Film Finance Requires Film Budgets From a Line Producer

Film financiers and movie investors demand film budgets from a known line producer with which to evaluate a project for production. Film production companies also insist upon a high quality film budget from a known, veteran film producer, hand created specifically for your screenplay.

Meticulous attention to detail is required from a screenplay breakdown, creation of a detailed production shooting schedule based upon years of experience making motion picture productions in the field. Only such experience can yield the accurate results needed in spending other people's money.

Based upon the script breakdown and the shooting schedule, the film budgeting process commences utilizing the vast experience of a seasoned line producer or unit production manager. Taking short-cuts to this process is seriously frowned upon by the serious filmmaker community.

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Raindance Film Festival

Raindance Film Festival

The Raindance Film Festival holds its yearly screenings and competitions in London, England in the fall.  Raindance, founded by independent filmmaker Elliot Grove, is the ultimate indie film festival in the UK and world reknowned as well.


Raindance runs activities throughout the year for low film budget motion pictures and including medium range film budget productions as well.   The staff runs classes and competitions and contributes intelligent articles and commentary on their blogs and website.

The coming award categories to be honored at the festival run the gamut and include Best International Feature, Best International Short, Best UK Feature, Best UK Short, Best Micro Budget Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Debuting Feature Films, Film of the Festival and the Distribution Award.

World renowned films have premiered at Raindance, such as 'The Blair Witch Project', 'Memento', 'Capturing the Friedmans', 'Oldboy, 'Karasota: Life After the USSR' amongst others.

The festival also includes plenty of Master Classes, talks and Q and A's.  There is even a full training program designed for writers, producers, directors and filmmakers in London.

Classes instruct students and filmmakers on the skills involved with working with less than a studio sized film budget and providing film production services.

The audience of the Festival ranges from your regular film fans to writers, journalists, producers, directors and acquisition executives who know to look to Raindance for quality in film.

FILMART | Hong Kong International Film and TV Market and Film Festival

FILMART - Hong Kong International Film and TV Market

Where: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center
                                 1 Habour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

When: March 21 - 24, 2011

What: Four day annual film market event


FILMART is a regional market intended to promote Hong Kong as a hub for distribution, exhibition and production of motion picture, film, movies, television, broadband and new media entertainment.   In 2010 Filmart had 548 exhibitors, 4943 attendees and 51 countries participating. These figures continue to grow.

Hong Kong International Film Festival

Coinciding with the FILMART is the 35th Hong Kong International Film Festival with takes place this year from March 20 - April 5, 2011 in Hong Kong.   World Premieres will include 'Punished' and 'Hi, Fidelity'.

The festival Ambassador will be Miriam Yeung and the Opening Film is 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Quattro Hong Kong 2'.

Filmart attracts film distributors and buyers from around the globe with movies of low film budget and high film budgets and everything inbetween.   Worldwide product attracts audiences and industry executives looking for productions for their cinemas and home distribution pipelines, as well as connecting with members of the creative entertainment industry with the aim of collaboration on film production services, co-productions and film tax credit advantages.

  

The American Pavilion


The Independent Film and Television Alliance (IFTA) has organized the American Pavilion.
Executive vice president Jonathan Wolf has explained that in talks with Asian market principals, the buyers and the sellers, it became evident there was a desire for a more cohesive presence of the American contingent due to the fact that Asian distributors make the rounds of the festivals and markets all year round.

These worldwide market events include Berlin (the European Film Market [EFM]), American Film Market (AFM), Cannes (Cannes Film Market).  Attending these markets are industry players with all ranges of movies with various film budgets and schedule parameters, including indie films and studio production values.

IFTA has received a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce of $248,000 to help IFTA build national pavilions for United States of America product at overseas festivals, such as Filmart. This is a part of the export initiative of the current administration in the USA.

One result of the strength of the unity of its members is greater visibility on the sales floor rather than being scattered throughout the sprawling convention center. An additional film market will likewise be targeted for an IFTA pavilion which has yet to be announced.

It is hoped that the effort will help build growth for the independent American film sector in the manner that other nations utilize to promote their domestic industry.

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Karlovey Vary International Film Festival - KVIFF

Karlovey Vary International Film Festival - KVIFF


When:  July 1-9, 2011


Where:  West Bohemia, Czech Republic


Submission Deadline:  April 1st, 2011

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, KVIFFThe KVIFF was originally founded in 1946.  The Festival shortly thereafter had its direction taken away from the artists and film enthusiasts by government officials and their socialist views in 1948.

The Communist government would control all the content of the Festival, using it as a platform to push their propaganda.  After the Velvet Revolution in 1989, political and social changes left the Festival unmanned by any government control, whereas the artists were ten able to regain control and insight in the early 1990's.

At its infancy all over again, Robert De Niro, Lindsay Anderson, Milos Forman, and Annette Benning were there to let the world know the KVIFF was an important figure in world cinema and was there to stay in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.

  

The Festival is made up of a series of categories for Films in Competition.  The main part of the competition is the Competition of Feature-Length Films where the films screened have been approved by the FIAPF for being a film that has not previously screened at any other International Festival.  This segment of the competition has the following awards: the Grand Prix Crystal Globe for best feature and $20,000 which can augment their film budget or marketing costs, The special Jury Prize, Best Director Award, Best Actress Award, and the Best Actor Award.


  
The Documentary Film competition at the KVIFF has its two parts: Documentaries Less than 30 minutes long, and Documentaries over 30 minutes long.

Other segments, which contain movies a European funded film budget and those of international movie budgets, of the Festival are:

Horizons -includes films already sold to a distributor for wider distribution or films already holding awards from other festivals aorund the world;

Another View - includes films with experimental or creative approaches in filmmaking
Forum of Independents - independents from all over the world have a showcase
East of the West - includes films from what used to be known as the socialist bloc.
Czech Films - are Czech films released throughout the yearRetrospectives - are retrospective looks into the works of renowned film personalities, a certain period in time, or a selection of films in accordance with another criteria

This year's festival is taking place July 1st through the 9th, 2011. For Information on attending the festival and getting your tickets, visit http://www.kviff.com/en/for-visitors/Information-about-tickets/ .

 For Information regarding accommodations nearby the festival, visit http://www.kviff.com/en/for-visitors/accommodations/

The Entry Deadline for films to participate is April 1st 2011.

For more information on Entering your film in the competition, go to http://www.kviff.com/en/about-festival/film-entry/2010

 Last Year's 45th Annual Karlovy Vary IFF Awards were as follows:

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe (30,000 USD) went to 'The Mosquito Net,' a spanish film directed by Agusti Villa

The Special Jury Prize (20,000 USD) went to 'Kooky,' a Czech republic and Denmark Film directed by Jan Sverak

Best Director Award went to Rajko Grlic for his film 'Just Between Us,' a film shot in Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia

Best Actress Award went to Anaiis Demoustier for her role in 'Sweet Evil,' a French film directed by Olivier Coussemacq

Best Actor went to Mateusz Kosciukiewicz for his work in 'Mother Teresa of Cats,' a Polish film directed by Pawel Sala.Special Jury Mention went to two films, 1. 'Another Sky,' a Russian film directed by Dmitri Mamulia. 2. 'There Are Things You Don't Know,' an Iranian film directed by Fardin Saheb Zamani.
Best Documentary Over 30 Minutes Long (5,000 USD award available for film budgets) went to 'Familia,' a Swedish film documentary directed by Mikael Wistrom and Alberto Herskovits.

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Film Finance Forum - Los Angeles

Film Finance Forum - Los Angeles

The third annual Film Finance Forum will take place in Los Angeles March 8-9, 2011.
Held this year in Universal City, the forum is the premiere collection of members of the film finance community.

Speakers at the film funding conference include:

Ashok Armritraj, Hyde Park Entertainment

Fred Milstein, Aon/Albert G. Ruben

Jared Underwood, Comerica Bank

Charle Heaphy, City National Bank

P. Clark Hallren, Clear Scope Partners

Jeff Steele, Film Closings Inc.

Micah Green, CAA

Jonathan Deckter, IM Global

and many more.

The complete list of attendees, speakers and further details can be found on the
Film Finance Forum website.  The forum is a helpful dealmaking gathering for filmmakers and lenders interested in funding film budgets for both independent and studio distributed motion pictures.


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SXSW | South By Southwest Music + Film Interactive Festival Update

SXSW Music + Film Interactive Festival and Conference - Update

Where: Austin Convention Center - Austin, Texas - USA


News Update:

The SXSW participants who wish to donate to help Japan can help out in the following ways:

Go to the SXSW4Japan Help Japan Page

DONATE - Go to SXSW4Japan and make a donation. You can also text your donation to 90999
SHARE - On the web; On Twitter; Mention it in your SXSW talks with #sxswcares and #sxsw4japan
CREATE A FUNDRAISING PAGE - Start a page so your friends/family can donate to disaster relief.




SXSW runs for March 11th through the 20th, 2011 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas.

The Interactive Events are running from the 11th through the 15th

The Film Festival Segment is running from the 11th through the 19th

The Music Segment running from the 15th through the 20th.

The Latest News for the Film segment is that the schedule is now available of the screenings for the Films in competition.   SXSW Film presents an eclectic range of movies with various levels of production, some using a low film budget while others are much more well financed feature films.   While many films have distribution a great deal of the films do not.  With the continuing upheaval in the indie film budget marketplace, film finance matters are very heavy on everyone's mind.

A new debuting film, 'A Bag of Hammers,' that will be hosting its world premier at the SXSW Festival is Directed by first time director Brian Crano and is a comedy about two misfits of lifelong friends that are unable to grow up. You can find the schedule to mark out your calendars for the other films you want to see from your favorite and upcoming directors, actors and producers.

Blake Mycoskie of TOMS Shoes will present the Interactive Keynote Address

NEVERDIE Studios will be hosting 2 SXSW Happy Hours of Arcade gaming from game developer ScreenBurn. The game developer Meet Up Mixer will run from 5-6pm on Friday, March 11th in room 1 of the Convention Center and runs for three days, ending on Sunday the 13th at 6pm. Its a place for meeting and collaborating for those involved in the future of the Gaming industry.

The second event hosted by ScreenBurn will be the ScreenBurn Block Party Running Saturday the 12th of March in the Exhibit Hall 2 of the Convention Center, where you will find drinks and food provided by IngZ, Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Beyond Gaming, RockLive, Insomniac Games, indiPub and more.

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http://sxsw.com/mobile


The Latest News on the Interactive Segment is that the Chevy Volt Lounge will be returning this year for 2011. Here you will be able to find a resting place and recharging space for your phones, laptops, cameras, and any sort of device needing charging as Chevy will be pushing the idea of a recharging station and offer an interactive experience of their upcoming, world-changing product, The Chevy Volt



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Tribeca Film Festival

Tribeca Film Festival   New York, NY

Dates:                        April 21 - May 2, 2011

The Tribeca Film Festival, TFF, opens Wednesday April 21, 2011 and closes Sunday May 2. For Box Office Information you can visit http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/tickets/

Keep up to date on current announcements for Tribeca on Twitter and follow Tribeca on Facebook.

  

The Founders of the Tribeca Festival are Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff.  The TFF came about in New York City one year after the September 11th Attacks in 2001 where the founders saw film as a vehicle towards recovery for the affected Tribeca Neighborhood in Manhattan.   Tribeca has quickly grown as a center of indie film,  art and film in New York City.

At the event, the Cast, Crew and Director are often times on hand for a Question and Answer upon completion of their screenings.  The couple hundred films chosen for screening come from a pool of over 5,000 films submitted each year from all over the world.  Almost every film screened is holding its North American, International, or World Premiere, so you will be amongst the first eyes to ever see these artists work and be part of one a major event in the World of Film Festivals.

Submissions are now no longer accepted for films to participate in the 2011 TFF.  To stay informed on future submission dates and eligibility for 2012, you can email your questions to entries@tribecafilmfestival.org or call (212)941-2305

A large amount of Prize money was given out in the 2010 Awards, which went out to a wide variety of countries of origin, genres, with various movies with film budgets of all levels.   The categories and awards were as follows:

Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature - 'When We Leave' - (from Germany), Director Feo Aladag, award amount $25,000, Art Prize of Study: Northern City Renaissance, by Stephen Hannock

Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature, Special Jury Mention - 'Loose Cannons' - (from Italy) - Director Ferzan Ozpetek

Best New Narrative Filmmaker - Kim Chapiron for 'Dog Pound,' Awarded amount of $25,000 Sponsored by American Express

Best Actor in a Narrative Feature - Eric Elmosnino in 'Gainsbourg,' (from France) awarded two Business Elite ticket vouchers to anywhere Delta travels.

Best Actress in a Narrative Feature - Sibel Kekelli in 'When We Leave,' (from Germany) awarded two Business Elite ticket vouchers to anywhere Delta travels.

Best Narrative Short - 'Father Christmas Doesn't Come Here,' (from South Africa) Drirector Bekhi Sibiya, awarded $5,000 and 5 thousand feet of 35mm film stock (film donated by Kodak)

Heineken Audience Award Winner - RUSH: Beyond the Lighted Stage, Director Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn, awarded $25,000

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