Written for anyone looking to fund a script, short, feature or documentary, this book puts in one place details of over 1,000 public funds and tax schemes in some 50 countries, alongside comprehensive and easy-to-understand guides to 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 2008 edition features:
• 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.
• All forms of film finance explained in-depth, including the Internet as a mini-major; how to use the web for fund-raising, marketing and distribution.
• Cutting budgets, a guide to microbudget and digital techniques.
• A new 400 entry film finance glossary, alongside useful docs such as a recoupment schedule,
• Dozens of case studies and interviews, including Oscar-winning producer Jeremy Thomas, Jim Gilliam, Susan Buice and Arin Crumley, Roy Disney, Gus van Sant, Nik Powell, Lance Weiler and Paul Haggis.
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 2008 edition features:
• 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.
• All forms of film finance explained in-depth, including the Internet as a mini-major; how to use the web for fund-raising, marketing and distribution.
• Cutting budgets, a guide to microbudget and digital techniques.
• A new 400 entry film finance glossary, alongside useful docs such as a recoupment schedule,
• Dozens of case studies and interviews, including Oscar-winning producer Jeremy Thomas, Jim Gilliam, Susan Buice and Arin Crumley, Roy Disney, Gus van Sant, Nik Powell, Lance Weiler and Paul Haggis.
