Product Description

The most comprehensive guide to film finance and funding yet
published is relevant for shorts, features, documentary and video, from
beginner through to seasoned professional.

The latest installment
of the 6,000-selling Film Finance Handbook has been significantly updated
by over 20 experts in six continents with 80% new content, effectively
becoming three books in one: a full how-to theory text, an extensive global
guide to tax incentives and breaks for 50 countires, and a funding
directory, with over 1000 awards.

PART 1 - THEORY AND PRACTICE
explores and explains - with dozens of case studies and interviews - the
full process of raising finance. Getting Started is an introduction to the
industry, detailing the main structures and how the business works as well
as the basics of development, networking, pitching, business plans,
negotiating, contract law, copyright, incorporation and team building.
Production Financing then looks comprehensively at how independent film
financing works: equity, soft money, tax breaks, deferments, pre-sales, gap
finance, advances, banking, negative pick-ups, EIS, venture capital,
sponsorship and product placement. Low and microbudget production explores
dozens of ways to reduce your budget and cut costs - with tips, guides,
interviews, budget breakdowns and case studies. The internet then looks at
new methods of funding - as well as marketing and distribution - that use
the web as a resource and platform.

Dozens of original case studies
and interviews include Jeremy Thomas, one of Europe's leading producers,
whose Oscar(tm)-winning The Last Emperor was the first Western film to
shoot in China; Jim Gilliam, who raised the budget of Iraq for Sale almost
entirely through email; Roy Disney, vice-chair of Walt Disney Inc; Paul
Andrew Williams, whose £80,000-feature London to Brighton became a festival
hit in 2006; and Susan Buice & Arin Crumley, whose Four Eyed Monsters is
the first feature film ever to be offered by YouTube.

PART 2 -
INTERNATIONAL INCENTIVES combines the knowledge of dozens of film finance
experts and lawyers around the world to describe the incentives and tax
breaks available in their region. Information is provided on 50 countries,
with regional and state specific information for the US and Canada. In each
country - and for each major scheme - it covers What is available? Who can
apply? and How can you qualify? The section includes the new US tax break,
the UK replacement to section 48 (including the final confirmed cultural
test) - approved by the HM Treasury - and German tax incentives. Full
information is provided for Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
China, Colombia, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Isle of
Man, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Puerto
Rico, Romania, South Africa, Korea, Sweden, UK and USA; with further
details for Boznia & Herzogovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Estonia, Fiji, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan,
Macedonia, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia,
Slovenia and Spain.

PART 3 - FUND DIRECTORY. With over 1.5bn
available in Europe each year alone, public funding is an increasingly
important part of film financing. This is the most comprehensive list of
public film funds ever published, with details on over 1000 schemes from
more than 300 organisations. As well as funding for features, documentary,
animation and shorts, it lists sources for script development, company
support, experimental projects, festivals & events, training, distribution
and exhibition. Wherever possible, web addresses for further info for each
scheme, details of award range and eligibility criteria are provided.
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Denmark, pan-European funding, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland,
Italy, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, The Netherlands, New
Zealand, Nordic-region, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore,
Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad &
Tobago, UK and US.

REFERENCE SECTION includes an exhaustive glossary
of over 400 key film finance and business terms, delivery requirements,
table of co-production treaties, useful resources and a sample recoupment
schedule.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75473 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 450 pages

Business of Film, Cannes Edition
"Quality information.. makes one feel capable of funding a film
tomorrow.. helpful for anyone starting off the process of funding"

Variety, Cannes Edition
"A wealth of information"

From the Publisher
Our mission has always been to provide essential and practical
information about the film industry in a form that is easy to understand
for a beginner and useful for an expert - at a price that should suit
either. It's been seven years of work to get here, but we're delighted to
offer a global guide to film finance, with directory, extensive case
studies and country guides, for the price of a couple of DVDs.

Customer Reviews

A Bible on the Topic
The new global edition of The Film Finance Handbook: How to Fund Your Film is a bible on the topic. Set out in straightforward language the book is an extensive guide for those new to the industry and seasoned professionals alike. For the filmmaker starting out, the book not only guides you - using simple analogies and a dash of humour - through the complex world of film finance, it also considers the important but often overlooked practical areas of research, networking, pitching and negotiating. For the experienced producer it contains a wealth of up-to-date and timesaving information, most notably an exhaustive section devoted to international incentives and an equally extensive global funding directory. The book also includes a very timely chapter on the impact of the Internet on the film industry and explores the financial possibilities offered by this so-called `Seventh Major'. I have not been able to find a book on film finance as comprehensive as this.

The definitive work in this field
This books is a must read for anyone involved in the world of film finance, or who is putting together a film. It is a masterly work, accessible, very well written and clearly set out. Adam Davies is one of the most experienced film lawyers in the UK and not only knows what he is talking about, has that rare gift of being able to put it across lucidly.

All you need to know
This book is great - a comprehensive guide to film-making. It explains complex ideas such as the new UK tax credit in words that almost everyone can understand.