderator:
Victoria Riskin, President, Writers Guild of America, west, Inc.

Tuesday, 26 February

11:00am

The Powerful Partnership: Feature Film Production and Product Placement
Programmed by: Entertainment Resources & Marketing Association

Panelists:
Patricia Ganguzza, President, AIM Productions, Inc.
Marsha Levine, President, A List Entertainment, Inc.
Devery Holmes, President, Norm Marshall & Associates
George Simkowski, President, Let's Go Hollywood.
Tara Walls, Senior Vice President / Entertainment Marketing Rogers & Cowan
Melissa Robinson, Executive Director / Production Resources Paramount Pictures
Moderator:
Eric Dahlquist, Sr. President, Vista Group USA; President Entertainment Resources & Marketing Association (E.R.M.A.)

3:00pm

Joined at the Hip: The Director-Producer Relationship
Programmed by: Directors Guild of America

Panelists:
Jaime Babbit, Director, "But I'm a Cheerleader" , "Stuck" and "Sleeping Beauties"
Andrea Sperling, Producer, "But I'm a Cheerleader" , "Stuck" and "Sleeping Beauties"
Christopher Coppola, Director, "G-Men From Hell", "Palmer's Pick-Up" and "Bel Air"
Alain Silver, Producer, "G-Men From Hell" , "Palmer's Pick-Up" and "Bel Air"
George Hickenlooper, Director, "The Man From Elysian Fields" , "The Big Brass Ring" , "The Low Life" and "Dogtown"
Donald Zuckerman, Producer, "The Man From Elysian Fields" , "The Big Brass Ring" , "The Low Life" and "Dogtown"
Moderator:
Richard Schickel, Director/Producer/Screenwriter/Historian and Film Critic for Time Magazine

Location:

JW Marriott’s Le Merigot Hotel (Pacific Room)
1740 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica. Next door to the AFM.

Cost:

$30.00 per Seminar

Click here for a printable Registration form. (get Acrobat Reader)
Please note that Seminar tickets are sold individually and do not require AFM registration.
Questions: Contact Pattie Zimmerman-Service, Registration Coordinator.

Special Event

Sunday, 24 February

International Financing and Production Issues and Opportunities
Programmed by AFM Sponsor, Coudert Brothers, Global Legal Advisors

5:00pm

Hosted Cocktail Reception

5:30 - 6:30pm

Panel Presentation

Overview-Ed Labowitz, Coudert Brothers-Los Angeles

Panelists:
Sam Coppola, Coudert Brothers, Montreal
Mark Driscoll, Coudert Brothers, Bangkok
Peter Hansen, Coudert Brothers, Frankfurt
Stephane Lieser, Coudert Brothers, Paris
Claes Fellander, Schurmann & Gronberg/Coudert, Stockholm
Servane Bonnet-Esculier, Coudert Brothers, Singapore
David Halperin, Coudert Brothers, Hong Kong
Gary Rogers, Coudert Brothers, Sydney
Stockton Birthisel, Atlas Corporate Services, Ltd., Isle of Man
James Zimmerman, Coudert Brothers LLP (Beijing)

This seminar is by invitation only. Please contact Suzi Irwin at Coudert Brothers, LLP (Los Angeles) 213-229-2900 x2320 for more information.

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