Events

In an increasingly selective and risk-conscious marketplace, what does it take to get an independent film financed today? Leading voices from across the film finance landscape come together for a high-level conversation on the state of the market, how financing is coming together across different budgets and distribution models, what is driving investment decisions, where […]

A great package is no longer enough — the numbers have to work. As traditional assumptions around sales, distribution, windows and audience demand continue to shift, how are financiers determining what a film is worth and how much they’re willing to risk? This session looks at the new economics shaping independent film financing from budget […]

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Moderator: Michele Kanan, Emmy winning Producer, Emmy nominated Writer and Director Speakers: Bianca Halpern, VP of Business Development, Otto Nemenez Gabriel Beristain , Actor & Director Presented by Flip Creative

This panel will focus on four key issues in the global film and media industry: how to combine financing, talent, and production resources from different countries; how to incorporate global distribution and audience considerations from the project planning stage; how AI can reduce production costs while preserving creators’ unique styles; and how to carry out […]

Generative AI gets the headlines, but another kind of AI is quietly changing how studios, agencies, distributors, and financiers make decisions determining what gets read, greenlit, financed, or how a trailer is launched. This is a different animal entirely: decision intelligence, not content generation. This panel cuts through the hype with real, applied use cases […]

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Speakers: Tom Malloy, COO, Studio Dome Shaked Berenson, CEO, Studio Dome

Speaker: Marissa Castro, Digital Marketing Manager (North America), Singapore Tourism Board

Speakers: Lise Romanoff, Managing Director / CEO of Worldwide Distribution, Vision Films, Inc. Amrita Punjabi, Network Director, VA Media

Moderator: Ryan Broussard, Vice President of Sales and Production Incentives, Wrapbook Speakers: Georja Skinner, Creative Industries, Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism, State of Hawaii Steve Lyons, Director, Maine Film Office Colleen Bell, Director, California Film Commission, Governor’s Office of Business & Economic Development Soozie Eastman, Founder and President, Louisville Film Office

Even the industry’s most prolific companies are reassessing what they’re looking for and what earns a “yes.” Leading financiers, buyers and talent representatives lift the curtain on what’s breaking through in today’s marketplace, what’s driving financing and packaging decisions, where priorities are shifting, and what it takes for a project to get the industry behind […]