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	<title>Film Funding Blog &#187; 2007</title>
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	<description>Film Financing Information provided by Sharp Angle @filmbiz101.com</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 01:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Highlights from the AFM Film Financing Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great post on Johanna Blakley&#8217;s blog over at the Norman Lear Center. She provides an account of the recent AFM Film Financing Conference held in Santa Monica. Some interesting insights into film funding trends:
How do you convince a financer that you’ve got a marketable film?
Once again, financers could care less who’s directing. The real gatekeeper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Film Funding No-No?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to film funding, it is a lot harder to finance your film from jail!
 Nov.  9, 2007,  7:17AM
    
Film producer arrested in Los Angeles in suspected movie-financing scam
From the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — A film producer has been arrested on suspicion of using bogus contracts with foreign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disney&#8217;s Enchanted in Theaters Nov 21</title>
		<link>http://www.filmbiz101.com/film-financing/film-marketing/121/disneys-enchanted-in-theaters-nov-21/film-funding.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Film Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ENCHANTED ©Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Photo Credit: BARRY WETCHER/SMPSP SUSAN SARANDON
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		<title>Do&#8217;s and Don&#8217;ts of Working with Celebrity Talent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Things to keep in mind when hunting for a celebrity spokesperson include:

• Define your objectives

Determine what you expect from your partnership with your spokesperson and how to best utilize their talents. Clarify your needs and expectations from the get-go.

Get-It-Done: Brooks International and Burns are a couple of many agencies who specialize in booking celebrity and sports talent. These talent brokers can help you assess your needs.

• Find the right fit

It's important that the spokesperson you hire is a good match for your product or service. The clearer the link between your company's product and your talent, the better the partnership will work. (Think Michael Jordan and Nike!)]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Film Board Provides Cash for Short Films</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FilmBiz101</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[International Distribution]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Short films]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Filmmakers in Ireland received some great news. A local initiative there will provide $1  Million Euros (over $1.4 million U.S. dollars) specifically targeted to short films.

 €1m fund for Irish filmmakers launched
Budding filmmakers can now tap into a €1m fund launched today to boost the industry in Ireland.
The Irish Film Board (IFB) confirmed it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reuters: Tokyo film fest looks for spotlight</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FilmBiz101</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters has posted a short video segment on the Tokyo International Film Festival. Most interesting fact? For the first time in 20 years, local films from Japan beat out U.S. fare at the box office. You can learn more about the festival at their official website: http://www.tiff-jp.net/en/

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		<title>Innovative Film Funding Ideas?</title>
		<link>http://www.filmbiz101.com/film-financing/film-financing/112/innovative-film-funding-ideas/film-funding.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FilmBiz101</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Film Financing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Short films]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for innovative ideas to fund your next project?  Check out two interesting film funding ideas:
Buy a character
and
Movie ticket pre-sales 
For more ideas, also take a look at Carole Dean&#8217;s new book The Art of Film Funding:
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		<title>Film Funding: Gap and SuperGap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FilmBiz101</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Film Business]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Producing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The terms Gap Financing and SuperGap financing have been getting a lot of play lately. As these concepts are sometimes hard to succinctly define, I was impressed by this pithy description from the Wikipedia:

Gap/SuperGap Financing
&#160;
In motion pictures, Gap/Supergap financing is a form of mezzanine debt financing where the producer wishes to complete their film finance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian Film Funding on the Rise?</title>
		<link>http://www.filmbiz101.com/film-financing/film-financing/86/australian-film-funding-on-the-rise/film-funding.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cchen39</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australian films are getting a boost of financial support. Already rising in prominence in the United States, Australian filmmakers are poised to take advantage of a new film funding plan that provides the Australian film industry with an additional $283 million dollars to pursue its cinematic ventures.
In addition, the government there will soon introduce a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Film Industry Books for Your Weekend Read</title>
		<link>http://www.filmbiz101.com/film-financing/producing/101/film-industry-books-for-your-weekend-read/film-funding.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>filmbiz101</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A few worthy additions to your bookshelf:
The Filmmaker`s Handbook, 2008
Edward Pincus&#124;Steven Ascher

The authoritative guide to funding, preparing, shooting, lighting, editing, finishing and distributing your film or video Widely acknowledged as the &#8220;bible&#8221; of film and video production and used in courses around the world, this indispensable guide to making movies is now updated with the [...]]]></description>
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