Tuesday, September 18, 2007
1:00 pm Workshop Registration
1:35 Introduction & Overview
1:45 Financial Life Cycle of a Film
- Scheduling
- Talent issues
- Budgeting
- Production accounting
- Marketing and distribution
- Legal considerations
- Confidentiality and piracy
Caitlin Bogert, Entertainment Partners
Alan Epstein, Armstrong, Hirsch, Jackoway,
Tyerman & Wertheimer
Fran Lucci, Entertainment Partners
Steve Wegner, Entertainment Partners
Julius Naveira, Entertainment Partners
Barbara Rosenfeld, Entertainment Partners
3:15 Basic Overview of Film Incentives
- Introduction to film tax credits, rebates, and other types of incentives offered by US and foreign jurisdictions
Marco Cordova, Entertainment Partners
3:35 Break for Refreshments - Q & A Session
3:45 Tax Considerations Regarding
Film/Motion Picture Industry
- Development: Tax treatment of development costs
- Film amortization - section 167(g) and 181
- Section 199
Bill Amon, Deloitte Tax
Janet Moran, Deloitte Tax
4:30 Film Incentives Best Practices and Helpful Hints
- Selling/transferring tax credits
- New updates/proposed legislation
Marco Cordova, Entertainment Partners
Joseph Chianese, Entertainment Partners
Barbara Rosenfeld, Entertainment Partners
4:45 Q&A Session
5:00 Cocktail Reception
Sponsored by Puerto Rico Film Commission
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
8:30 Welcome and Introduction
Joseph Chianese, Entertainment Partners
Marco Cordova, Entertainment Partners
8:45 Urban, 4 Seasons
Pat Kaufman, New York State Film Commission
David Carter, Canada Film Capital
United Kingdom: John Graydon, Tenon Media
Sharon Pinkenson, Philadelphia Film Office
Dawn Keezer, Pittsburgh Film Office
10:20 Break for Refreshments
10:35 Beaches, Ocean, Warmer Climate
Tracey Vieira, Ausfilm
Donne Dawson, Hawaii Film Office
Paul Sirmons, Florida Film Commission
Antonio J. Sifre, Puerto Rico, Toro, Colon, Mullet
Timothy O’Brien, New Zealand Film Commission
12:00 Luncheon
1:20 New England/European Look, 4 Seasons
Heidi Hamilton, Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism
Ireland: Industry Guest TBD
Massachusetts: Gordon LeBlanc, Stonehenge Capital
Company LLC
Rhode Island: Gordon LeBlanc, Stonehenge Capital
Company LLC
Hungary: Dr. Kiss Ágnes, Raiffeisen Gazdasági és
Adótanácsadó Zrt.
Germany: Corina Danckwerts, Capture Film International
3:05 Break for Refreshments
3:20 Rural, Warmer Climate
Carol Pirie, Texas Film Commission
Jeff Monks, South Carolina Film Commission
Lisa Strout, New Mexico State Film Office
Alan Moore, South African Consulate General
Gary Strangis, TurnKey Louisiana
5:05 Q & A Session
6:00 Conference Ends