Filmmaking,
How to finance a film

Financing is essential for any filmmaker who wants to take a film from an initial idea to the cinema. This session examines where to look for money in a changing market and the importance of co-producers for successful fundraising. It will also provide tips and advice on how not to get ripped off by the financiers.
Topics covered will include:
- Where has the money gone – or why the past is of little help to producers;
- Where should producers be looking for money – the importance of co-production partners;
- Where can you go to get pre-production money;
- What is the least painful and time-consuming method of closing finance;
- How not to get ripped off by the financiers – not all the producer's fees have to be deferred; and
- What to do when the finance starts going wrong.
Where
Curzon Soho Bar
99 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 5DY
When
1:00pm Thurs 14 Jan, 2010
For more information and to sign up for the seminar visit the http://www.own-it.org website