Posts Tagged ‘Film Fund Raising’

Green Light Film Funding take pride on honesty and their ability to structure unique funding solutions that are not available in the traditional lending arena. The Funding Options, like those of any other industry, have changed drastically within the last 12 months. However, with GLFF’s combined 34 years of experience they know how to structure these difficult deals in today’s always changing environment. Whether your film has most or none of the funding required this fund can provide solutions that exist outside the traditional sources. Fund’s investors realize the potential of funding films and that your film may be the next "Juno","Garden State" or "Passion Of The Christ". At Green Light Film Funding they eat, sleep and drink film financing. Whether you are a film maker or potential investor we look forward to sharing your vision and working together with you and your team in the near future.      You can submit film projects for funding consideration. GLFF offers some incentives for film producers and various opportunities for investors to finance films  Source-  http://www.greenlightfilmfunding.com/

  If you want to benefit from the opportunity of taking your story idea to the big screen. Singapore's Media Development Authority (MDA) has opened its third call-for-proposals under its International Film Fund (IFF) and is looking to co-invest in globally marketable films involving at least one Singapore partner. What's more, completed films could premiere globally at ScreenSingapore, the week-long international cinema event comprising a trade show, conferences, master classes, a film awards section as well as red carpet gala premieres. ScreenSingapore, hosted by MDA and organised by Singapore Airshow & Events Pte Ltd (SAe), is a platform for Asian content to be marketed to the world and for international films to be released in Asia. Mr Kenneth Tan, Director of Film, Animation and Publishing, MDA, said: "The IFF complements our co-production strategy aimed at growing Singapore-made content targeting global audiences. It facilitates collaboration among international creative talents, and the participation of Singapore's production and post-production facilities in international film productions. "Singapore currently has four official film co-production partner countries - namely Australia, Canada, China and New Zealand. We welcome filmmakers to work with us and our network of official co-production partnering countries through the IFF to realise their aspirations, and tell their stories to movie-goers around the world." Projects selected under the current round of IFF will be announced at the inaugural edition of ScreenSingapore from 5 to 12 June 2011. About the International Film Fund (IFF) The IFF was launched in 2009 to encourage ...

How to Fund Your Film, the Film Finance Handbook, is the definitive source book for anyone looking to fund a film project - be it script, short, feature or documentary. It puts in one place for the first time details of over 1,000 funds and tax schemes in some 50 countries, alongside exhaustive and easy to understand explanations of all aspects of indie film financing, from microbudget shorts and docs to multi-million international co-productions. Over 40 experts from six continents have contributed to this exhaustive 480 page how-to and reference guide for filmmakers, producers, funders and advisers. The new edition features: • All forms of film finance explained in-depth, including new methods like crowdsourcing and web based micro-finance. • In depth international incentives (tax breaks and public money) covered for 50 countries (and dozens of states and regions), including the new UK, US federal and German tax incentives, written in collaboration with the legal experts in each country in language accessible for non lawyers. • Details of 1000 funding awards from over 300 bodies. • The internet as film studio; how to use the web for fund-raising, marketing and distribution. • Cutting budgets, a guide to microbudget and digital techniques. • Dozens of new case studies and interviews, including Oscar-winning producer Jeremy Thomas (The Last Emperor), Jim Gilliam (Brave New Films) - who raised $300,000 via the web, Susan Buice and Arin Crumley, whose produced YouTube's first feature stream, Roy Disney, Gus van Sant, Nik Powell ...

Noci Pictures Entertainment allows select global accredited ultra high net worth investors, sovereign wealth funds, Angel Investors, family offices, private banks, pensions, endowments, fund of funds, wealth & financial advisers, hedge funds, and other private equity investors looking to participate in an exclusive opportunity in a market-neutral, non-correlated asset class which is immune to economic conditions, has built in guarantees for global distribution, integrates technology (3D production, digital distribution), and has a structure wherein Assets Under Management (AUM) have a guaranteed ROI prior to revenues using U.S., Canadian, & international tax incentives, and multi-tier exit strategies. There is a very privileged and sophisticated way of financially participating in a basket of commercial films, which unlike a mutual fund, REIT, hedge fund, oil & gas investment, or other correlated asset class, can in certain instances provide a 60-100% ROI prior to revenues in addition to full transparency and zero quantitative, exotic, or other confusing financial models that have in the last few years proven to be more risk than reward. With growing demand for 3D Cinema, decreasing costs of theatrical distribution, robust DVD and global Video On Demand markets, new mobile technology, widespread specialized social media and word of mouth marketing, long term library valuation, and multi-tier ancillary revenues, Noci Pictures has developed a very innovative business model and financial product that is scalable to both smaller investors and large institutional capital The Company also consults, structures, and acts as a strategic advisor on international film finance, film tax credits & rebates, cross border ...

Footprint Films and The Route Groups combined forces to launch a vehicle that provides budgeting for production companies making films, targeting yearly return of 21% for investors. Film investments have traditionally been used for the tax relief but after legislations were abolished, interest decreased. Lisa Lambert, founder, business development and executive producer of Footprint Films said the idea  the for the fund came as a result of wanting to make film an asset class in its own right fund came as a result of wanting to make film an asset class in its own right. Thus a one-stop shop was created where top-end producers could get the majority of their budget. The Footprint Film fund is a five-year closed ended vehicle that sought to raise $22m before the offer period ends $21m during its first year. This would allow Footprint to invest up to $150m in global film projects. Lisa Lambert said: "I was working in the US looking for UK investors to help finance films. It seemed like an arduous way of doing it and I realized a lot of the time films were getting interest because of the tax relief and not because of the good films. With The Route Group, we decided we wanted to use film as an investment class itself and modernize a fund so investors get a good rate of return." Minimum investment was £50,000 and can be made in Sterling or US Dollar. Commission to intermediaries is ...

"If film companies need the actual cash to make the film, they need only take the concept of the Exchange one step further (as is my hope and expectation) and raise cash directly  from investors in exchange for a return that is tied to a percentage of the box office results of their films, as a proxy for all other revenue streams. As with the Exchange, there would be a flood of capital available if investors could know the value of their investment by opening the paper, rather than waiting for months only to receive arcane accounting statements that they don’t understand." "Right now, we are in a serious trough, with the last wave of financing from New York equity and hedge funds long gone. We need to have a sustainable approach to raising vast amounts of financing, and the Exchange will do just that." Source

"Instead of dazzling investors with smoke and mirror Monte Carlo simulation models that offer various IRR’s and scenarios based on unpredictable film revenues streams and junior equity to trigger senior and mezz debt, the key is to offer an absolute return on investment utilizing international and U.S. public tax incentives that in certain instances can guarantee 100% or more of invested capital prior to revenues by leveraging equity positions with non-recourse debt vs. recourse debt." Source