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A special panel discussion about investment attraction into the film industry will be held in course of the IV international conference Film business in Ukraine

17 May 2011, 12:37

A special subpanel, dedicated to financing and investment attraction into the film industry will be held in the course of the IV international B2B conference Film business in Ukraine. Nowadays, under the conditions of film production and distribution market unsteadiness, this issue becomes one of the principals, as well as finding the competent financing facilities for film projects is the key moment for the future industry development. In course of the section to  be discussed:  investment attracting into the Ukrainian film industry and its financing structure, tax breaks and foreign experience in this field.

 Highly experienced in this area law firm - Konnov & Sozanovsky became the conference’s partner in organization of this section. “In the course of subpanel we will discuss our market realities, as well as foreign experience in a cash flow attracting into the film industry. The mission of our conference is to push national market towards further development and to integrate international experience into our reality. That is why film-funding section is considered to become an important practical guide for Ukrainian and other filmmakers. Thereby participation will be beneficial for both parties - for filmmakers and investors, who want to enter the movie-art market correctly”, - points Victoria Yarmoshchuk, Director of Media Resources Management, Film business in Ukraine conference organizer.

Yevgenia Derbal, a Partner of Konnov & Sozanovsky, noted: “Our many years’ experience of work with major Ukrainian film studios approves the increasing interest of the national market in attracting the outward investments towards the high quality TV and film production. Ukrainian and foreign companies, and even individuals act as investors. Both - debt and equity finance can be used. Besides these basic funding models, that are frequently used in other economic sectors, film industry  also uses other schemes based on production and distribution agreements and other documents. That is exactly the issue, as well as financial and tax reductions, that will be discussed in course of  Film Business in Ukraine conference. Participants will have a great opportunity to derive foreign experience from major British and international law firm delegates, who have been assisting film production and distribution in the US and Great Britain for many years”.

 Notification: IV international B2B conference Film business in Ukraine will be held in course of KYIV MEDIA WEEK on September 16, 2011.

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