Fifth international conference Film Business will focus on all aspects of coproduction

On September 12, 2012 for the fifth consecutive year film industry professionals will gather in Kyiv at the international B2B conference Film Business.

This year the organizers of the conference, Media Resources Management company, change the format of the forum and switch focus from discussion of film production burning issues to more practical matters. Film Business 2012 will focus its attention on the attraction of funds into filmmaking and will take a close look at all the processes related to this, using real life examples of the film makers from Ukraine, Russia, Europe and USA. Particularly, all the main sources of films funding will be discussed, such as government funding, involvement of different investment funds, and coproduction.

First section of the conference called «Co-production as a profitable venture - reality or fiction? » will be dedicated to all the aspects of modern-day coproduction. List of speakers includes Sergei Gratchev, Managing Partner at MGAP Attorneys at Law, Russia; Peter La Terriere, Vice president, international production at Universal Pictures int. London, UK; Dr Martin Smith, Special Adviser, Ingenious Media,UK; Rick McCallum, Film producer, USA; Gabor Zandler, Line Manager - Sport, Recreation, Entertainment Business Line - Aon Risk Solutions, Hungary; Alexey Vladimirskiy, Sport, Recreation and Entertainment Practice Leader, Aon Rus – Insurance brokers, LLC, Russia; Olga Zakondyrina, MGAP Attorneys at Law, Russia; Syuzanna Mauzen, Executive producer, Russia; and others.

“The choice of topic for the round table is dictated by the two major trends of contemporary film business - globalization of the film industry as a whole and continuing growth of Eastern European film markets. Mutual integration of the national film industry systems of different countries is very well manifested in the implementation of co-production projects. International co-production is becoming one of the most attractive film production management systems, as it doesn’t just provide additional sources of funding for film production, but also allows an active exchange of experience in production between filmmakers of different countries, and most importantly - expands the boundaries of national cinema, making it accessible not only for its local audiences, but also for the audience of the partner countries", - comments Sergey Grachev, managing partner of law firm MGAP, Russia, the moderator of the panel discussion, "Co-production as a profitable venture: reality or fiction?"

Two other conference sections will be devoted to questions of government support of film production, and to discussing the ways to maximize the profit from film distribution.

Detailed program of the conference and the list of speakers can be found on Film Business web site.

Fifth International conference Film Business will be held on September 12, 2012 in Radisson Blu hotel in Kyiv in the course of KYIV MEDIA WEEK.

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