[Filmz] Fw: 7 Film & Finance Gurus on Venture Capital, 2 Oscar Wins, Alternative Investments, Cross-Media

[Miroslav Visic]

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From: "Chairman's Invite for 5/26" <chai...@financingfilm.org>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 19:50:44
To: Miroslav Visic<vi...@pipeline.com>
Subject: 7 Film & Finance Gurus on Venture Capital, 2 Oscar Wins, Alternative Investments, Cross-Media

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Dear Miroslav,

This Wednesday, IIFF continues its monthly EDUCATION & NETWORKING events in New York City with a powerful FILM FINANCING TOWNHALL. An phenomenal lineup of FILM & FINANCE HEAVYWEIGHTS awaits you!

Please join us. Your SPECIAL DISCOUNT is available at -

http://nym.filmfinancing.org/052610l

Our get-together features 7 INDUSTRY-LEADING SPEAKERS. Designed to satisfy even experienced pros, their INSIGHTFUL TALKS include:

1) "THE DIGITAL MEDIA REVOLUTION: Cross-Platform Content Strategies" -- by DREW LIPSHER, Partner at venture capital firm Greycroft Partners; fmr. Head of M&A, Corp. Development & Operations at Universal Music's Interscope, Geffen, A&M Records (IGA) division; fmr. Group Sr. VP of Corp. Development at News Corp., reporting to Lachlan Murdoch; fmr. Sr. VP of WW Corp. Development at BMG Entertainment, reporting to Strauss Zelnick; fmr. Exec. VP & Partner at Maroley Media Group, recruited by fmr. Chairman & CEO of Warner Music; etc.

2) "SUCCESSFULLY FINANCING FEATURE FILMS: Advice for Filmmakers & Financiers" -- by STEVEN HAFT, Founder & Exec. Producer at Haft Entertainment; producer of 18 feature films (e.g., Oscar winners "Dead Poets Society," "Emma") & 300+ hours of network TV programming (e.g., TNT's "Pirates of Silicon Valley"); Co-Exec. Producer of Fox's "MADtv"; fmr. Chair of All Screen at one of world's largest PR firms, Burson-Marsteller; fmr. Chief Strategist at AOL's Interactive Marketing Group; longtime Board Director at Sundance Institute; etc.

3) "ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS & THE GLOBAL FILM INDUSTRY: The What, Why & How" -- by PETER RAJSINGH, Managing Partner at asset managers Aquila Associates & Castellar Partners, providing alternative investment services to high net-worth individuals & institutions; Advisor at Infinion Film Fund & IMaCS Virtus Global Partners; Sr. Advisor & fmr. Exec. VP at investment bank vFinance; Board Director & past President at United Nations Association of New York; Professor at Reims Business School (France) & NYU Stern School of Business; etc.

4) "HOW TO GET YOUR MOVIE MADE: Lessons From a Seasoned Indie Producer" -- by ISEN ROBBINS, prolific independent film producer credited with 20+ movies; Founder of Intrinsic Value Films & Red Giant Media; premiered 6 films at Sundance, including "The Alphabet Killer" (Eliza Dushku, Cary Elwes), "The Skeptic" (Zoe Saldana, Tim Daly), "XX/XY" (Mark Ruffalo), "The Attic" & "The Hebrew Hammer" (Judy Greer, Adam Goldberg); his films won 4 Indie Spirit Award nominations & 1 Sundance Special Grand Jury Prize ("Brother to Brother"); etc.

5) "A NEW AGE IN PRODUCING: Playing All Angles to Your Advantage" -- by THOMAS WOODROW, Brooklyn-based indie producer whose most recent film release "Bass Ackwards" premiered at Sundance 2010; produced 2007 Toronto Int'l Film Festival premiere "Shadows" ($4.6M film directed by Oscar nominee Milcho Manchevski) & 2009 comedy "True Adolescents"; raised $20K & counting on Kickstarter.com; worked on MTV's "Made" & produced commercials for leading ad agency JWT; 2009/10 Sundance Producing Fellow & 2010 IFP/Rotterdam Producing Fellow; etc.

6) "IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, DO IT RIGHT: Tips & Tricks From a Movie Lawyer" -- by KAISER WAHAB, ESQ., seasoned entertainment attorney; fmr. Exec. VP at indie film distributor Anywhere Road ("Black Irish"); worked on "The Oh in Ohio" (Paul Rudd, Danny DeVito, Mischa Barton), "Tara Rum Pum" & Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee "A Very British Gangster"; law clients include Das Films ("Veronica Decides To Die"), Yash Raj Films, producer Andrew Paquin (Oscar winner Anna Paquin's brother) & Faulkner Award winner Phillip Jennings; etc.

7) "VENTURE CAPITAL OPPORTUNITIES IN ENTERTAINMENT: Why We Invest" -- by JODI HANSELL, Founder & Managing Director at venture capital firm Terem Capital & Terem Advisors; exec. at film financing company DownEast Village Films; clients & investments include early-stage companies, musicians & filmmakers as well as Microsoft & Starbucks; 11+ years as corporate & startup counsel with highly respected law firms Davis Wright Tremaine, Sadis & Goldberg; produced animated film "Not Brain Surgery" & continues to work on creative projects; etc.

The School of Visual Arts is once again hosting our meeting:

IIFF/NYC Film Financing Townhall
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS
209 E. 23rd Street; Room 502
New York, NY

Very limited seating. Reserve DISCOUNTED SEATS now at -

http://nym.filmfinancing.org/052610l

Don't pass up this unique opportunity to learn & mingle. Invite your friends to come along!

Kind regards,

Thomas Trenker
Founder & Chairman, IIFF
http://filmfinancing.org


P.S.: To run your (or a friend's) latest movie venture by FilmAngels investors, simply hand an exec. summary to our moderator on the 26th.

P.P.S: We also have a full-day, intensive FILM FINANCING WORKSHOP [http://nym.filmfinancing.org/061210n] coming up. Check IIFF's website [http://filmfinancing.org] for other events.


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