Mega producer Brett Ratner and Imax CEO Rich Gelfond will be among the industry heavyweights at the inaugural Immersive Summit in Cannes.
The event, hosted by Winston Baker in cooperation with The Hollywood Reporter, will be held on Friday, May 19, during the Cannes Film Festival.
Ratner, whose credits as a director include the Rush Hour franchise and the upcoming The Libertine, starring Johnny Depp, and as a producer, Oscar winner The Revenant, will hold a keynote conversation with industry veteran P. John Burke. Ratner is expected to address innovations in film financing — he has been a pioneer in...
The event, hosted by Winston Baker in cooperation with The Hollywood Reporter, will be held on Friday, May 19, during the Cannes Film Festival.
Ratner, whose credits as a director include the Rush Hour franchise and the upcoming The Libertine, starring Johnny Depp, and as a producer, Oscar winner The Revenant, will hold a keynote conversation with industry veteran P. John Burke. Ratner is expected to address innovations in film financing — he has been a pioneer in...
- 5/9/2017
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Leading global conference producer will also present Brett Ratner as Keynote Speaker for the 8th Annual International Film Finance Forum on May 19th
In its 8th year at Cannes, Winston Baker is proud to announce a new partnership and conference as part of the Croisette lineup. In partnership with Marché du Film, Winston Baker will present its first ever technology conference, the “Immersive Summit” to be hosted on May 19, 2017 to bring together leading minds in technology and film for discussions on monetizing innovation and breaking into the Vr/Ar world.
Winston Baker will also host its yearly high-level film finance program, geared towards global strategies for financing films, aligning interests with global partners, and identifying new distribution avenues. During the forum, topics will focus on preserving cinema culture, China’s pivot to Europe, and the next wave of film finance royalty.
“When we first launched our Cannes Forum in 2010, we...
In its 8th year at Cannes, Winston Baker is proud to announce a new partnership and conference as part of the Croisette lineup. In partnership with Marché du Film, Winston Baker will present its first ever technology conference, the “Immersive Summit” to be hosted on May 19, 2017 to bring together leading minds in technology and film for discussions on monetizing innovation and breaking into the Vr/Ar world.
Winston Baker will also host its yearly high-level film finance program, geared towards global strategies for financing films, aligning interests with global partners, and identifying new distribution avenues. During the forum, topics will focus on preserving cinema culture, China’s pivot to Europe, and the next wave of film finance royalty.
“When we first launched our Cannes Forum in 2010, we...
- 5/8/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The American Film Market (Afm®) presented the Finance Conference on Friday, November 2, 2012, at the Fairmont Hotel in Santa Monica. The Conference consisted of 2 panels.
Panel 1: “Current Issues in Film Finance,” brought leading CEOs, filmmakers, financiers and executives together to explore the state of independent film financing, emerging trends, where the money is and what the future holds. Moderated by P. John Burke, partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Llp, panelists included Nigel Sinclair, Co-chairman and CEO, Exclusive Media, Tom Ortenberg, CEO,Open Road Films, and Graham Taylor, Head, Global Finance and Distribution Group, William Morris Endeavor.
Panel 2: “Building Your Global Film Financing Strategy,”moderated by Joseph Chianese, Evp, Ep Financial Solutions, Entertainment Partners, featuredJean-Luc DeFanti, Managing Partner, Hemisphere Capital Management, Micah Green, Co-Head, Film Finance Group, CA, Bahman Naraghi, Independent Film Producer and former COO of Gk Films, David Rubin, Evp, CBS Films, Andy Weltman, Evp, Pinewood Studios Group
Where’s the money and how quickly can you get it? All you need to know about U.S. and international incentives and subsidies and how to monetize them. Plus private equity and additional sources of financing from the Bric countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) and other emerging markets.
Below are some key quotes from panel 1 the series.
Tom Ortenberg, CEO,Open Road Films:
"It is not a one size fits all formula for films. Not every title should go out wide theatrically. Some will benefit economically and on an exposure basis by going day and date."
"There is still a viable art house market, but overall the margins are being challenged by increasing media costs, audience fragmentation, increased P & A and shrinking circulations. For an art house film, newspaper reviews are very important. So, the art house theatrical distribution business is as challenged now as it has ever been."
Nigel Sinclair,Co-chairman and CEO, Exclusive Media:
"The difficulties we currently face are the changes in taste, digital disruption, and the decline of sales in certain international territories, but there is still an equity market that is buoyant and vibrant for the right projects."
"Exhibition and distribution must converge. That is the only way to solve the problem."
"If you treat talent as equity contributors it can help bring them on board and make them feel a certain ownership of the film."
"China is a very important, strategic market for us and an important long-term partner."
Graham Taylor, Head, Global Finance and Distribution Group, William Morris Endeavor:
"There are different ways to go about releasing a film. Going to the theaters as a family can be expensive and to have that rush of feeling like you are an early adopter of a movie through a VOD option is attractive to people."
"For art house titles, social media gives me hope as a way of marketing without relying on TV spots or newspaper spots."
"Digital conversions can help level the playing field by avoiding the costs of physical prints and help the art house division."...
Panel 1: “Current Issues in Film Finance,” brought leading CEOs, filmmakers, financiers and executives together to explore the state of independent film financing, emerging trends, where the money is and what the future holds. Moderated by P. John Burke, partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Llp, panelists included Nigel Sinclair, Co-chairman and CEO, Exclusive Media, Tom Ortenberg, CEO,Open Road Films, and Graham Taylor, Head, Global Finance and Distribution Group, William Morris Endeavor.
Panel 2: “Building Your Global Film Financing Strategy,”moderated by Joseph Chianese, Evp, Ep Financial Solutions, Entertainment Partners, featuredJean-Luc DeFanti, Managing Partner, Hemisphere Capital Management, Micah Green, Co-Head, Film Finance Group, CA, Bahman Naraghi, Independent Film Producer and former COO of Gk Films, David Rubin, Evp, CBS Films, Andy Weltman, Evp, Pinewood Studios Group
Where’s the money and how quickly can you get it? All you need to know about U.S. and international incentives and subsidies and how to monetize them. Plus private equity and additional sources of financing from the Bric countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) and other emerging markets.
Below are some key quotes from panel 1 the series.
Tom Ortenberg, CEO,Open Road Films:
"It is not a one size fits all formula for films. Not every title should go out wide theatrically. Some will benefit economically and on an exposure basis by going day and date."
"There is still a viable art house market, but overall the margins are being challenged by increasing media costs, audience fragmentation, increased P & A and shrinking circulations. For an art house film, newspaper reviews are very important. So, the art house theatrical distribution business is as challenged now as it has ever been."
Nigel Sinclair,Co-chairman and CEO, Exclusive Media:
"The difficulties we currently face are the changes in taste, digital disruption, and the decline of sales in certain international territories, but there is still an equity market that is buoyant and vibrant for the right projects."
"Exhibition and distribution must converge. That is the only way to solve the problem."
"If you treat talent as equity contributors it can help bring them on board and make them feel a certain ownership of the film."
"China is a very important, strategic market for us and an important long-term partner."
Graham Taylor, Head, Global Finance and Distribution Group, William Morris Endeavor:
"There are different ways to go about releasing a film. Going to the theaters as a family can be expensive and to have that rush of feeling like you are an early adopter of a movie through a VOD option is attractive to people."
"For art house titles, social media gives me hope as a way of marketing without relying on TV spots or newspaper spots."
"Digital conversions can help level the playing field by avoiding the costs of physical prints and help the art house division."...
- 11/4/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The American Film Market is under way in Santa Monica. Here are ten things Anthony D'Alessandro learned at AFM panels. 1. Theatrical remains king in the global marketplace, according to the panel “De-mystifying the Economic Implications of Electronic Delivery and the Recession on Film Performance"--with moderator P. John Burke Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Llp and panelists Harvey Weinstein and soon to be MGM co-head Gary Barber of Spyglass Entertainment--with an all time global box-office high of $29 billion in 2009, outstripping DVD sales, which have fallen 21% over the last two years. At the top of the talk, entertainment stat maestros Eric Briggs and Patrick Russo of the Salter Group presented a flurry of figures on the domination of theatrical and the reallocation ...
- 11/8/2010
- Thompson on Hollywood
The good news for indie and international movie sellers is that there are fewer movies in the global marketplace, ticket sales are up worldwide and emerging electronic platforms promise improved profit margins.
The bad news is that it is increasingly difficult to share in the upside, with home video sales rapidly declining, pay TV paying less, domestic distribution hard to come by, presales difficult to do and sources of financing tougher to find than ever.
"What we independents face is how to replace the declining markets," said Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of the Weinstein Co. "We are going to have to take technology and drive our sales of content."
That was the message Friday during an Afm panel discussion set up by Eric Briggs and Patrick Russo of the Salter Group, who used statistics and charts to paint a portrait of a marketplace in which more people are watching movies than...
The bad news is that it is increasingly difficult to share in the upside, with home video sales rapidly declining, pay TV paying less, domestic distribution hard to come by, presales difficult to do and sources of financing tougher to find than ever.
"What we independents face is how to replace the declining markets," said Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of the Weinstein Co. "We are going to have to take technology and drive our sales of content."
That was the message Friday during an Afm panel discussion set up by Eric Briggs and Patrick Russo of the Salter Group, who used statistics and charts to paint a portrait of a marketplace in which more people are watching movies than...
- 11/5/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
More Afm news
The dumb money has been flushed from the system, and going forward, the surviving players in the independent film sector will take a much more sober, financially sound approach.
That was the dominant sentiment that emerged from the American Film Market's annual Finance Conference that might well have been dubbed "The Morning After."
"There was too much easy money out there," Morgan Rector, president of Comerica Bank's Entertainment Group, said. "We had kind of our own sub-prime bubble in the film business."
With the worldwide economy just beginning to recover from a global economic recession and its accompanying credit crunch, the industry figures who assembled for two panels devoted to the state of the independent film business at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica on Friday struck a cautiously optimistic note. Of course, as attorney P. John Burke, who moderated the first session, noted, the panelists...
The dumb money has been flushed from the system, and going forward, the surviving players in the independent film sector will take a much more sober, financially sound approach.
That was the dominant sentiment that emerged from the American Film Market's annual Finance Conference that might well have been dubbed "The Morning After."
"There was too much easy money out there," Morgan Rector, president of Comerica Bank's Entertainment Group, said. "We had kind of our own sub-prime bubble in the film business."
With the worldwide economy just beginning to recover from a global economic recession and its accompanying credit crunch, the industry figures who assembled for two panels devoted to the state of the independent film business at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica on Friday struck a cautiously optimistic note. Of course, as attorney P. John Burke, who moderated the first session, noted, the panelists...
- 11/8/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The American Film Market, which kicks off today in Santa Monica, is not just about buying and selling and noshing and networking. Event organizers also have carved out plenty of time for serious talk.
The lineup of conferences and seminars, held at Le Merigot Hotel and the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, will cover topics ranging from film financing to distribution (both theatrical and online) to the latest in broadband video offerings.
At the annual AFM Finance Conference, scheduled for Friday morning, participants will take a look at the big picture.
The 9 a.m. panel, moderated by P. John Burke of the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, will offer a look at the year in review on the film financing front. Panelists include Comerica Bank's Morgan Rector, Summit Entertainment's Bob Hayward, Screen Capital's David Molner and Salter Group's Roy Salter.
The 11 a.m. follow up, moderated by KPMG's Benson Berro, will look ahead to emerging trends in film financing.
The lineup of conferences and seminars, held at Le Merigot Hotel and the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, will cover topics ranging from film financing to distribution (both theatrical and online) to the latest in broadband video offerings.
At the annual AFM Finance Conference, scheduled for Friday morning, participants will take a look at the big picture.
The 9 a.m. panel, moderated by P. John Burke of the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, will offer a look at the year in review on the film financing front. Panelists include Comerica Bank's Morgan Rector, Summit Entertainment's Bob Hayward, Screen Capital's David Molner and Salter Group's Roy Salter.
The 11 a.m. follow up, moderated by KPMG's Benson Berro, will look ahead to emerging trends in film financing.
- 10/31/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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