9:15am – 10:45am
Current Issues in Film Finance
Leading CEOs, filmmakers, financiers and executives explore the state of independent film financing, emerging trends, where the money is and what the future holds.

Moderator
P. John Burke, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Initial Panelists
Bennett C. Pozil, Executive Vice President – Head of Corporate Banking, East West Bank
Roy A. Salter, Senior Advisor, FTI Consulting Inc

11:15am – 12:45pm
The Film Finance Matrix: From Script to Screen

Our panel of experts will review five film packages – submitted by Finance Conference attendees – and discuss how they would finance each project.

To have your project considered for review during the Finance Conference, return the Submission Form and signed Releaseto Finance@ifta-online.org by October 21. If your project is selected, you will be notified by November 2. Only Finance Conference attendees and holders of Platinum and Executive Plus badges are eligible to apply.

Moderator
Joseph Chianese, EVP, Entertainment Partners

Panelists
Micah Green, Co-Head, Film Finance, CAA
Brian O’Shea, CEO, The Exchange
Chris Spicer, Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Paul Steinke, SVP Production Finance, Walt Disney Studios
Adrian Ward, SVP, Entertainment Industries Division, Pacific Mercantile Bank
Gareth Unwin, Co-Founder & CEO, Bedlam Productions