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IIFF New York City Townhall Meeting (July 2007)Thursday, July 19, 2007 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM (ET)New York, NY |
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IIFF/NYC Townhall Meeting at SVA in Manhattan –
Where Film & Finance Meet To Succeed Together
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The Institute for International Film Financing (IIFF) continues its popular series of Townhall Meetings in New York City with a special event at the prestigious School of Visual Arts (SVA) near Gramercy Park in Manhattan.
This "grassroots" community meeting is designed to foster productive relationships between filmmakers, entrepreneurs and financiers and to provide unbiased insight and education about the business of film. The event features a powerful roster of highly topical speakers from the worlds of film and finance. We are delighted to again welcome real-world financiers among our guests for the evening.
IIFF's one-of-a-kind mission is to sustainably expand the scope & appeal of film financing, and to do so for the benefit of the public at large. True to IIFF's proven motto, "democratizing film financing," our regular, monthly Townhall Meetings bring together a wide array of professionals from relevant backgrounds in film, finance and beyond for a vibrant evening of insightful presentations and speeches, inspiring discussion and focused networking. Past meetings (e.g.: July '07 Los Angeles Townhall in Santa Monica, CA | June '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan | May '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan & May '07 Bay Area Townhall in Mountain View, CA | April '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan & April '07 Bay Area Townhall in San Francisco, CA | March '07 New England Townhall in Stowe, VT, March '07 Bay Area Townhall in San Rafael, CA & March '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan | February '07 Townhall West in San Francisco, CA & February '07 Townhall East in New York City | January '07 Townhall in Santa Cruz, CA | December '06 Townhall East in New York City & December '06 Townhall West in San Francisco, CA | October '06 Townhall in New York City | September '06 Townhall in Oakland, CA | July '06 Townhall in Palo Alto, CA | June '06 Townhall in San José, CA | May '06 Townhall in San Francisco, CA | April '06 Townhall at Stanford business school) have reliably delivered useful insights into the business of film, provided valuable networking opportunities, and managed to draw large and enthusiastic crowds.
Who should attend? Entrepreneurs, technologists, attorneys, bankers, investment managers, venture capitalists and other non-film professionals are cordially invited to learn more about independent film. Are you considering taking an active role in film or would you like to expand your current involvement? Don't miss this opportunity to connect with the like-minded... Established and aspiring filmmakers are, naturally, more than welcome to join us as well!
The evening's five presentations plus panel discussion will address key issues relevant to filmmakers, financiers, and anyone interested in the economics, business mechanics, and financial dynamics of film. They will be followed by Q&A time. Attendees will also have ample opportunity to interact & network with our distinguished presenters and panelists and amongst themselves.
An informal après-meeting celebration will take place at an area restaurant.
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Featured Moderator:
The event will be moderated by Donald Bertrand, a seasoned attorney with law offices in West Haven, CT that provides entertainment law services in the Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts areas. Don represents various clients on a host of screenwriter, composer, producer and filmmaker issues. Don is a graduate of Yale Law School. Upon graduation, he joined a prominent Hartford, CT-based insurance and investment firm where he managed the Law Department's Financial Services Practice Group as Vice President and Insurance & Investment Products Counsel. Don has now transitioned to an area of law practice where he can apply his extensive legal knowledge and background to issues involving his lifelong passion for the cultural and creative arts, principally film. In this area, Don seeks to apply fundamental business law principles to the creative endeavors of the talent and entrepreneurs that he meets.
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Meeting Venue:
School of Visual Arts
Main Building – Film, Video and Animation Department
209 East 23rd Street (btw. 2nd & 3rd Avenue)
New York, NY 10010
(212) 592-2000
Map: See a map of 209 E 23rd St. at Ask, Google, MapQuest, Windows Live or Yahoo.
Closest subway station (ca. 0.2 miles walking distance): 6 Line station at 23rd St. & Park Ave.; all nearby subway stations can be found here.
Subway & walking directions: Take the 6 Line to 23rd St. and walk two and a half blocks East on 23rd St.; look for the entrance to SVA's Main Building on the left-hand side of 23rd St., on the block between 2nd & 3rd Ave., near the NE corner of 23rd St. & 3rd Ave.
Our Host:
This month's Townhall Meeting is graciously hosted by the School of Visual Arts (SVA), one of the nation's largest independent, regionally accredited art –and film– schools.
SVA, located in the heart of New York City, is an established leader and innovator in the education of artists, offering graduate, undergraduate and continuing-education classes. From its inception in 1947 as a trade school with three instructors and 35 students, SVA has grown into a dynamic, multi-disciplinary institution with a faculty of more than 800 and a student body of almost 3,500. Along the way, SVA has instituted numerous educational innovations, including the selection of professionals working in the arts and art-related fields as instructors. SVA distinguishes itself by its extensive facilities, state-of-the-art equipment, unique program philosophies, and the size, breadth and professional standing of its faculty. Each faculty member is a practicing artist, filmmaker, designer, or photographer committed to the professional art world as well as to teaching the next generation of artists.
Very special thanks go to SVA's Film, Video and Animation Department and its Chairman, Reeves Lehmann. The members of the Film, Video and Animation Department are industry-renowned for turning ideas into cinematic works of art; the faculty even includes Oscar winners. SVA is one of the best-equipped film and animation schools in the country with industry-standard digital facilities that rival many professional studios.
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Schedule:
6:00-6:30 pm ... Registration and introductions
6:30-7:45 pm ... Three featured presentations with Q&A (3x 25 min)
7:45-8:00 pm ... Networking break I (15 min)
8:00-9:00 pm ... Two featured presentations with Q&A (2x 30 min)
9:00-9:15 pm ... Networking break II (15 min)
9:15-10:00 pm ... Moderated panel discussion with Q&A (45 min)
10:00+ pm ... Community time at area restaurant
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Program Details:
Our confirmed speakers so far include...
– Larry Meistrich, Founder & CEO at start-up movie studio NEHST; fmr. Founder & CEO at leading DVD-of-the-month club & indie distributor Film Movement; fmr. Founder, Chairman & CEO at independent production & distribution company The Shooting Gallery; integrally involved in producing roughly 100 films, commercials & music videos including Billy Bob Thornton's Oscar-winning "Sling Blade", Oscar nominee "You Can Count on Me" & Cannes winner "Henry Fool"; produced leading actors & directors including Al Pacino, Laurence Fishburne, Spike Lee & Billy Bob Thornton; Executive Producer or Producer of indie features "The Memsahib," "Daddy & Them," "Julie Johnson," "Once in the Life," "Everything for a Reason," "Chinese Coffee," "You Can Count on Me," "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway," "The Minus Man," "The 24 Hour Woman," "Belly," "Strangeland," "Frogs for Snakes," "Henry Fool," "Niagara, Niagara," "Illtown," "Sling Blade" (bought by Miramax for record-breaking price), "The Last Home Run," "Layin' Low," "Drunks," "New Jersey Drive," "Cafe Society," "Comfortably Numb," "Hand Gun," "Laws of Gravity," etc.; received Crain's 1998 Small Business Award, Ernst & Young's 1999 Entrepreneur of the Year Award & Chlotrudis Society's 2004 Maverick Award; Board Member at New York Production Council; BA from Johns Hopkins University
– Luis Sanchez, Wall Street investment professional & "quant" turned film financier; Founder & Principal at SAGA Capital, a boutique investment advisory firm specializing in non-traditional funding solutions for hedge funds, private equity firms & corporations; fmr. Vice President of Global Markets at leading investment bank Deutsche Bank in New York & London (Liability Strategies Group, European Structured Products Group, Asset Backed Securities Group); fmr. Vice President in Operational Risk Division at risk management firm NetRisk (now part of Fitch Ratings) in Greenwich, CT; fmr. Senior Associate in Risk Finance Division at leading insurer American International Group (AIG) in New York; fmr. Director of Quantitative Analysis & portfolio manager/trader at hedge fund Parallax Partners in New York; author of technical articles in magazines & journals such as the Journal of Risk Finance, RISK Publications, etc.; fmr. Harvard's LASPAU scholar; studied at Oxford (post graduate), American University (MBA in Int'l Finance) & Insitituto Universitario Politecnico de las Fuerzas Armadas de Venezuela (BSc in Civil Engineering)
– Jim Jermanok, Hollywood talent agent turned successful independent filmmaker; Producer of romantic drama "Em" (Nathan Wetherington, Bre Blair); Co-director of feature documentary "The Golden Greek: The Harry Agganis Story" (Olympia Dukakis); Writer & Executive Producer of romantic comedy "Passionada" (Jason Isaacs, Sofia Milos, Emmy Rossum) released by Samuel Goldwyn Films in the US & Columbia Tri-Star worldwide; Writer & Poducer of comedy short "Clear Cut" (Calista Flockhart, Stephen Fry); Director of over 15 professional & regional theater productions ranging from "G.R. Point" to "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" to "The Tramway End" (3-month run at Chelsea Playhouse); fmr. Agent at top-3 talent & literary agency International Creative Management (ICM) for 8 years, representing Isabel Allende, Alan Arkin, Roy Blount Jr., T. Coraghessan Boyle, John Chancellor, E.L. Doctrow, Lou Gossett Jr., Spaulding Gray, Helen Hayes, Bill Irwin, Thomas Keneally, Burt Lancaster, Shirley MacLaine, Arthur Miller, Dudley Moore, Harry Reasoner, Cliff Robertson, Andy Rooney, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, Henry Winkler, etc.; traveled & worked extensively throughout Europe, Africa & Middle East; interned at British Parliament in London & directed short documentary screened before Parliamentary committee; studied at Cornell University & London School of Economics
– Donald Bertrand, veteran financial-sector corporate attorney turned entertainment lawyer, film producer & entrepreneur; Founder & Attorney at private entertainment law practice in CT & NY, providing legal services to film, TV, music & literary industries as well as general business development law support services; Founder & CEO at start-up film company Cat's Eye View Productions, presently in pre-production on various documentary projects; Legal Coordinator at NY Film Synergy Group; Member of Entertainment & Sports Law Section at New York State Bar Assoc.; Member at "Grammy Awards" Recording Academy; Member at New Haven Arts Council; Director at Greater New Haven Business & Professional Assoc.; fmr. Vice President and Insurance & Investment Products Counsel at Hartford, CT-based Phoenix Companies (leading provider of life insurance, annuities & investment products for accumulation, preservation & transfer of wealth); fmr. Member & presenter at American Council of Life Insurance; fmr. Director at New Haven OIC Vocational Training School; fmr. Deputy Director at New Haven's Model Cities Agency; fmr. Founder & CEO at New Haven, CT-based software company Softbyte Computing; JD from Yale Law School & BA from Amherst College
– Ralf Voellmer, hedge fund expert & film financing consultant; seasoned financial advisor to Wall Street clients including large international banks & innovative hedge funds; Principal & Founding Member at investment advisory boutique SAGA Capital; specializes in developing novel financing structures & solutions in on- & off-shore regulatory environments worldwide as well as workarounds for variety of contingencies; worked on all major aspects of offshore investment companies for 10+ years; fmr. banker at leading global investment bank Deutsche Bank in New York for 8 years; helped launch Deutsche Bank's first hedge fund; fmr. Fellow at American University (AU) in Washington, DC; MBA from AU's Kogod School of Business
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Speaker Bios:
*** TO BE FINALIZED SHORTLY ***
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Registration:
Online registration is available at http://events.filmfinancing.org/nym/?id=071907 (top of this page)
Early bird registration NLT Sunday, July 8:
IIFF Member ... $25 if registered online no later than 7/8
Non-member ... $40
Regular registration NLT Sunday, July 15:
IIFF Member ... $35 if registered online no later than 7/15
Non-member ... $50
Last minute registration NLT Wednesday, July 18:
IIFF Member ... $45 if registered online no later than 7/18
Non-member ... $60
On-site registration (at the door):
IIFF Member ... $55
Non-member ... $70
To learn more about membership with IIFF, email our Membership Bureau, or approach an IIFF team member at or after the event.
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When & Where
School of Visual Arts
209 East 23rd Street
5th floor, Gene Stavis Theater
New York,
NY 10010
Thursday, July 19, 2007 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM (ET)
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The Institute for International Film Financing (IIFF) is an innovative, independent social-impact organization that endeavors to bridge the gap between the worlds of filmmaking and finance for the benefit of all stakeholders – including the public at large.
Founded by Thomas Trenker in 2003 and headquartered in San Francisco, IIFF has chapters in the Bay Area, New York City, New England, Florida, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, London, the Pacific Northwest and the Lower Midwest.
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