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Each year, the sell-out AFM Finance Conference and a series of Industry Seminars provide a forum where attendees can interact with and learn from prominent financiers, CEOs, filmmakers, talent and industry executives.
A tentative schedule appears below.


AFM Finance Conference

Friday, 27 February

9am - 10:40am The Future of Feature Film Financing: The Financiers & Facilitators
11am - 12:40pm The Future of Feature Film Financing: The CEOs


Location:
Fairmont Miramar Hotel (Starlight Ballroom)
101 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica

Cost:
$85.00 (includes continental breakfast and both conference sessions)


AFM Seminars

Saturday, 28 February

3pm The New Cool Corners of Co-Production
Programmed by: Women In Film International Committee

Panelists:
Ruth Harley, Chief Executive, New Zealand Film Commission (New Zealand)
Wouter Barendrecht, Co-Chairman, Fortissimo Film Sales (Benelux and Asia)
Peter Locke, Co-Chairman, Kushner/Locke (Romania)
Sergio Molino, Director National Film Commission of Mexico (Mexico)

Moderator:
June Shelley

Monday, 1 March

11am Innovative Models of Independent Film Distribution
Programmed by: Directors Guild of America

2pm Produce This! The Business of Being Creative
Programmed by: Producers Guild of America


Tuesday, 2 March


9am The State of Film Financing in Europe and the US
Programmed by: The Hollywood Reporter

11am
How Do You Budget Imagination? Screenwriting in the Low and High Budget World
Programmed by: Writers Guild of America, west

2pm My Big Fat Diversity Movie - How Non-Traditional Casting Works in Independent Film
Programmed by: SAGIndie/Screen Actors Guild

4pm Domestic Incentives and Soft Money
Programmed by: Independent Feature Project/LA