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Film Meets Finance:
Networking & Education for
Filmmakers & Financiers
Seven Insightful Talks by Leading Experts & More
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Abstract
"To-the-point presentations on the latest trends and targeted networking with like-minded pros set this event apart from the rest. IIFF delivers no-nonsense insight and real opportunity." — Thomas Trenker, film financier
The San Francisco chapter of the Institute for International Film Financing (IIFF) continues its popular monthly gatherings at the junction of film & finance with a special Film Financing Townhall at the renowned Academy of Art. Their facilities are conveniently located across the street from the Palace Hotel in downtown San Francisco.
This grassroots community get-together is designed to foster & inform productive relationships between attendees. It provides unbiased insight & education about the business of film and film financing in particular. The event features a powerful roster of highly topical speakers from the filmmaking and financial industries. We are delighted to welcome real-world financiers among our guests!
The evening's five seven presentations plus panel discussion address key issues relevant to filmmakers, financiers and anyone interested in the economics, business mechanics, and financial dynamics of motion pictures. They are followed by Q&A time. Attendees also have ample opportunity to interact & network with our featured experts and amongst themselves.
An informal après-meeting celebration will take place at a nearby restaurant.
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Attendees
Who should attend?
Entrepreneurs, consultants, attorneys, bankers, investment managers, venture capitalists, angel investors and other professionals with an interest in the movie business will find this event worthwhile. Everyone who cares about independent film is cordially invited to join us.
Are you considering taking an active role in film, or would you like to expand your current involvement? Don't miss this high-value yet low-cost learning experience and the opportunity to connect with like-minded peers.
Established & aspiring filmmakers looking to raise capital for their projects, production companies, movie slates, film funds or other ventures are, naturally, more than welcome as well.
Why attend?
New to film finance? Need to brush up your topical knowledge? Want to deepen your understanding? Care to participate in an ongoing conversation & community dedicated to the subject? This uniquely valuable gathering is right for you!
Gain crucial insights from leading experts in their field. Network with fellow film & finance professionals. Meet potential collaborators and future business partners. All this at a price that is hard to beat.
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Program Details
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The New Crowdfunding Law: What It Means for Film Entrepreneurs & Financiers
Daniel Riviera (bio), Principal at boutique law firm Riviera & Assoc.; Harvard & Georgetown-educated entertainment attorney with 25+ years of film, TV, music, gaming, trademark & publishing experience; assisted with 100s of movie projects; past clients include Carolco, Imagine, Spelling, Groundlings, Keiko Matsui & Gilda Radner; reps many producers with social & political content, both for-profit & non-profit …  »
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Indistinguishable From Magic? The Amazing Technology Behind Big-Box-Office 3D
Damon Wolfe (bio), Exec. Producer at Stereobox, producing stereography (3D) for such clients as Disney, Warner Bros., ImageMovers, George Lucas's ILM, IMAX & Real D; fmr. Technical Director at Wild Brain Animation; Technical Supervisor & Sr. Technical Director at Disney's ImageMovers Digital Studio … »
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Media With a Message: Social-Issue Film & Documentary Success
Paul Zehrer (bio), Exec. Producer/Director at PotentialSF & Campaign Developer for Spare Climate Change; earned nominations for Independent Spirit Awards, Sundance Grand Jury Prize & Emmys; wrote & directed for PBS's "EnviroMysteries" & Nickelodeon's "Blue's Clues" (Emmy nom for Best Director); received Blockbuster/McKnight Film Fund Award for "Threshhold" screenplay; 20+ years experience as editor on music videos, commercials, indie features & docs incl. Oscar nominee "Essay on Matisse" (PBS), "Blackout" (Frontline/PBS), "Listen Up" (Warner Bros.) & "Picasso Paints Picasso" (PBS) … »
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A Fine Line: Balancing Art & Commerce in Documentaries
Laura Lukitsch (bio), Founder & Producer at Global Performance Media with clients incl. KQED/Spark, LinkTV, Commonwealth Club & Thiel Foundation; faculty member at SF State; has produced, directed & edited films for 7+ years; premiered long-form doc "Beard Club" at Hot Springs Documentary Film Fest; currently in pre-production on "Mind the Gap"; won numerous grants & awards incl. Fleishhacker Foundation, Pacific Pioneer Fund & SF Film House Residency … »
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Read, Write, Webseries: Producing for New Disruptive Media Outlets
Daedalus Howell (bio), versatile filmmaker, journalist & media personality; Writer/Producer at Future Media Research Lab (FMRL); wrote & directed parodistic "R&H Educational Film Series" (Showtime, Canal+, IFC); co-produced feature "Aviary" (2005); produced content for Wikia & "lifestyle ambassador" videos for Sonoma County Tourism Bureau; had distribution on Showtime Next, MTV2, MTV Italia, HBO Ceska Republika & BiteTV; wrote for SF Chronicle, LA Downtown News, FineLife Sonoma & Sonoma Valley Sun … »
*** More to come ***
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Featured Moderator
 The event will be moderated by Noemi Zeigler (bio), an award-winning filmmaker and screenwriter, film and video instructor, web show host, singer/songwriter and standup comedian. She has produced and/or hosted such TV programs and web shows as "Pushy TV," which gained a cult following in San Francisco; "The Minx Mandate" on Revision3 Beta; "Pop Secrets (and Other Roadside Attractions)," which aired across Europe; and "Studio SX" for SXSW. Her feature script "What Do You Thinx of Madeline Minx?" won Best Farce and Best Fresh Voice at film festivals in Los Angeles and Toronto. Noemi holds an MFA from the prestigious American Film Institute. »
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Schedule
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| 7:00 PM |
Kick-Off & Welcome |
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8:00 PM |
Four Featured Presentations with Q&A (4 × 15 mins) |
| 8:00 PM |
8:15 PM |
Networking Break (15 mins) |
| 8:15 PM |
9:00 PM |
Three Featured Presentations with Q&A (3 × 15 mins) |
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9:15 PM |
Networking Break (15 mins) |
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10:00 PM |
Moderated Panel Discussion with Q&A (45 mins) |
| 10:00 PM+ |
Community Time at Area Restaurant |
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Townhall Venue
Academy of Art University (AAU)
79 New Montgomery St
(between Market & Mission, across from Palace Hotel)
Auditorium - 1st floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 274-2200
Map: Get a map of 79 New Montgomery St at Ask, Bing, Google, MapQuest or Yahoo.
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Our Host
 This month's Film Financing Townhall in San Francisco is hosted by the esteemed Academy of Art, a leading private university founded in 1929 in San Francisco. With nearly 10,000 students that occupy its 30+ buildings in downtown San Francisco, AAU is considered the largest private school of art and design in the United States. It offers both traditional on-campus and online distance-education degree and certificate programs in a wide variety of fine arts-related majors, including Motion Pictures & Television and Animation & Visual Effects. In May 2007, AAU was granted regional accreditation by the Senior Commission of the prestigious Western Association of Schools & Colleges (WASC), one of the six major regional accreditation commissions recognized by the US Department of Education.
Very special thanks for making this event possible go to Curran Engel, Full-Time Instructor in AAU's film school.
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Registration
Filmmaker-friendly affordable online registration is available at the top of this page.
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* To learn more about membership, email our Membership Bureau or ask an IIFF staffer at or after the event.
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Need Help?
Direct all your questions and inquiries about this event to IIFF's online forum at http://forum.filmfinancing.org.
Having trouble with Eventbrite (this site), PayPal or Google Checkout? Get help in our online forum. You can also notify us by email well in advance of the event and register on-site.
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Speaker Bios
 Daniel Riviera, Esq., the principal of the Riviera & Associates law firm, has over twenty-five years of experience as an attorney in the motion picture industry. He has been involved with hundreds of projects, ranging from Academy Award-nominated documentaries to major studio releases, which have become enormous commercial successes and cultural landmarks. Daniel represents clients involved in all aspects of the motion picture industry, with a current emphasis on guiding independent film productions from financing through the sale of distribution rights. Past clients have included Carolco Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Spelling Entertainment, the Groundlings, Keiko Matsui and Gilda Radner. Current clients include Academy Award-nominated filmmakers, independent film studios and Internet-based distribution companies. Daniel is a graduate of Harvard College and the Georgetown University Law Center. »
Damon Wolfe is currently an Executive Producer at Stereobox, which has produced stereography (3D) for Disney, Warner Bros., ImageMovers, George Lucas's ILM, IMAX and Real D. Damon is a former Technical Director at Wild Brain Animation Studios in San Francisco, and a Layout Supervisor, Computer Graphics Technical Supervisor and Senior Technical Director at Disney's ImageMovers Digital Studio. He studied animation at Vancouver Film School. »
Paul Zehrer is currently an Executive Producer and Director at PotentialSF and Campaign Developer for Spare Climate Change. His film and TV career has earned him nominations for the Independent Spirit Awards, the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and the Emmy Awards. Paul has written and directed for "EnviroMysteries" (PBS) and "Blue's Clues" (Nickelodeon), which earned him an Emmy nomination for Best Director. He has written several screenplays including "Threshold," for which he received a Blockbuster/McKnight Film Fund Award. Moreover, Mr. Zehrer has over twenty years of experience as a film and video editor on music videos, commercials, independent features and documentaries including the Oscar-nominated "An Essay on Matisse" (PBS), "Blackout" (Frontline/PBS), "Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones" (Warner Bros.), "Picasso Paints Picasso" (PBS) and "Ordinary Sinner." He was a creative force behind many award-winning commercials for Lieberman Productions in San Francisco, working with dozens of Hollywood, music and sports celebrities. Paul earned a BA in Philosophy from Vassar College and taught filmmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has been a Fellow Artist in Residence at Yaddo and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. »
 Laura J. Lukitsch is the Founder and Producer at Global Performance Media, which has clients including KQED/Spark, LinkTV, the Commonwealth Club and the Thiel Foundation. She is a faculty member at SF State University. Laura has been producing, directing and editing films for more than seven years. She has worked as a filmmaker with artistic, public-television and corporate clients. Laura's first long-form documentary "Beard Club," inspired by the World Beard and Mustache Competition, premiered at Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. It was shot in six countries and twelve cities. She is currently in pre-production on "Mind the Gap," a feature-length documentary which examines urban transportation systems and sustainable urban transit through the eyes of commuters in Beijing, San Francisco, London and Lima. Laura has won numerous grants and awards including a Fleishhacker Foundation grant, the Pacific Pioneer Fund grant and the San Francisco Film House Residency. »
Daedalus Howell is a writer-producer at FMRL.com, a filmmaker and a media personality. He wrote and directed the R&H Educational Film Series, a parody of American "social guidance films" of the 1950s, which aired on Showtime, Canal+ and IFC. He directed music videos for the bands Longwave (RCA) and Falcon, and co-produced the feature film "The Aviary." Daedalus recently produced food and beverage-themed content for Wikia, a "lifestyle ambassador" video series for the Sonoma County Tourism Bureau, and is the writer-director of dozens of short films. His work has also been distributed internationally on outlets including Showtime Next, MTV2, MTV Italia, HBO Ceska Republika and BiteTV. As a journalist, Daedalus has written for the San Francisco Chronicle, the North Bay Bohemian, the Petaluma Argus-Courier, Los Angeles Downtown News, FineLife Sonoma Magazine, the Sonoma Valley Sun, and presently writes a weekly column for the Sonoma Index-Tribune. He published "I Heart Sonoma: How to Live & Drink in Wine Country" as an ebook. He is a former co-founder of DHowell Media Group, which has evolved into FMRL (Future Media Research Lab). The company produced content for brands including Annie's Homegrown, Morton's Steakhouse and Sutter Home Winery, as well as numerous music videos. »
Moderator
 Noemi Zeigler is an award-winning filmmaker and screenwriter, film instructor at the Academy of Art, web show host, singer/songwriter and standup comedian. Her feature script "What Do You Thinx of Madeline Minx?," a comedy with musical numbers, won Best Farce at the Broad Humor Film Festival in Los Angeles (2008) and Best Fresh Voice at the Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto (2008). Kathleen Turner read the role of her mother Rochelle in a staged reading of the script at the Electric Lodge Theater in Venice, CA in 2009. In 2002, Noemi produced and hosted "Pushy TV," a weekly genre-bending reality/talk show, which gained a cult following in San Francisco. She hosted and co-produceed a satirical web show on Revision3Beta.com called "The Minx Mandate," with guests including celebrity blogger Perez Hilton. She co-hosted the German television documentary "Pop Secrets (and Other Roadside Attractions)," which aired across Europe on ARTE and 3 SAT. Noemi also co-hosted "Studio SX," a program for South by Southwest (SXSW). Moreover, she writes, performs and records electronic dance music on the independent record label Radio Charlie Records. Her single "Unleash Your Soul," has appeared on numerous dance charts around the country. Noemi has taught film and video courses at the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico, the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and Laney College in Oakland. She is an advisory board member of Toronto's Female Eye Film Festival. Noemi holds an MFA degree in Film Directing from the American Film Institute (AFI) in Los Angeles. »
Founder
A Wall Street investment banker and Silicon Valley startup executive turned independent film financier, Thomas (LinkedIn profile | full bio) serves as Chairman of the Institute for International Film Financing (IIFF). An innovative and ambitious social-impact organization, IIFF endeavors to bridge the gap between the worlds of filmmaking and finance for the benefit of all stakeholders including the public at large. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in San Francisco, IIFF has active chapters in multiple cities across the U.S. and continues to expand.
In his role as Managing Director of FilmAngels, Thomas also runs the world's first professional angel investor group for film. FilmAngels has been modeled after the way successful angel networks function in Silicon Valley and adapted to the unique characteristics of the movie industry. It focuses exclusively on funding independent films and film-related ventures. FilmAngels address the unfilled need for a structured, highly efficient and ultimately more effective environment for the vetting and financing of high-risk film projects.
Don't hesitate to connect with Thomas on LinkedIn or at an upcoming IIFF meeting near you. »
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"Let me again say I think you did a great job putting yesterday's event together – great crowd, smart presentation, lots of enthusiasm." — David Rosen, Executive Producer/Convener, Digital Independence
"Wow! For such a moderate investment, so much information. So much good networking. I hope you are proud of the magic you've created with IIFF." — Kevin Morrison, Writer/Director/Producer of independent film & TV
"I just wanted to say thanks for another great and informative meeting. The speakers were impressive and I made some good contacts." — Jesse Ford, Founder & Executive Director, Group Hug Productions
"IIFF and FilmAngels has really impressed me so far with its focus on the independent film community. I've traveled and interacted with film organizations around the world […]." — Jin Woo Joo, Founder, Cinemasports
"Thanks so much for hosting such an interesting program last week. I am always inspired by the creativity, and most recently, by the commitment to 'a better world'. It keeps my cynic's heart at bay! [A]gain, my heartfelt thanks for your mission and execution. Well done!" — Teri Cundall, Founder & President, Propville.com
"The event was great, very helpful." — Marc Perez, Co-President & Founding Partner, Sirk Productions
"I greatly enjoyed attending last night's event and found it very informative - certainly something that's been missing in New York so far." — Michael Gunther, Director/Producer, Triboro Pictures
"Great presentation tonight. Lots of energetic discussions and questions." — Campbell Dalglish, Prof. of Screenwriting, MFA in Film & Video at CUNY
"Thanks so much for tonight's event. It was really inspiring and incredibly informative." — Elizabeth Foley, Founding Faculty Member, Producing Dep't at NYFA
"I enjoyed this evening's Townhall presentation and found it very informative." — William Doll, Writer/Director, World Stage Pictures
"Your Townhall mtg was stimulating. You managed to attract the right target audience, and I loved your choice of speakers." — Sandra Schulberg, Founder, Independent Feature Project (IFP)
"I attended the New York Townhall Meeting and just wanted to thank you for setting up such an informative colloquium. It was my first IIFF event and I look forward to attending more in the future." — Blythe Frank, Producer, "Kettle of Fish" (Michael Mailer Films)
"Thank you again for a wonderful event last night." — Morgan Pehme, Co-Founder & CEO, Merlion Entertainment
"I'm just writing […] pertaining to the IIFF meeting last night, which I found both entertaining and informative and also promising of great things to come from IIFF in the near future!" — Thomas Woodrow, Producer, Furnace Films
"I attended the IIFF Townhall last week in New York and came away impressed. Thank you for putting together such an excellent panel of speakers. I found [Mr. Trenker's] presentation especially useful. As a former quant at Putnam Investments, I tend to dig into the numbers and [his] analysis was illuminating." — Robert Milacci, Executive Producer, Sinestra Pictures
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"As it turns out, my producing partner [producer/director Leszek Burzynski] attended your IIFF meeting in Santa Monica on July 16. He was quite impressed with the presentations." — Terrance Sweeney, Partner & Producer, Winning Team Studios
"I just wanted to say thanks again for putting on such a great forum last night. […] I really enjoyed the occasion and especially the presentations. They were extremely relevant and really strong, credible presenters." — Gordon Clark, CEO, The Movie Portfolio Fund
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"THANKS […] There are no organizations or groups that I have come across that are doing what you and FilmAngels are doing." — J. Martin, Co-Owner, 24 Bros Entertainment
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"Your seminars are FIRST RATE!" — Rowan Joseph, President, Greenwood Hill Productions
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"[T]hank you for a terrific meeting last night…" — Greg Lejnieks, Actor/Filmmaker, Art Dealer & fmr. Pro Soccer Player
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About IIFF
 The Institute for International Film Financing (IIFF) is an independent grassroots organization equally dedicated to serving the needs of filmmakers & financiers. IIFF's one-of-a-kind mission is to sustainably expand the scope & appeal of film financing and do so for the benefit of the public at large.
True to our proven motto of "democratizing film finance," IIFF's frequent Townhall Meetings bring together a wide array of professionals from relevant backgrounds in film, finance and beyond for a vibrant evening of insightful presentations, inspiring discussion & focused networking. Past meetings have reliably delivered useful insights into the business of film, provided valuable networking opportunities and drawn large, enthusiastic crowds.
IIFF has active chapters in multiple cites, and we are looking to expand further to better serve filmmakers and financiers everywhere. Help start or run a local chapter in your area! We make it easy and worth your while. Take a first step and tell us about yourself.
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When & Where
Academy of Art University (AAU)
79 New Montgomery Street
Auditorium - 1st floor
San Francisco,
CA 94105
Thursday, May 17, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PT)
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IIFF San Francisco Bay Area
The Institute for International Film Financing (IIFF) is an innovative, independent social-impact organization that endeavors to bridge the gap between the worlds of filmmaking and finance for the benefit of all stakeholders – including the public at large.
Founded by Thomas Trenker in 2003 and headquartered in San Francisco, IIFF has chapters in the Bay Area, New York City, New England, Florida, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, London, the Pacific Northwest, the Lower Midwest, the Southwest and the Great Lakes Region.
Help launch or run an IIFF chapter in your area! We make it easy and worthwhile. Email the chapter development team and tell us about yourself. Or join our online community at http://forum.filmfinancing.org to keep in touch with a growing number of filmmakers and financiers.
