Carolyn Stamegna and David Zitzerman at the Film/TV Production & Finance Summit

Details

Tuesday October 23, 2007
2:15 p.m: Country Production Incentives Panel

Panel Member: David Zitzerman, Goodmans LLP

This panel will look at a number of foreign jurisdictions that provide tax based incentives for motion picture production.  Topics may include:

• Canadian Federal & Provincial Tax Credits
• Changes in Germany's Tax Code
• United Kingdom Incentives
• Incentives in the Emerging World

Tuesday October 23, 2007
3:30 p.m.: Case Study & Overview of Multi-Jursidictional Financing Panel

Panel Member: Carolyn Stamegna, Goodmans LLP

This panel will bring together a producer, finance executive and attorney who have all worked on a single, multi-jurisdictional tax-incentivized picture.  This unique first hand review will focus on some of the following points:

• Legal and practical co-production issues
• Assessing co-production treaties
• Models for successful international financings
• How to handle currency fluctuations, foeign legal requirements and bad partners
• Review of recent hotspots

Film/TV Production & Finance Summit
October 22-23, 2007
Westin Times Square
New York, NY

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