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Groucho Club Child Abuse Scandal Exhibition P.16 10 UK child abuse scandal /BBC/Grocuho Cleopatra 10 Classic Film Review by Derek Winnert Mad Frankie Fraser 12 New Brit Gangster Film Fairlight Announcement 14 Fairlight partner with Adobe Steven Fischer Article 22 Steven talks of Old School New School Dial M For Murder P.19 Cork Film Festival 30 The 58th Cork Film Festival 57th BFI 34 London Film Festival Winners The Monuments Men 42 Twentieth Century Fox UK release date 14 th Polish Film Festival 46 Review by UFM’s own Pat Pawlak Third World Entertainment 56 by John Robert Beardsley with Paula Devlin Big Game P.20

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3 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 NO END IN SIGHT FOR UK CHILD ABUSE SCANDAL Since our editor exposed the largest child abuse network operating on the members forum of celebrity haunt, the Groucho Club, one paedophile scandal after another has followed in the UK with no apparent end in sight.

ver since a child abuse network was uncovered operating on the famous Groucho Clubs own members forum, the BBC alleged child abuse E scandal that has hit the headlines and has now become a threat to the existence of the BBC itself. Allegations of child abuse BBC celebrity presenter, Sir Jimmy Savile, now incorporate two inquiries at the BBC and a convicted paedophile pop star, Gary and a Police investigation that involves Glitter, sexually abusing underage girls in hundreds of complaints against celebrities in the dressing rooms at the BBC studios. and a series of arrests have taken place. Karin Ward made the claims in documentary The scandal bears an uncanny similarity on ITV, a major public service TV network to another in the United recent exposé Kingdom. Ms’ of child abuse “Police investigating Ward claims that in the UK. she was abused The discovery hundreds of complaints” by another that the UK television Media Haunt: the Groucho Club, had one presenter when she was 14 years old, and of the the largest child abuse networks in saw Glitter having sex with an underage girl UK history operating on the clubs online in Sir Jimmy Savile’s dressing room. members only forum which was covered up. Despite the network operating with The Director-General of the BBC, George complete impunity for almost a year on Entwistle, said that he would like to apologise the members’ forum, where children as on behalf of the BBC. However, he ruled out young as 7 years old were sold for sex. an internal inquiry into the damning child abuse claims despite a multitude of victims We now come full circle, and over a year and coming forward stating they were abused a half later, one of the UK’s most well-known on BBC property. The BBC faced mounting and respected institutions is also under attack pressure to investigate the damning claims. over child abuse allegations and another alleged cover-up. This time it’s the UK’s own The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, BBC that has been rocked by allegations that called for the allegations of sexual abuse to be children were abused at the BBC’s own studios thoroughly investigated. The PM said that the in London by a host of celebrities. The recent women’s claims of sexual abuse as teenagers avalanche of allegations followed claims by a at the BBC were “truly shocking.” He said that woman who alleges that she witnessed the the allegations should be looked into by the 4 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 BBC – and, if necessary, by the police. At this stage the BBC then did a complete U-turn: George Entwistle said the BBC Corporation would conduct an inquiry into alleged abuse of teenage girls after all, but only after a police investigation had concluded.

Just hours after Mr. Cameron called for a full internal investigation, former BBC chief, Mark they had been abused or had knowledge Thompson, who stood down last month, of abuse at the Duncroft School in Surrey, made the astonishing claim that he knew UK, which was shut down in 1980. But the nothing about the alleged abuse of teenage investigation was never aired after Peter girls and had not even heard “rumours” at Rippon, the editor of Newsnight, decided to any time during his eight years as Director- abandon the broadcast in December, shortly General of the BBC. before the BBC broadcasted three separate tributes to the alleged paedophile, Sir Mr Entwistle told BBC Radio 4’s Today , Jimmy Savile, during the weeks surrounding “These are awful allegations that have been Christmas, 2011. made, and they are criminal allegations, and the first thing I want to say is that the women A British Politician, Mr. Rob Wilson, MP for involved here have gone through something Reading East, has written to the chairman awful, something I deeply regret they should of the BBC Trust, Lord Patten, urging him to have to go through, and I would like to ensure the BBC is totally transparent regarding apologise on behalf of the organisation to all of the allegations being made. Speaking each and every one of them for what they’ve on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, had to endure here.” Mr Wilson said, “There’s a lot more to this than criminality – this is about a culture Entwistle added that that apparently existed the BBC would conduct “Groucho Club forum within, particularly the its own inquiry “when had children as young BBC light entertainment the police have finished department and who everything they have to as 7 on sale for sex” knows where else.” do, and when they give me an assurance that there is no danger of us Wilson added, “It was, in any way compromising or contaminating according to those who were part of it, an an investigation.” He went on to say that any environment where young girls could be investigation would need to be done in “two molested and possibly worse, and female phases,” and that the BBC would “take a look presenters groped. Now, this was allegedly properly” after the police inquiry. “So, it’s tolerated, known about, and allowed to critically important that we start by putting continue, and it’s alleged that a blind eye the BBC at the disposal of the police in this was turned to this. It’s becoming, with every regard. Any BBC probe,” he added, “would passing day, more and more obvious that Sir examine the broad question of what was Jimmy The Infamous Groucho Club going on and whether anybody around Savile was rotten, but he apparently was not Jimmy Savile knew what was going on.” alone in this, and that the culture in at least part of the BBC was utterly corrupted.” After BBC presenter Jimmy Savile died on October 29 last year, the BBC’s Newsnight Asked if he would call for ITV to hold an programme spent six weeks investigating inquiry as well, Wilson said, “I hope that any allegations that he abused pupils when he broadcaster that has these sorts of allegations was at the height of his fame in the 1970s. BBC moves very swiftly to deal with them.” About journalists spoke to ten women who claimed 40 people have now come forward. The

5 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 police are also planning to investigate claims reprehensible affair. that Savile and an accomplice ran a sex ring at the BBC. The famous Groucho Club opened its doors in 1985 in what was seen at the time as an A BBC spokesman said, “Both the BBC Trust antidote to the traditional members club. It and the Director-General have stated that the was in this spirit that the club was named police are the proper authority to look into after the comedian Groucho Marx, who these serious allegations. The BBC’s internal famously remarked “I refuse to join any club investigations unit is helping them in every that would have me as a member.” way possible.” Mr Entwistle met with police, and subsequently wrote to his staff: “I wanted Over the years the Groucho Cub has had to write to you at the end of what has been its fair share of sensational headlines with a difficult week for the media quotes such BBC, following allegations as “Members of the from a number of women Groucho Club, the that Jimmy Savile sexually coke stained heart abused them when they of media London” were young teenagers and “White powder during the 1960s and 70s. scare at the Groucho Claims “Like everyone who works that Damien Hirst here, I was appalled took cocaine at top by the things I saw in Club investigated” the ITV documentary. The former head I am determined that of the British the corporation will do Metropolitan absolutely everything Police, Sir Ian Blair it can to help find out once stated that what happened. I want he’d happily raid to make it clear that full the Groucho Club, cooperation with the and implied that police on this matter is cocaine use at vital. If any staff member, the Groucho Club past or present, knows was equivalent to anything they think might buying oranges help, I would urge them to from apartheid come forward.” South Africa or taking a holiday in Although the BBC tried Burma”. The raid hard to evade the issue never happened and put off calls for an and most likely investigation into the never will as the scandal, it would now Police in the UK seem that there may be have no appetite some light at the end of to take on a media the tunnel for the abused corporation. This victims, as the Prime was evident during Minister has taken an interest. However, it the recent phone hacking scandal in the UK. remains to be seen if the BBC investigation will be open and transparent, or if it will While one former manager, Liam Carson, follow in the footsteps of the Groucho Club was found dead in a pool of his own vomit and the wall of silence surrounding that on a London street, another manager of

6 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 the Groucho Club wrote a book “SoHo as both the management of the Groucho Society” about his experiences. Bernie Katz is club and their billion dollar corporation, renowned for his legendary abilities as a fixer. Graphite Kapital refuse to comment on Son of a gangster murdered in a gangland the child pornography network or issue a hit in London, he is nicknamed “the little man public statement outlining their position. who can.” Katz was quoted as saying about According to the book’s author, Tyrone D his book “It is quite tame compared to what Murphy, the exposé about the Groucho Club really goes on”. is an informative and in-depth account that is the result of a two year investigation. The A new exposé book on the club reveals a book also writes about the failed libel action more sinister side of the Groucho Club. The by the Groucho club, when they sought a “pre book includes revelations of rape at the club publication injunction for libel” to stop the by a rapist who has yet to be apprehended, author from actually writing the book. It was and may still be prowling the corridors of the a libel action about what could be written club. The revelations at the famous Groucho and not what had been written. The author club get worse and include the discovery of won the libel case and has since published network of child pornographers operating numerous articles about the club. on the Club’s own members’ forum for almost a year. The network was operating on a Since the expose, no media outlet will publish enormous scale and had 42,348 members or tackle the allegations that have been and 900,987 posts. made. All of the evidence was forwarded to the Levinson enquiry, an inept investigation As the book outlines, child pornographers into the UK media that appears to have were operating on the club’s forum for made no difference whatsoever.W hat make almost a year with complete impunity. The matters worse is that the UK Police simply did forum had thousands of posts made by child nothing for months; this allowed a cover up pornographers dedicated to photographs on a huge scale to take place. and videos of young children being made available for sex. Of the 42,000 members The Police later issued a false report to any on the Groucho Club members forum, not politicians who asked any questions after our one person reported the existence of child editor instigated an inquiry. This Police report pornography network to the authorities. was later found to contain inaccuracies After the discovery was made, a colossal by the Independent Police Complaints cover up followed by people yet to be Commission the UK Police watchdog. One named. The evidence on the Groucho Club’s of the inaccuracy was that the Police found website was deleted and destroyed without only found legal porn on the Groucho clubs informing the Police. own members forum, this was in reference to children in swimwear on sale for sex as young There was no consideration for the victims as 7 years of age. (the children) or the parents of missing children. This callous act impeded any Police This was despite statements from two serving investigation and it would seem allowed Police officers confirming the discovery but the pornographers to move on and evade were completely ignored. The Groucho club justice. After this evidence was destroyed is still in business, the press still have no additional evidence was also discovered on interest and the Police are simply doing what the Google search engine cached pages and they normally do. If you have information links. However, an unspecified number of about this issue please e mail us applications were made (by people yet to be named) to the search engine to remove all [email protected] the cached pages and links. We do not frequent the Groucho club, do There is a wall of silence surrounding this affair you?

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Cleopatra Classic Film Review by Derek Winnert

oseph L Mankiewicz’s 1963 epic was O’Sullivan’s Ptolemy, Pamela Brown’s high more famous as a media event than a priestess, John Hoyt’s Cassius and Kenneth movie – it’s the moment when Elizabeth Haigh’s Brutus. J Taylor met Richard Burton, creating an unprecedented media storm that helped The first half of the four hour movie, right create the modern cult of celebrity– almost up to the Intermission, is all and for its outrageous extravagances Making her entrance, a Harrison. He seizes his opportunity that nearly sunk its film studio 20th superb with obvious relish, upstaging the Century Fox. looking other two stars: he was too canny to Taylor let this opportunity slip through his Today, the film’s comfortably in profit, fingers. The film definitely takes a dip refurbished astoundingly beautifully and after his departure and the second half may rereleased for its 50th birthday, and a nice be more spectacular and more romantic, but little earner for Fox. And now we can see it for it isn’t quite as good. what it is, a vastly over-inflated, uneven but utterly spectacular and thoroughly enjoyable Making her entrance 20 minutes in, a superb- trip up the Nile, an exhausting, incredibly looking Taylor, throughout the movie in more over-long marathon, but worth the trip. eye makeup than is really seemly, brings the right statuesque beauty and imperiousness to It’s graced with a top-notch performance Cleopatra, while, as Marc Antony, appearing by Rex Harrison, speaking his more than after an hour, Burton makes a decent job of passably witty lines with conviction as a cool portraying a dashing but troubled man of and calculating Julius Caesar, admirable ones action dwarfed by Caesar and overwhelmed from Taylor and Burton, and a clutch of top by Cleo. With his chunky, manly, rugged support turns led by Roddy McDowall’s camp physique, he looks just right as the soldier ruler Octavian, Martin Landau’s Rufio, Robert Antony, convincing in a short tunic. Most Stevens’s Germanicus, Gwen Watford’s actors wouldn’t fit this bill at all. As actor, he Calpurnia, Jean Marsh’s Octavia, Richard often tends to declaim, rather than speak his

10 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 lines, as though he’s in a huge theatre instead Taylor shows off an immense number of eye- of on camera. As Harrison could have shown catching frocks, it starts to look like a vintage him, less is more on screen. fashion parade. Mankiewicz’s ambitious, literate, coherent [Spoiler alert] In the final stages, when script, written and re-written nightly under audience fatigue is at its greatest, all attention the great duress of expensive filming in is on the fate of the doomed lovers and first Rome, covers the extensive ground extremely Anthony, then Cleopatra take a heck of a long intelligently and is a considerable, often time dying. Grab that knife boy, grab that asp, neglected achievement. If some lines of girl! Finally they do, and they go in style. dialogue and plotting fall slightly flat, the There were many epics around this time in best of the screenplay is very good indeed. the 60s, but, for the pre-CGI era, this is pretty Based in part on C M Franzero’s novel The much the epic to end all epics. It’s amazing it Life and Times of Cleopatra, it’s way better still impresses quite so much. They don’t make than expected, and stands up to scrutiny and them like this any more. Some will say, ‘thank admiration 50 years later. God’, others will say ‘Shame’.

Satisfyingly, a lot of the film’s ludicrous cost Fortunately, the public liked it: the most is up there on screen in the vast, impressive expensive film (in inflation-adjusted real sets and the film’s eye-catching set-pieces, terms) ever made eventually made a profit. particularly the Queen’s arrival in Rome and There were four technical Oscars, for Leon the Battle of Actium. Indeed, most of the Shamroy’s lovely colour cinematography, visuals are simply astounding, the crowd costumes, Emil Kosa Jr’s special visual effects scenes, the armies, the period buildings, the and art direction-set decoration, but no acting ships etc. The set designs (by John DeCuir, awards (though Harrison was nominated, the Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard Brown, Herman other two noticeably not). The 2013 release Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, is the refurbished original roadshow version Boris Juraga) are a series of amazing triumphs with its music soundtracks and Intermission and the costumes by Irene Sharaff and Vittorio and runs 248 minutes. Cut versions run at 222 Novarese are a remarkable feast for the eyes. min and 192 min. Director’s cut: 320 min.

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11 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film UniversalIssue 11 - 2013 Film Issue 11 - 2013 MAD FRANKIE FRASER t is said that ‘Mad’ Frankie gangster and his exploits with Fraser was charged with the Fraser is one of the great the Richardson’s, the Kray’s murder of Richard Hart who I continuing professional and tales of murder, extortion was shot at Mr Smiths’s club in criminal links of the last and torture. Born in Lambeth, Catford while other members century. From the 30’s to the south London, it was in the including Jimmy Moody present day, Frank has been early 1960s were charged with affray. The cell-mate and partner witness changed his testimony in crime to and the charges were racecourse eventually dropped, though he still received a

swindlers, five-year sentence train robbers for affray. Fraser was and racketeers; He also implicated in the so- was quaffing beers with old called ‘Torture trial’, in which man Charlie Kray while the that he first met Charlie and members of the gang were twins were still in primary Eddie Richardson, members charged with burning, school. Frank has been a of the notorious Richardson electrocuting and whipping contract strong-arm, club Gang and rivals to the Kray those found guilty of disloyalty owner, club minder, company twins. One member of the by a kangaroo court. Fraser director, Broadmoor inmate, criminal fraternity was quoted himself was accused of pulling fire bomber, prison rioter as saying that “Mad Frank out the teeth of victims with a but - first and last - a thief. 26 joining the Richardson’s Gang pair of pliers. convictions. 42 years inside. was like China getting the A police officer said recently atom bomb”. According to In 1991 Fraser was shot in that “we believe that Frankie Fraser, it was they who helped the head from close range in Fraser may be responsible him avoid arrest for the Great an apparent murder attempt for the murders of 38 people. Train Robbery by bribing a outside the Turnmills Club Fraser was dubbed the most policeman. Together they set in Clerkenwell, London. He dangerous man in Britain by up the Atlantic Machines fruit has always maintained that a two Home Secretaries. The machines enterprise, which policeman was responsible. film “Mad Frankie Fraser” gives acted as a front for the criminal an insight into the life of a top activities of the gang. In 1966 www.madfrankiefraser.com 12 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 “aMad true story about Frankie Britain’s most prolific Fraser underworld killer “

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oanna Hogg’s up-coming film, behind the new title, Joanna Hogg has which has been previously said: referred to as ‘Joanna Hogg’s “I am delighted that the film will J London Project’, will be released premiere at the Locarno Film Festival. under the title EXHIBITION. The The word ‘Exhibition’ struck me after announcement of the title of the we’d finished the final cut. There’s a film coincides with the news that very obvious level that it works on for EXHIBITION will receive its World the film, but I was also interested in Premiere at the Locarno Film Festival coming from the word ‘inhibition’, the in August. character I’m telling the story about, is inhibited. The film can be read as EXHIBITION stars Viv Albertine being about her coming out of herself (former guitarist of the influential and finding a more exhibitionist side punk band The Slits) and Liam Gillick of herself.” (conceptual artist) in their first feature film performances, and co-stars long- A UK release date is still yet to be standing collaborator Tom Hiddleston announced, but the film is expected to in a supporting role following his be released in early 2014. EXHIBITION performances in Joanna’s previous will be released by Curzon’s film feature films, Unrelated and distribution label, Artificial Eye. Archipelago. Explaining the thinking

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Dial M for Murder

2013 Classic Film Review by Derek Winnert

lfred Hitchcock devises what The plan is that the crook’s going to do the could be studied at film schools dirty deed while old Milland’s establishing an as a template for how to film a hit alibi with his chums elsewhere. He will even A theatre play. Taking only 36 days to phone her and hears her screams of death film it, Hitchcock transforms Frederick as she goes. Now that’s really creepy and Knott’s once-famous 1952 single-set It’s even evil, don’t you think? stage mystery thriller into a sizzlingly better in the 3D Hitchcock tense, cynical, wryly humorous and filmed it in Naturally the best laid schemes of thoroughly enjoyable movie. mice and men often go wrong (or, in Robert Burns’s original Scottish, the It’s even better in the 3D Hitchcock filmed best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft it in, with all its quirky low-angle shots and a-gley) and here they soon go wrong, But the weird close-ups of atmospheric foreground resourceful Milland quickly comes up with objects. Amusingly, the film starts with a a perfect plan B. All well and good, that is giant finger dialling the letter M on a giant, until Margot’s nice American novelist chum old-style prop dialling phone. Mark Halliday (Bob Cummings) turns up and starts snooping around, and so does an old An ideally cast Ray Milland is on his best form, British smoothie, chief inspector Hubbard creepily overconfident and super-1950s- of the Yard (John Williams). The unfaithful seedy as the ageing former tennis player Margot has had a brief fling with Halliday. You Tony Wendice who has murder in mind for can’t really say Tony and Margot are happily his gorgeous wife Margot (Grace Kelly), when married, can you? Margot had written love he blackmails a seedy crook Captain Lesgate letters to Halliday and lone had survived and (Anthony Dawson), who was at college with led to blackmail. him, into helping bumping her off. He’s fed up with her and now simply wants to inherit Then, Halliday, Hubbard and a tricky mix-up her fortune. with the house keys all combine to get in the way of what would have been a perfect

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murder. But can Milland still get away with it? It looks as though he can. When does a film

Knott’s play is very resourceful, keeping become a classic? up the tension throughout, with plenty of incident, fun characters and amusing At what point does a film become a classic? We all know a classic movie but what makes dialogue. Hitchcock, evidently enjoying the it a classic, The age of the film? but what age material, brings out the best in it all. All five a decade even longer or does a film become actors are exactly right for the movie, working a classic from how much it makes in total but ultra-hard to please the ever-demanding Mr one question to another what is the answer to how much a film has to make before its Hitchcock. considered to be a classic. Or is it Popularity How the sadistically-inclined Hitchcock must that gives it its status. have enjoyed making the icy blonde Grace Kelly, dressed only in her nightie, lose her cool Maybe its all of the above age, gross and popularity. A few classics like The Good The in the nail-biting scene when she’s attacked Bad And The Ugly (1966) The Italian Job from behind the curtains and retaliates with a (1969) The Godfather (1972) these films are pair of scissors! This sequence is a little marvel all classics for there well known performanc- in 3D. Hitch also clearly relishes the technical es and there amazing breakthroughs they made in the film industry showing other film challenges of filming in a restricted space makers that its about perfection and going and using the 3D cameras, and, despite the for something phenomenal and outstanding. clunky technology of the day, does it with And most important something New. considerable style and panache. Each film is divided into class which is cat- egorised into genre depending on how well Hitchcock, who makes his customary cameo the movies do its class rating will rise and by appearing on the left in Milland’s wall- the film will be acknowledged more to the mounted reunion photo, said: ‘I did my best public from how well its done in the box office, Younger and new members of the pub- to avoid going outside. I even had the floor lic will see the film and discuss its triumph made of real tiles to get the sound of the which makes the film more known years footsteps. What I did was to emphasise the later than it did on its original release date. theatrical aspects.’ The word CLASSIC means something that has been judged numerous of times and marked Filmed both flat and in 3D, it was released as a masterpiece in some way and makes it briefly in 3D but not seen again in 3D till a one of a kind. A piece of work or film that 1980 release and finally again in 2013 spruced is highly recognised and known for all its up and digitalised. Dawson and Williams re- beauty. create their stage roles. Remade for TV in 1981 Do movies become listed as a classic ones and reworked as A Perfect Murder in 1998. the decade has come to an end and the film is still referred to and mentioned for its mag- nificence for the date it was produced.

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he first image from the set of Exports: A Christmas Tale) and is Jalmari Helander’s BIG GAME nearing the end of its eight-week features Samuel L. Jackson as shoot on locations across Bavaria and T “The President” and Onni Tommila at Bavaria Film Studios. as his 13-year old sidekick “Oskari” as When Air Force One is shot down captured on location in Bavaria. by terrorists leaving the President of the United States stranded in the Joining the cast in the final weeks wilderness, there is only one person of the shoot are Felicity Huffman around who can save him – a 13-year (Transamerica, Desperate Housewives) old boy called Oskari. playing “The CIA Director”, Victor Garber (Titanic, Argo) playing “U.S. In the forest on a hunting mission Vice President” and Ted Levine (The to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk, Silence of the Lambs, American Oskari had been planning to track Gangster) as “General Underwood.” down a deer, but instead discovers the Samuel L. Jackson and Onni Tommila most powerful man on the planet in an (Rare Exports) take the leading roles escape pod. and other previously announced co-stars include British talent Jim With the terrorists closing in to capture Broadbent (Iris, The Iron Lady) and Ray their own “Big Game” prize, the Stevenson (Thor, GI Joe: Retaliation) unlikely duo must team up to escape and, from Germany, Mehmet Kurtulus their hunters. As anxious Pentagon (Short Sharp Shock). officials observe the action via satellite feed, it is up to the President and his An adrenaline-fuelled action new side-kick to prove themselves adventure, BIG GAME is written and and survive the most extraordinary 24 directed by Jalmari Helander (Rare hours of their lives.

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21 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 Exploring the Mystery of Creativity Steven Fischer tells of the creation of Old School New School, his new documentary exploring the nature of creativity.

teven Fischer tells of the creation of Old School New School, his new documentary exploring the nature S of creativity. Hollywood, California. I’m in the home of William Fraker, the six-time Oscar® nominated cinematographer of such legendary movies as Rosemary’s Baby, Bullitt, and WarGames. My crew is shooting our conversation for Old School New School, a documentary on the nature of creativity. During a tape change Mr. Fraker asks me pointedly, “Why are you doing this?” A friend and I experimented with the Why am I exploring creativity? Good idea of videotaping one of our high- question. Old School New School is an minded conversations. The intrigue and extension of many coffees taken with artist- universality of the recording showed friends over the years, dreamy afternoons promise and I next brought a professional in the local café talking about life, art, crew to the home of my mentor, acclaimed philosophy, and the mystery of creativity. Irish playwright Sam McCready. “What is They were stimulating discussions that success?” I asked him. For Mr. McCready ultimately segued to the obligatory success has to do with realizing one’s question all serious artists eventually potential, being happy and feeling examine: how can we as creative people fulfilled. Adding poignantly he declares, grow in the direction we want to grow? “You are the one who determines success, not society.” Nursing our coffees my friends and I pondered this endlessly, carefully From his Beverly Hills home, the acclaimed studying the early assents of our cinematic poet James Ragan told me that early in his heroes and of the new filmmakers, those career he traveled west by car to try his struggling artists like ourselves who’d hand as a Hollywood screenwriter. He made it to the big time. decidedly made an adventure of it, pulling off at random, pitching camp, cooking out, and enjoying the journey. While I admit 22 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013

that sounded fun, it also seemed scary. A simple question about personal creative What about money? It seemed … risky. development over a cup of coffee led to a four-year journey of enlightenment, an It is risky, and taking risk is an inevitable exploration that uncovered insights about part of one’s development, creatively or success, risk, individuality and so much otherwise. “It’s the Odyssey,” the Scottish more. And it took me into the lives of some actor Brian Cox said as we sat at a wooden of America’s most illuminated artists, for pick nick table in his back garden. “I think which I am forever changed and forever that’s what I’ve been doing all my life, grateful. finding the place where I feel this is where I should be.” Finding your place in the So, in answer to Mr. Fraker’s original world. “But then you realize that home is question, I made Old School New School in the heart.” because I wanted to learn.

But what we often do, dance artist Kirstie Old School New School can be seen for Simson adds, sagely, is “run for safety and free on SnagFilms at www.snagfilms. security and lock ourselves into images of com/films/title/old_school_new_school. ourselves.” In addition to the above-mentioned artists, other luminaries who graciously Because that’s what’s right for them, Mr. contributed their time are Tony® Award- McCready argues. “Others may need winning producer Emanuel Azenberg security in order to do their best work.” (Rent, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Lost in He illustrated with a story of two actors Yonkers), Grammy®-winning jazz pianist he directed early in their careers: Kevin McCoy Tyner (“Illuminations,” “The Spacey and Danny Boyle. He recalled Turning Point,” “Journey,” “Infinity”), Spacey as a struggling New York actor renowned cinematographer John Bailey, who refused to take any work that wasn’t ASC (American Gigolo, Ordinary People, acting, outright rejecting a bartending The Big Chill, The Accidental Tourist, gig when friends offered to help him find In the Line of Fire), and actor-turned- employment. “No!” McCready heard him Congressman Ben Jones (Dukes of insist. “I’m an actor, and I will be an actor.” Hazzard). Danny Boyle on the other hand, eager to direct, took a steady job at the BBC and Steven Fischer is a two-time Emmy® built up the skills that would later serve nominated filmmaker based in Chicago. him so well on Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire.

Tomas Arana chimes in from a loft in New York City. “The difference is how much you push yourself. If the person in some small town pushes himself to the max, he can push himself further than the kid trying to be the funky artist in New York.”

“You can’t be like everyone else,” Mr. Fraker advised. “You have to be an individual.” What does it take to be an individual? Be honest with yourself.

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25 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz 8 www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 Fastnet Film Festival Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival 2014 he planning of the Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival 2014 is in full swing with the prospect T of a new and very exciting line up for the last weekend in May 2014. We will keep you well informed as next year’s guests are confirmed.

We are delighted to announce the return to the Committee of our former Chairman Chris O’Dell. He will take over the role of Artistic Director from Maurice and Maria whom, due to current work commitments won the Irish Times Theatre Award for will be supporting the festival until May Best New Play. Welcome aboard Carmel. in an advisory capacity. Congratulations to Helen Wells who has taken on the CFSFF has entered the Better Together gruelling role of Chairperson, ‘may the Video Competition, Please, please vote force be with you’!! for us by clicking on the link http:// bettertogether.ie/video/corona-fastnet- It is with great pleasure, we announce the short-film-festival and casting your addition to our list of Patrons, someone vote.The top 10 most voted for videos who has contributed hugely to the success will be shortlisted and the winner will of the festival so far. Carmel Winters, an be announced at the Better Together award-winning storyteller, the maker of Awards on 12 December. Martin Levis our bold and innovative drama for stage and Technical Director has put together this screen. ‘Snap’, her debut feature as writer/ amazing video, voiceover by Pauline. You director, has been critically acclaimed may even star in it. Winning the award as ‘engrossing… nervy, audacious would see National exposure for Schull filmmaking’ (Variety) and ‘a masterclass in and the Festival, so please keep voting. storytelling’, (HotPress) picking up a host http://bettertogether.ie/video/corona- of awards at international A-list festivals, fastnet-short-film-festival including Critic’s Choice, (Karlovy-Vary), Best Film (Montevideo), Best Film and You may vote once a day, every day from Best Director (Dublin Critic’s Circle at the not until the . Your IP address will be JDIFF). logged at the time of voting, preventing you from voting more than once within Her most recent theatre plays include: any 24-hour period. If you share an IP ‘Witness’ which she wrote and directed for address with others, only one vote will be its premiere production at Fit Up Theatre accepted on a daily basis. Festival, August, 2013; ‘Best Man’, directed by Michael Barker Caven and produced We look forward to seeing you in Schull by the Everyman Cork with Project Arts on Friday the 29th of November. All the Dublin and Cork Midsummer, June/July best for now, more to follow. 2013. Her 2011 Abbey debut, ‘B for Baby’,

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UP and Coming by Kevin A Murphy Interview with Irish Actress Maria Anastacia Keogh

ow Did You Get Into The Industry? dept about my I was inspired by many people but character I love Shakespeare starting my acting method acting drive.. I have read all his plays and and really try HI feel in love with the work of Laurence Olivier to develop my and Peter O Toole. I have watched a lot of the roles. Most im- old black and white movies growing up with portantly i love classical actress like Audrey Hepburn, Mau- being in the reen O’Hara and Grace Kelly they really influ- moment of cre- enced me greatly. ativity, making a scenes come I started acting when I was very young and alive from pa- traveled with productions across Ireland . per it’s just a Sometimes it was like living in a circus travel- magical feeling ling around from one stage to the next but so and of course much fun. I later meet a director at the Gaway you always make new friends. film festival and auditioned for his film and then I got cast for my first lead role in the ‘ The Who Would You Love To Work With? Doubleganger’ I had done several small roles Judi Dench is one of my favourite actress I know before this and it really set a fire in my stom- I would learn so much from her. My most loved ach to work more and more in the film industry directors are Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, be it acting, composing or writing. As much Christopher Nolan and Tim Burton. I recently as I love theatre I find it sometimes repetitive meet Tim Burton and gave him my CV so if he but on a film set anything could happen which rang me in the morning, I would jump for joy. makes it more fun. What Advice Would You Give To Anyone What Do You Like The Most About Your Job? Wanting To Pursue a Career In The Movie In- Learning from others when you work on a film dustry? set there is so much behind the scenes work that Acting is a tough profession you gotta have a the audience do not see for example the set de- love for it. I would say to any young actor keep sign, lighting, cinematography, custome fittings, working during your breaks and do refresher makeup, it really opens your eyes to how much courses in acting to build your skills and maybe work and detail goes into the a small clips. I even try the Alexander technique it’s great for also enjoy reading new scripts and thinking in posture and your voice.

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GVE13_UFMAG_AD_UFMAG.indd 1 10/2/13 9:38 AM Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 FEST DIRECTOR JAMES MULLIGHAN CORK

THE SHADOWS Issue 11 2013

The 58th Universal Film Universal Cork Film Festival, Ireland’s oldest film festival opened last (Harry Potter, night Saturday November Woman in Black) 9th with the screening in a breakthrough of Nebraska, which career defining is Alexander Payne’s performance as Allen (Sideways, About Schmidt, Ginsberg. Set in the The Descendants) latest 1940’s. Kill Your Darlings is Gold, looks at the film and tells the story is a crime thriller based corruption of Canada’s of a road trip between a on the previously untold mining companies in father and a son where true story of a murder that Africa and the man who bittersweet personal implicated the men who outed them. truths are uncovered and went onto to become the The Festival will also savoured. great poets of the Beat present the full amazing Generation: Allen Ginsberg, cinematic television The film stars lonely Lucien Carr, Jack Kerouac series Burning Bush, salesman David Grant (Will and William Burroughs. directed by the legenday Forte) and his father Woody Agnieszka Holland which (Bruce Dern in a Cannes This year, Cork Film Festival follows the fight for Palme d’Or Best Actor presents a series of films freedom in communist Winning Performance). with a revolutionary Czechoslovakia after the Prior to the screening spirit, looking at the death of Jan Palach, the of Nebraska the festival brave individuals who young student who set screened the wonderful fight injustice. 99% - The fire to himself in Prague Irish short film Mechanic Occupy Wall Street Film in January 1969. co- directed by Tom Sullivan documents America’s and Feidlim Cannon and Occupy movement Exciting international which stars comedian Phil which lead the world in features include The Fox who attended the mass protest against the Counsellor directed Festival last night. ruling elite, whose prime by Ridley Scott and objective is profit over stars Brad Pitt, Michael The Closing Night people. Forbidden Voices, Fassbender, Penelope Presentation of the Cork tells the story of three Cruz and Cameron Film Festival is Kill Your women who have defied Diaz. The film is about Darlings, which was government censorship by a lawyer who finds nominated for the Grand blogging about their closed himself in over his head Jury Prize at this year’s countries of Cuba, China when he gets involved Sundance Film Festival and Iran, risking their lives in drug trafficking. Blue and stars Daniel Radcliffe in the process while Silence 30 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film FILMIssue 11 - 2013 FESTIVAL NEBRASKA Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013

KILL YOUR DARLINGS shorts festival within the festival showcasing the best in Cork, Irish and World Shorts. and fiction Director Tony Palmer will film, Leviathan attend the screening of his wonderfully legendary seven hour, forty- capatures the mayhem five minute film Wagner in of life and labour on a the Cork Opera House, which is the Warmest Colour, large fishing vessel while will be, screened in full with Winner of the Palme Assimilation: An Dubh ina two meal breaks. Triskel d’Or this year is an Gheal ‘an Irish language Christchurch will host a unhibitied exploration documentary examining Giallo Night featuring a live of the turbulent nature Louis de Paor’s poetry rescore of Amer by Serafina of love while All is Lost about the Irish emigrant’s Steer while a series of films starring Robert Redford, experience in Australia. curated by the artist Anthony who finds himself staring Haughey to commemorate mortality in the face Music lovers will enjoy the centenary of the 1913 after a collision with a the mini strand of Punk Dublin Lock-Out will screen shipping container in the documentaries with the in the National Sculpture Indian Sea. Irish Feature amazing Punk Singer and Factory. Films include the thriller Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Dark Touch directed by Genius of James Booker and The Cork Film Festival will Marina de Van, and How Lukas Moodysson’s glorious pay tribute to Nicolas Roeg to Be Happy, a comedy slice of punk coming of age and screen a selection of about a marriage We are the Best!. his films. There will be a councellor who become special Mexican Programme involved with his clients The Festival welcomes including Heli, whose in a misguided pursuit of the Event Series Riching director won Best Director happiness. Pickings to Cork to explore Prize at this year’s Cannes through debate and film Film Festival. Comedian Stong documetaries challenging and topical Dylan Moran will discuss are to the fore at this themes including the his favourite movies while year’s Cork Film Festival. pathologising of mental the Festival will celebrate The documentary illness (Battle for the Brain) the work of documentary The Pervert’s Guide and how our corporal maker James Broughton to Ideology directed selves define and drives us who paved the way for the by Sophie Fiennes is (Rewiring the Body) Beat Generation. the ultimate guide to psychoanalysis There will be a special www.corkfilmfest.org

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Thuraya unveils new SatSleeve

he first and only satellite adaptor today are increasingly relying on their for the iPhone® now provides smartphones to stay connected and we access strongly believe- 2 -in listening to them T to users’ favorite Apps, email and and to their requirements as we develop instant messaging in the most new mobile satellite products that align remote parts of the world. with their needs.” Thuraya SatSleeve enables users to enjoy ubiquitous coverage Thuraya Telecommunications Company, even in the most remote environments that a leading Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) are not served or that are under-served by operator, today launched a new edition of terrestrial networks. the Thuraya SatSleeve, the world’s first and only satellite adaptor for the iPhone®. The device also serves as an important mobile communications device, in The new release not only allows users addition to being a security backup for to make phone calls and to send SMS users that are operating in remote locations messages via Thuraya’s satellite network, and in areas where natural or man-made it also enables them access to emails, as disasters can render terrestrial well as popular social media and instant communications unavailable. messaging apps such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and WhatsApp among The SatSleeve customers include corporate others. Thuraya SatSleeve users can now users, enterprises from all industries, post news updates, chat via messaging explorers, mountaineers and other outdoor apps with their contacts as well as send enthusiasts. The SatSleeve can be used and receive email from the most remote across the Thuraya network either with a locations in satellite mode. The device Thuraya SIM card or with a standard GSM can be used across Thuraya’s extensive SIM card available from 356 worldwide satellite network with coverage in over 140 GSM operators across more than 160 countries. countries.

Samer Halawi, Chief Executive Officer of This makes the Thuraya SatSleeve highly Thuraya, said: “The new release of the flexible with the ability to be suited to SatSleeve, which now includes data, the users’ individual needs. The Thuraya underscores our commitment towards SatSleeve is available from all Thuraya delivering new and innovative mobile Service Partners from September 10. satellite products. Thuraya is powering For more information on the Thuraya ahead of the competition with our strong SatSleeve, including pricing and airtime product innovation strategy focused plans please check with your local Thuraya on making satellite communications Service Partner. more accessible and user-friendly. Users 32 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013

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UK: 57TH BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2013 AWARD WINNERS

ondon – 10.30pm, 19 October 2013: celebrated author Deborah Moggach, and The 57th BFI London Film Festival, Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo in partnership with American Prieto (Argo, Brokeback Mountain). Express® announced this year’s Official LCompetition winners at its high profile Awards ceremony, at The Banqueting House, Whitehall, SW1 this evening with guests who included Miranda Richardson, Rodrigo Prieto, Stephen Dillane, Saoirse Ronan, Susanna White, Jim Broadbent, Colin Salmon, Lone Scherfig, Deborah Moggach and Joanne Froggatt.

OFFICIAL COMPETITION: BEST FILM: IDA, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski Celebrating the most original, intelligent and distinctive filmmaking, the winner of the Best Film award, was announced by Philip French, recent BFI Fellow and President of the Official Competition jury. Philip French said: “The jury greatly admired Ida, the first film made in his native Poland by a director who came to prominence while living in Britain. We were deeply moved by a courageous film that handles, with subtlety and insight, a painfully controversial historical situation – the German occupation and the Holocaust – which continues to resonate. Special praise went to his use of immersive visual language to create a lasting emotional impact.”

French’s fellow jurors were Lone Scherfig, director of the multi-Oscar nominated An BEST BRITISH NEWCOMER: Jonathan Asser Education, Canadian-based visual artist – screenwriter STARRED UP Stan Douglas, two-time Oscar nominee and The Best British Newcomer award honours BAFTA-winning actress Miranda Richardson, new and emerging film talent, recognising screenwriter of Pride and Prejudice and the achievements of a new writer, producer, 34 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013

director, actor or actress. The award for Best DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION - THE British Newcomer, presented by Saoirse Ronan, GRIERSON AWARD: MY FATHERS, MY went to screenwriter Jonathan Asser, for his MOTHER AND ME uncompromising debut feature STARRED The Best Documentary Award is co-presented UP whose title refers to the practice of placing with the Grierson Trust and recognises violent young offenders prematurely in adult outstanding feature length documentaries of prison. integrity, originality, technical excellence or Jury President Amanda Posey said “STARRED cultural significance. This year it was awarded UP is an original story told with an individual to MY FATHERS, MY MOTHER AND ME, a and authentic voice, at once moving, portrait of Friedrichshof, the largest commune provocative and always gripping. in Europe, founded by the Viennese Actionist Otto Mühl in the 1970s and the devastating The material, even from a new screenwriter, emotional effects on its residents. was intelligent and distinctive enough to attract very high quality filmmaking talent and Jury President Kate Ogborn said “As a jury we actors, and to help illicit extraordinary work would like to recognise the bravery of Paul- from all involved. The whole jury felt Jonathan Julien Robert for taking us on such a personal Asser brought a fresh, resonant and surprising journey with MY FATHERS, MY MOTHER & perspective to a classic conflict”. ME. It is a thought- provoking and disturbing film, intimate whilst also raising larger The jury also highly commended the questions of power, parental responsibility and performances of nominees Conner Chapman abuse. The incredible archive footage combined and Shaun Thomas for their roles in THE with the personal journey of a mother and son SELFISH GIANT. “The whole jury was blown left us disturbed, angry and feeling that this away by these two performances and we could is a film that deserves to be seen by a wider not separate them as together they are the heart audience”. of the film. These are two outstanding talents and we wanted the opportunity to recognise Kate Ogborn’s fellow jurors were that with this joint commendation” said Posey. Commissioning Editor at SKY, Chris Wilson, cinema programmer for City Screen, Chris In addition to Amanda Posey, the Best British Harris, BBC newsreader and presenter Sophie Newcomer jury comprised BAFTA-nominated Raworth and CEO of Renegade Pictures, Alex director Tom Kingsley, acclaimed actor Cillian Cooke. Murphy, Oscar-nominated Saoirse Ronan, BAFTA-winning actress Gina McKee and BFI FELLOWSHIP: Sir Christopher Lee actress Joanne Froggatt currently appearing in A BFI Fellowship is awarded to individuals the highly successful Downton Abbey. inrecognition of their outstanding contribution to film or television, and is the highest accolade FIRST FEATURE COMPETITION - The that the BFI bestows. As illustrated above, the Sutherland Award: Anthony Chen, director of fellowship was presented to Sir Christopher ILO ILO Lee by actor Johnny Depp who made a surprise appearance at the Awards ceremony. The jury also commended Chika Anadu’s B FOR BOY for its eloquently simple but BFI Chief Executive Amanda Nevill said: engaging portrait of a woman caught in the “The BFI Fellowship is awarded to those at crossfire of old and new world value systems the pinnacle of their profession. It is a truly in contemporary Nigeria. The jury described illustrious moment to be honouring Sir it as “a powerful film, told with a visual and Christopher Lee for his enormous and unique emotional elegance”. contribution to film during a Festival that is committed to excellence.”

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Learn more today at www.blackmagicdesign.com/davinciresolve 38 *SRP is Exclusive of VAT. www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 Google + For Filmmakers By Martin Shervington ince the launch of Google+ in 2011, it Communities - even though these were only has received a variety of coverage in launched in December 2012, there are almost the press. In particular, headlines of 50,000 communities of people who want to S ‘“Google+: It’s a ghost town” seemed talk about everything from ‘The Universe’, to the most common. Well, as we approach it’s ‘Bacon’, to, yep, films and filmmaking. Just do second anniversary we can see reports of a search under the ‘communities’ button and 235 million active users making it the num- you will see what I mean. Also, you can create ber two network, behind Facebook and flying your own community if you don’t see what past twitter. If you are in the film industry, it you like. btw: have free video on my site and is something you cannot ignore. So, whether on YouTube that will cover all aspects of how you’ve already signed up and checked it out, to do this. or if you need a little encouragement, here you go Friendly people - this is something that needs to be mentioned. On Google+ there is a real- Google+ is a global network - unlike certain ly positive vibe about the possibilities of the other social sites, with Google+ you will be technology. I’ve met thousands of people able to contact anyone in the world who is from all over the world and been blown away posting content publicly. Using the tool of with how welcoming they’ve been (I only engagement: +1s (a bit like ‘likes’), comments started in March 2012). I’ve met some great and shares, you will be able to get their atten- film industry people, tion. I even interacted with William Shatner and his crew through creating a global trend Google+ is Google - this will take you a little to get his attention. while to grasp, but Google have put a ‘social layer’ across Google’s products and services. Using Google Docs - you will be able to col- As such, Google+ is actually Google, but they laborate on projects with people at the same didn’t tell us all that at the start. Once you get time with e.g. spreadsheets for cost predic- it, you get it! tions, text for capturing ideas, presentations for, well, you get the idea. The key thing here Hopefully that will give you a little more in- is ‘collaboration’ and once you’ve experienced spiration to get involved with Google+ as a it, you’ll know what I mean. film maker.W e will all make our own opportunities and this platform will enable you to Google Hangouts - these are free video con- connect with more people in new ways. Most ferencing with us to 10 people in the virtual of all...enjoy it! It is quite a ride. room (15 with a corporate account), in real time. This will enable virtual teams to meet In 2011 Martin Shervington’s website is www. up, face-to-face and connect in new ways. martinshervington.com where you will find everything you need to know about get- Google+ circles - people have already creat- ting started and making the most of the ed ‘circles’ of people you can just add in that experience. Also check out his profile in the relate to your industry and your specific job Plus. You will find him here: www.google. role as well. With Google+ coming up to be- com/+MartinShervington ing two years old, people have done a lot of work for you. Reprint from Issue 9 UFM 39 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 Manley Labs

anley Labs announced that they contracted service and product specialists. have signed HHB Communications In addition to the full range of HHB products, Canada as their exclusive Canadian HHB Canada represents a comprehensive M distributor. HHB Communications selection of tools for the audio professional, Canada Ltd is a major international including ATC loudspeakers, Blue manufacturer and distributor of recording microphones, Drawmer Audio processing, equipment to the recording, MI, DJ and Junger Audio broadcast processing, Royer production sectors of the professional audio ribbon mics, Universal Audio analogue and industry. HHB and HHB distributed products digital processing and SSL (Solid State Logic) are sold through all major MI, production, analogue and digital processors and mixing pro-audio and DJ dealers across Canada. consoles. HHB Canada clients include the CBC, CTV, TVA, Long and McQuade, Steve’s Manley Labs, a privately owned company Music, Moog Music, CEV, Canada Computing that designs, manufactures and distributes and Axe Music. HHB products are available high-end analog audio equipment, is through a wide network of music stores, pro thrilled about this expansion. “Canada’s size audio retailers, and computer resellers across presents a big challenge for distribution the country. but it also offers vast opportunities, “ said Rick McClendon, Vice President of Sales and About Manley Laboratories, Inc. Marketing at Manley Labs. “We are confident During decades of success, Manley Labs that the combination of HHB’s resources and products have evolved from purist audiophile their excellent staff will guide Manley Labs vacuum tube designs to professional audio growth in Canada.” and digital converter systems. As the company grew so did the respect their product’s “HHB Canada is very pleased to be selected as garnered in the pro-audio marketplace. The the new distributor for Manley Labs in Canada. company’s design philosophies have been We have always had the greatest respect proven thru years of real-world experience. for the sound and quality of the products. Many of Manley’s high-quality modern We look forward to increasing the visibility components are produced in-house. of the brand in the Canadian marketplace, “ commented HHB Communications Canada Manley Lab’s 11,000 sq. ft. building houses President Dave Dysart. “I have always admired a machine shop, printed circuit board the look, feel and sound of Manley products. manufacture, audio transformer winding, Our goal at HHB Canada is to increase the sales engraving, and wire harness prepping of Manley products through our network of facilities. All custom design, R&D, assembly, dedicated dealers and sales representatives testing, and quality control processes are across Canada. Hanging out with the fun performed with precision and pride at the crew at Manley will be an added bonus!” Manley factory, located In Chino, CA just 35 miles east of Los Angeles, California. Of note, About HHB Communications Canada all Manley products are built in Chino, not HHB Communications Canada Limited, China. based in Toronto, has a staff of seven people http://www.manley.com including a dedicated product specialist, four independent sales representatives based in territories across Canada, as well as

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AMERICAN FILM MARKET

by Warren Workman For actors, TV/film production crew, musicians and performers. The AFM, or the American Film Market is a Apply for auditions, castings yearly event bringing producers, distributors and TV/film production jobs. and buyers together to make deals, and PAID JOBS LISTED hopefully make some money in the process. ONLY! The website for the AFM recommends a wide variety of film industry professionals attend the event including Advertising Agencies, Agents,Directors, Press, writers, PR Agencies and several others who provide products and services to the motion picture industry. However, after my experience, there are only a few people that should attend the AFM.

Buyers. AFM is a great place to acquire original films. Distributors. Distributors try to get the right products buyers are looking Visit www.mediavolt.co.uk for and add them to their library. The buyers make appointments with the BAFTA present award to Queen distributors. If the trailer and key art looks interesting they will ask to see a screener. BAFTA presented an honorary award to Sometimes the buyers are willing to buy Her Majesty, The Queen, in recognition of films without a screener. The 3rd person her outstanding patronage of the film and that should attend AFM is a producer WITH television industries in the UK, earlier this FUNDING IN PLACE and without distribution. month. On the occasion of a reception Producers can walk around to all the for the British film industry hosted by Her distributor suites to see who would be the Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle, the best fit. award was presented to The Queen by Sir Kenneth Branagh , himself a BAFTA-winner If the distributor knows you have funding and recipient of the Michael Balcon Award for in place they can help guide you to make Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. sure your film is marketable to buyers. If you don’t have funding in place it’s a much The Queen’s support through her various harder sell to a distributor. patronages of industry organisations has long been recognised, having been patron If you don’t fall into these 3 categories, of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts , the take in the beach and pier. The weather is Entertainment Artistes’ Benevolent Fund , wonderful and you can explore the Santa and the Cinema and Television Benevolent Monica area on a bike. While you’re on the Fund (for which money has been raised by beach, polish that screenplay and feel free Royal Film Performances ) since 1952. Over to visit the FREE producers lounge on the the years, The Queen has visited countless 4th floor lobby. Who knows, maybe next film and television organisations, supporting year you will have a completed film and now their efforts by shining a light on the work have a good reason to shell out the money they do. More recently, The Queen starred in for a seven day Executive Pass for $800. the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games alongside Daniel Craig as James Bond .

41 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 THE MONUMENTS MEN Twentieth Century Fox UK release date 9 January 2014

HE MONUMENTS MEN, directed by culture, they would risk their lives to protect and starring George Clooney, is a and defend mankind’s greatest achievements. dramatic thriller based on the true T story of the greatest treasure hunt in The distinguished creative team behind history, focusing on an unlikely World War II the film reunites Clooney with previous platoon tasked with going into Germany to collaborators including Director of rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves Photography Phedon Papamichael ASC (The and returning them to their rightful owners. Descendants, Nebraska), Oscar®-nominated Production Designer Jim Bissell (Good Night, Based on the book of the same name by and Good Luck., 300), Academy Award®- Robert M. Edsel, THE MONUMENTS MEN winning editor Stephen Mirrione, A.C.E. reunites Clooney with long-time producing (Traffic), Costume Designer Louise Frogley and writing partner Grant Heslov in their (The Ides of March, Syriana), with a score first production since winning the Academy from five-time Oscar® nominated composer Award® for Best Picture for Argo. Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech, Argo).

Clooney is joined on-screen by an internationally acclaimed ensemble cast THE MONUMENTS MEN will open in the including: Matt Damon (Ocean’s Eleven, UK on 9th January 2014, distributed by 20th The Bourne Identity); Bill Murray (Lost in Century Fox. Translation, Ghostbusters); John Goodman (Argo, The Big Lebowski); Jean Dujardin (The Artist), Bob Balaban (Moonrise Kingdom); Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey), Cate Blanchett (The Lord of the Rings, Elizabeth) and Dimitri Leonidas (Centurion, Tormented).

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, THE MONUMENTS MEN focuses on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by the Allies with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys – seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than an M-1 gun – possibly hope to succeed?

But as the Monuments Men, as they were MMoney called, found themselves in a race against MovieMagazine time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of www.moviemoneymag.com

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UK release date of 3 January, 2014 by Kevin A Murphy

he highly anticipated MANDELA, international studios. Singh spent 16 years adapted from Nelson Mandela’s developing the film before it began shooting autobiography, will open at cinemas in May 2012. Thousands of South Africans T across the UK and Ireland on 3 participated in the making of the film, both January, 2014. behind and in front of the camera, where Film on a the cream of South Africa’s acting talent This epic motion picture spans ledgend a line up alongside British stars Idris Elba long time in Mandela’s extraordinary life, from the making and Naomie Harris. his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first MANDELA is directed by BAFTA-winner democratically elected President of South Justin Chadwick (The First Grader, The Africa. MANDELA is the thrilling story of Other Boleyn Girl) and stars Golden-Globe an ordinary man who rose to the challenge winner Idris Elba (The Wire, Prometheus, of his times and triumphed - an intimate Pacific Rim) as Nelson Mandela and Naomie portrait of the making of a modern icon. Harris (Skyfall, Pirates of the Caribbean) as Winnie Mandela. Double Academy Award- The largest South African film production nominee William Nicholson (Gladiator, Les ever mounted, MANDELA was made with Miserables) has written the screenplay. It is the full support and endorsement of Mr produced by Anant Singh of Distant Horizon Mandela, the Nelson Mandela Foundation (the Oscar-nominated Yesterday, Sarafina!, and the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory. Cry, The Beloved Country) and by David M. Mr Mandela entrusted his life story to Thompson, for Origin Pictures. Executive South African producer Anant Singh in the Producers for Pathé are Cameron McCracken face of fierce competition from the major and Francois Ivernel.

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45 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 14th Annual Polish Film Festival by by Patricia J. Pawlak t was a brisk and clear evening in Once There Was A King and Lullaby. Hollywood for the Opening and Gala Festival Director, Vladek Juszkiewicz is an of The 14th Annual Los Angeles Polish admirable director, working hard to bring I Film Festival at the historic and elegant Polish Films to the Los Angeles community, Egyptian Theater on Hollywood Blvd. The connecting our world that is starving for festival director, Vladek Juszkiewicz was on international motion pictures. hand to great the numerous stars arriving on the elegant red carpet. In attendance was Robert The Award Winners were: Forster from such hits as Delta Force and most recently, Olympus Has Fallen, Jerry Mathers, The Piotr Lazarkiewicz Award For Young Leave It to Beaver, Juror Rachel O’Meara, in Talent: Julia Kolberger, Bartosz Gelner an elegant ensemble and Director/ Producer, Ms. Liliana Komorowska of the documentary Bridging The Borders Award: Easter Crumble Beauty and The Breast to name of few. by Julia Kolberger

Guest feasted on polish delights and a bar The Hollywood Eagle Animation Award: hosted by Krol Vodka. The table itself was a What Happens When Children Don’t Eat Soup? masterpiece of art with visions of blue swirling By Pawel Prewencki around a goddess. The Hollywood Eagle Documentary Award: After the reception, the opening of the festival Mundial. The Highest Stakes by Michal began with Master of Ceremonies, Zbigniew Bielawski Banas introducing the HB Barnum Life Choir singing the Polish and American National The Hollywood Eagle Award: Imagine by Anthems with a special performance by Wendy Andrzej Jakimwoski and Manhunt Waldman. Then it was on to the Presentation by Marcin Krzysztalowicz of Awards followed by a screening of the Award Winning film, My Father’s Bike by Piotr Trzaskalski. My Father’s Bike was the winner of the prestigious Audience Award at the 2012 Minsk International Film Festival. Other highlight films included, Yuma and Beauty And The Breast. Poland is famous for turning out international and top quality animators and this proved true with some excellent animated films including The Balland Of Nameless Joe, In the Moonlight, A Farewell To The Little Warrior,

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Universal Film & Festival Organization Best Business Practices for Film Festivals

No 1: Film Festival organizers should operate a transparent selection process and publish details of the selection process and the names of the Jury/selection committee (publication can be after a festival concludes)

No 2: Film festivals organizers should provide full contact details for the festival offices including address and telephone numbers and the names of the festival directors and or committee

No 3: A Film Festival should publish its legal status as a company, charity or non-profit (this only applies to a registered entity)

No 4: Film festival organizers should not share filmmakers’ financial data with any third parties

No 5: Film Festivals should publish a year by year history of festival winners and films offi- cially selected

No 6: Film festival organizers, committee and or jury should not show or demonstrate any favouritism to any film submitted to the festival or attempt to influence other members of the jury or selection committee

No 7: Film Festivals should declare the number of films sought and/or invited by the festival organizers to participate in the festival prior to and before the general call for submissions is sent out

No 8: Film Festivals should provide the names of the selection committee and/or jury members who viewed the submitted film screeners to the festival (this could be after the festival has concluded)

No 9: Film festival organizers should view at least 5 minutes of all submitted films

No 10: All Festival organizers should declare any conflict of interest that may arise from any film submitted to or invited to participate in the festival

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FILM FESTIVALS BLACKLISTING FILMMAKERS

Recently we covered the darker side of social networking Social networking and how some people are all too prepared to write untrue and malicious comments about others. This was the case when a group of festival organizers on a facebook group set about blacklisting filmmakers with obsulutly no evidence what so ever other that a casual comment

niversal Film Magazine recently employment because of their political wrote a series of articles the covered beliefs or associations. a series of incidents that led to U filmmakers being blacklisted and The blacklisting of filmmakers began with a libellous comments posted on Film Festival post on the group’s Facebook page by Kerrie Organizers on Facebook. These incidents Long, director of the Edmonton Film Festival were whole heartily supported by the in Canada, alleging that her festival had received threats of violence from moderators of the forum who were “As a film- themselves film festival organizers. maker I Canadian filmmaker Barry Gillis, who wouldn’t was upset that his film was rejected by touch these The forum is led by Jon Gann, the festivals” the festival a month before the official festival director of DC Shorts Film film selection process began. Festival and this group appeared to believe that they were a law onto themselves The festival had informed him that his film, with little or no opposition. Big Fish in a “The Killing Games,” was “too violent” for the minute pond bur their actions clearly have Edmonton Film Festival. damaged reputations. However because of the actions of UFFO, the Universal Film The frustrated filmmaker wrote to the and Festival Organization who are closely Edmonton Film Festival a number of times, monitoring the forum the group are now and was completely ignored. We (UFM) have aware that what they say about others can seen the correspondence between Gillis and have implication against their own Film the Edmonton Film Festival, and although Festivals it clearly demonstrates Gillis was annoyed, the correspondence contains no threat of This was all to apartment to Mr Jeff Ross, violence whatsoever. the owner, founder and director of the SF Indie Fest and Hole in the head film festival. UFFO was a member of this forum at the UFM exposed Mr Ross as one of the main time, and strongly objected to blacklisting instigators blacklisting the filmmakers and activity. UFFO believes it is fundamentally showed contempt for filmmakers wrong to blacklist anyone. Astonishingly, film festivals blacklisted Gillis’ film despite This was the first instance of its kind since a complete lack of evidence to suggest that the systematic Hollywood blacklist of the allegation made by Kerrie Long was true. filmmakers in 1947, when a number of Hollywood actors, directors, musicians, In the case of Gillis, it would appear that screenwriters and other entertainment Kerrie Long’s actions were deliberate professionals were blacklisted from attempts to convince the other festival

48 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 organizers on the forum to blacklist Gillis, The hostility came to a head when a number perhaps because she was annoyed that he of the group’s members, including the had ruffled her feathers in some way. Her moderators and Jeff Ross, were blacklisting comments posted to the group appear to filmmakers or supporting others who did have indeed blacklisted Gillis, and may have so. Despite UFFO objections, they would not damaged the careers of everyone who was listen to reason, and Jon Gann banned UFFO involved with Gillis’ film, including the cast, from the FFO Facebook forum for merely crew, financiers and distributors. Tyrone trying to bring some sanity and reason to Murphy said, “As a filmmaker I wouldn’t touch the situation. The complete lack of regard these festivals” for filmmakers’ careers and legal procedure shown by Kerrie Long and other festival Prior to this incident, there was strong organizers is reprehensible. An entire cast opposition and hostility in the FFO group and crew of a film can be affected, and the towards UFFO and its remit of best business potential losses to financiers and distributors practices for film festivals. Over a period of can be catastrophic. After UFFO was excluded almost a year, members of the FFO Facebook from the FFO group, the moderator, Jon Gann forum sought to harass UFFO at every turn. created another thread which contained a Amy Ettinger, one of the forum’s members and racist/anti-Jewish video posted by Charles director of the Scottsdale International Film Judson, a programmer of the Atlanta Film Festival, remarked in a thread about UFFO: Festival. The thread also included a torrent “Hope it goes down in flames with no takers.” of abusive comments about UFFO and its A comment by Matthew M. Foster, director objections to the blacklisting of filmmakers. of the Dragon*Con Film Festival, read, “And I second Amy. The faster this dies (UFFO) the Sometime later, Jon Gann issued a public better. No good can come of it and so much statement and posted it the FFO and the UFFO trouble.” The hostility and harassment did not forums on Facebook. This statement (printed stop there. UFFO also has also had to contend opposite) was defamatory and untrue of with an individual who has a track record all UFFO and of Tyrone D. Murphy. Murphy was over the internet for scamming artists, and is being branded a troublemaker for defending now in charge of three film festivals. He made filmmakers who had no voice on the forum threats against a festival director and UFFO to defend themselves against the allegations CEO, Tyrone D. Murphy, for discussing him that had been made. However, despite John in a thread. The moderators allowed this; but Gann’s very dramatic statement, it later when UFFO responded, Jon Gann closed the transpired that the “credible violent threat” thread. that was, according to Gann, “a behaviour so horrific, unprofessional, and frightening” A friend of Jon Gann, Mgr. Jeff Ross, director simply never happened. of the SF Indiefest, seemed to delight in the harassment of UFFO. Within a discussion Gann’s statement concluded with an on the forum, Tyrone D. Murphy asked Ross invitation to members of the forum to why he is not transparent with filmmakers “investigate the situation before jumping regarding the fact that his festivals are non- to conclusions.” However, Gann removed jury festivals; Ross arrogantly replied, “If they the entire thread containing the damning don’t like it they can vote with their feet”. comments, so there was actually no way for Although this statement was contemptuous anyone to know the facts or to investigate the it was nothing compared with Ross’ other situation. (The entire thread is printed on the conduct. On one occasion, Ross stated to next page.) A libel action is being considered another festival director on the FFO forum that against the moderators of the FFO group. he possessed the home address of the UFFO Three of the moderators have resigned, and Founder and CEO, Tyrone D. Murphy, and one has apologized. Two other film festival suggested that he was sending something directors have also apologized for their part. nefarious to Murphy’s home address by mail. It must be said that the apologies came only

49 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 after a threat of legal action was made against discussions on the Internet are public enough the group. for libel to take place.

Another moderator of the FFO group, Ms. Murphy said, “I have an aversion to the UK Anna Feder, who is (or was at the time) libel laws; however, Jon Gann’s statement was director of the Boston Underground Film defamatory of me, and this leaves me with a Festival, is completely belligerent and moral dilemma: do I now use the same laws to unapologetic. She attempted to distance bring justice to bear on the moderator of the herself from her festival because of the Film Festival Organizers Group on Facebook?” potential backlash from filmmakers over her participation and support in the blacklisting Jon Gann’s Public Statement of filmmakers. UFM has since uncovered irrefutable evidence that Ms. Feder has been This is my first, and will be, my only public response salting funds away in Swiss bank accounts to a situation which transpired earlier this week. in an attempt to circumvent any award for Tyrone Murphy was removed from the Film Festival damages and costs to UFFO or Murphy by the Organizers private Facebook group after he was UK courts. Although the other moderators asked to stop commenting on a spedfic thread of conversation. He was warned that his actions would have had ample opportunity to remedy the result in his removal from the group, yet he contin- situation, they remain supportive of Kerrie ued the thread. Long and her comments that blacklisted the The thread concerned banning a filmmaker after filmmakers. Jon Gann has since appointed making a credible violent threat against a festival Kerri Long a moderator of the forum, and programmer -a behavior so horrific, unprofessional, clearly supports her and her comments. and frightening -that it is understandable (and I believe, justified) to ban ANYONE from an event. Film festivals are not a right, but a public forum that is Legal action may now be the only recourse for curated, organized and produced by an organization UFFO. However, the UK libel laws are abused or individual fur the benefit of an audience. on a regular basis by rich corporations and NO ONE should be subjected to such outright hate individuals. (Tyrone D. Murphy has been an -filmmaker or organizer alike. Mr. Murphy’s action advocate for change in the current law for a was not isolated, as he had a history of provoking others in the group before, and was asked before to number of years.) Nonetheless, in response stop. Over the past few months, many members had to a defamatory statement, UFFO would be become inactive -- it was only after the removal of justified in taking a libel action against the Mr. Murphy that I knew his previous actions were the reason fur their silence. moderators of the group. The private Film Festival Organizers group was es- English law allows actions for libel to be tablished as a safe place fur festival programmers and organizers to exchange information, tales, and brought through the Court for any published film recommendations. It has been incredibly help- statements that are alleged to defame ful fur festivals large and small to be able to have a free and open - and respectful - exchange, without a named or identifiable individual in a fear of harassment. manner which causes a reasonable person to think worse of him. Once it is shown that In the past few days, the group has received numerous requests fur additions to the group, and we are a statement was published, and that it has approving the requests of those whose employment a defamatory meaning, that statement is as a festival director or programmer is verified. I presumed to be false unless the defendant is have not recommended any new members fur a matter of months - and I have never “poached· the able to raise a defence to this defamatory act. list of UFFO or any other organization fur new members - nor would I ever . I believe that any comments In a nutshell, this amounts to a presumption to the contrary to be libelous. of the innocence of the plaintiff in the face It is my hope that anyone who reads this note inves- of an accusation levelled by the defendant. tigate the situation before jumping to condusions- In a libel action, the FFO group moderators since as is the case with all tales, there are two sides to the story. Thank you fur your time. Please do not would have to prove the alleged defamatory comment, as there is no reason to do so.s! statement was true. In addition, the 2006 UK case of Keith-Smith v Williams confirmed that

50 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 This is the thread on the Film Festival Organizers Group on Facebook

Kerrie long - Edmonton International Film this filmmaker? I know several school teachers Festival from the ‘90s and more recently who can’t I apologize for repeating the thread about stand that they can never tell their students filmmaker feedback (It’sW AY down the line the truth about how their students are doing. on this page) . We gave verbal feedback to Yesterday at 10:23am• Like a ‘filmmaker’ yesterday •Who lives in our city -- as a courtesy . .. BEFORE our offcial Kerrie long - Edmonton International Film notification date in August. Let’s just say his Festival actions since then make me very, very afraid. Thank-you ALL for your support and words Please ... if ANY of you receive a feature length, of encouragement. I’m grateful to have this horror film from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada private space to share. The saga continues message me and I’ll tell you whether it’s the ... today he EMAILED the Chair of Board to same guy or not. He’s crazy! ‘Declare WAR on EIFF’. His exact words. We’re Like • Comment Unfollow Post •Wednesday at discussing now with our lawyer to determine 9:34pm near Edmonton, Alberta if that’s enough to alert the police. In truth, I am very afraid right now ... I remember Mitch Davies Co Director The Fantasia Film watching his movie, thinking ‘What kind Festival of person thinks up these horrible acts of That doesn’t sound good at all. Just tried to torture?’. Will keep you posted. message you, but it doesn’t look like your Yesterday at 5:01pm • Like account allows non-friends to contact you through it. Could you message me details? Tyrone D Murphy - Wednesday at 11:04pm • Like Universal Film & Festival Organization What you are now doing is fundamentally Helen Stephenson, Executive Director, and profoundly wrong. You are hijacking this Prescott Film Festival filmmaker’s career Perhaps you may have had Sorry you had to go through that. .. • a bad experience with a filmmaker or perhaps Wednesday at 11: 49pm • Like you may be in the wrong. We do not know this without seeing the evidence or all the Matt Marxteny (Programmer) The Red Rock facts (we only have your word). In saying that Film Festival you are in the business of taking submissions So sad that a few filmmakers cannot handle from filmmakers and sometimes festivals do criticism - no coincidence that a lot of these get one that could be considered “flakey”’W e filmmakers do not get into Cannes, Sundance, cannot say this for certain in this case as we Berlin, Toronto, SXSW and cannot understand do not know the whole story. Relating the why .On a lighter note, a few years ago a content of the filmmakers film to emphasize filmmaker did not make it into our festival.W e your own predicament and stating that you thought the filmmaker would have a sense of are afraid of a horror filmmaker because they humor and invited their cheesy film to screen make horror films is simply nonsensical when at our ‘bad cinema night•. They entertained there is no evidence at all to support this. the idea. To our surprise, they submitted their You web site has a section explicitly geared new film later on and the new film got in! at horror filmmakers and has the following What a trooper -a true filmmaker. Filmmakers to entice submissions. “EDGE OF NIGHT. make note: it’s not about winning or being This series is lovingly tailored to the more the official selection; it’s all about contacts ‘adventurous’ festival-goer. Bizarre, scary, or and getting recognized. What was the age of just plain shocking”

51 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 attack is as bad if not worse than the alleged In addition, despite stating he is at war with offender. So who is worse here? the filmmaker the EIFF or on some sort of vendetta, the posts who is annoyed and retaliating or the festival you have made here have dearly been made director who is annoyed and retaliating ? in an attempt to blacklist the filmmaker. This What I am saying is you have a duty to protect is completely out of line and unacceptable. a filmmaker’s reputation as a festival and You have a duty to protect all the filmmaker’s not blacklist them in such a way, it’s just not reputations and private and personal details right!. In any event such an attack is as bad if who submit films to your festival. Perhaps not worse than the alleged offender. So who you should confer with the volunteer Board is worse here? the filmmaker who is annoyed of Directors for the EIFF before you make and retaliating And yes1 (you do make me any further comments. If you have a genuine smile) I really could see that you would be complaint against a filmmaker then why not over excited and eager to get into it and be what the rest of the world does do, report this argumentative with a disgruntle filmmaker. to the authorities. I would strongly suggest We all cope in our own way. that this groups administrator should really not allow this type of retaliation against a Jeff Ross - SF Indie Fest filmmaker when we have no idea of what has I’m gonna hold my tongue and see if any transpired and we are not in possession of the of ourcolleagues care to comment before facts debating further . 59 minutes ago • Like 35 minutes ago • Unlike • iJ 1

Jeff Ross - SF Indie Fest Tyrone D Murphy - How odd that I find myself disagreeing with Universal Film & Festival Organization you Tyrone, respectfully. I think a filmmaker Okay Jeff1 I understand you are hesitant. who is abusive and threatening to one fest Good call! Another important point to factor based on a rejection could quite possibly into this issue that must be considered is the react the same way with another festival. Law. If this filmmaker is in litigation with the All she is doing is warning people about an EIFF and this does seem very likely then it is abusive individual. Some people have thin paramount that the subjudice rule in Canada skin and dont appredate that kind of thing. that restricts comments on an on-going You run a film festival, right? So you’ve said? case that may affect the outcome is strictly Maybe you dont mind abuse from makers adhered to. Kerrie Long’s comments have but I can see that some fest organizers may really attacked this filmmaker’s credibility as want to avoid such situations. (I on the other not just only a filmmaker but his mental state1 hand tend to get into it with them, as you can Kerry even said “he’s crazy”. So we must all be probably imagine ... . ) really scared of this crazy horror filmmaker 51 minutes ago • Like because she says so. Come on Jeff! she is dearly attempting to blacklist him among Tyrone D Murphy other film festivals. How would you feel of Universal Film & Festival Organization someone was attempting to blacklist your Ah, Jeff my ond friend! Interesting as you are festival among the filmmaking community always the one to disagree (as always) This is because you had an issue with them. So a serious issue. We have not seen what this when you look at it from both points of view1 filmmaker has said, not one word!W e also then you know it is wrong! Why just recently know that are some festival directors who I was asked not to comment on wrong doing have attacked the filmmaking community to on this group when I was accosted by an fend off criticism of a shoddy and/or scam individual with a dubious track record. As Jon operation. What I am saying is you have a Gann said at the time1 this is not the place! duty to protect a filmmaker’s reputation as a festival and not blacklist them in such a Charles Judson - Alanta Film Festival way, it’s just not right!. In any event such an If a festival organizer uses the words afraid

52 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 and has to go so far as contacting other festivals, I would take that seriously. When Charles Judson - Alanta Film Festival we ran the 20 10 48 Hour Film Project one of So a film festival opinion should live in fear the filmmakers who didn’t win any awards instead and just let the threats escalate? This emailed all of our judges. He sent a very long, could all blow over, which it does 99.99% nasty and accusary e mail, the judges were all of the time. But if someone genuinely feels cool with it and shook it off afraid for their safety, they should act on that. Again, Someone’s life is not worth a Right now we have to manage one of our filmmaker’s career. And a filmmaker should volunteers who in 2008 started exhibiting never make statements that can cause any on odd behivour and ion a film shoot in 2009 got to believe they may be in harm’s way, even if into a fist fight and he stormed off another the threat turns out to be empty. It’s not only local film shoot in anger never to return. He dumb career wise, but potentially a good way hasn’t got into any psychical altercations to go to jail since then, but his constant threats to sue us a few seconds ago • like and shut us down and actions in general keep us on the alert. Every time we have someone Jeff Ross - SF Indie Fest new on staff and he contacts them it’s a major Kerri I support you and hope that you do hassle. He still taunts me personally as least feel this is a safe space for us to talk about once a month and often a weekly basis. He our work. we just have to put up with this sent me yet another cryptic tweet just this interloper who looks for things to get hot and week (I had to unfriend him on FB) bothered about 9 m1nutes ago • Like . his mission is to protect all filmmakers from evil film festivals. hes like the NRA, always on Tyrone D Murphy - the look out for a slippery slope. there was a Universal Film & Festival Organization time, on the WAB film festival directors board, I would agree if there was any evidence at all, that fest organizers could discuss INTERNAL but there is no threat here in this case, just a issues amongst themselves without a self blacklisting exorcize insofar as I can see. We appointed defender of makers having to turn somehow have gone on to former volunteer the attack on those who just want to talk you have had problems with. A question, about their day. Tyrone, seriously, this is not why not apply the law to stop this former a court of law, this is a water cooler. chill out. volunteer? Also , you are aware of some 19 minutes ago • Like festival directors have been making threats to film-makers also? Tyrone D Murphy - 2 minutes ago • Like Universal Film & Festival Organization Jeff, I can always rely on you to say something Charles Judson - Alanta Film Festival like that. I am not a self-appointed defender How do you know there’s been no threat? of anything. Interloper is an odd word, it about a minute ago • Like would seem you are getting hot under the collar again Jeff, please refrain from personal Kerrie long - Edmonton International Film attacks and childish remarks. This is also my Festival working day and I do have an opinion. Oh my. I didn’t mean to cause a stir. Your 15 minutes ago • Like points are all duly noted. I really believed this to be a SAFE place to share. Lesson learned. Jeff Ross - SF Indie Fest about a minute ago • Like do you not even care what kerrie said “’ really believed this to be a SAFE place to share. Tyrone D Murphy Lesson learned. • id rather you not stifle Universal Film & Festival Organization discussion here. stay your opinion and move How do you know there has? (re Charles) on please. i would hate it if people felt they a few seconds ago • Like couldn’t talk about our work here because of

53 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 you. Universal Film & Festival Organization 12 minutes ago • like We are not talking about someone’s life, this is an extreme view. All of a sudden now this Quinten Bendigo Iraq International Film filmmaker is a potential murderer. This all Festival reminds me of the movie “’ 12 angry men”, Listen here buddy! (Mr Murphy) I support how quickly we all judge someone and Kerrie long and the comments made by Jeff how we take someone word for everything Ross. We are in business to make money simply because they say so. Should you not and not to be pandering to filmmakers know all the facts before you join in on this complaints about how we operate, most of little blacklisting operation? Both you and I the complainers are just whiners and sore do not know the full story here, if someone losers, we get them all the time. Also, I have has a problem go to the Police. We all love looked at this UFFO and I for one do not films, that’s what we all have in common intent on supporting best business practices, and yes they are a few nut jobs but from all also I will say what I dame well please here walks of life. As a former fraud investigator and anywhere else so you can take you high and surveillance specialist I lived with threats and mighty morals and remember that old many times, I know what it’s like to receive a saying (where the sun don’t shine) . real threat and also know what veil threat is. But what I have seen here today is disgusting, I will not be allowing this “Whack job so quick to judge. You are behaving like a filmmakers” film to go through selection at jury in a kangaroo court, this guy is guilty, our festival, any filmmaker who is dedaring no consideration for his or her career, his or war on a festival should be blacklisted by her own circumstances, no real thought or the festival community and I will be telling consideration if there may be something else all my contacts about this nut case. Also,(this going on here. Why not reserve judgement is the interesting bit) are the same Tyrone D and not blacklist this filmmaker Murphy who was an officer in the French 8 minutes ago • like Foreign Legion and worked as a counter surveillance operative for Hughes Aircraft, Tyrone D Murphy a company owned by the CIA. (I am also a Universal Film & Festival Organization former investigator Mr Murphy and I have I would like to ask the admin to ask this person looked at your background) to refrain from this kind of hostility and abuse 18 hours ago • Like From Matt Marxteny (Programmer) The Red Rock Jeff Ross - SF Indie Fest today : Film Festival you showed your true colors with that last Wow, a lot of comments here. I think none of exchange, mate. have you noticed that no us understand what the abusive nature was one in that group every takes your side in in this case. We had a questionable filmmaker anything? four people told me they just block once that boasted about their “violent acts” you so they dont have to read your posts, but and simply called the police, and left it like i wont, because i want to be able to continue that. We just figured Hollywood would to expose your bullshit whenever neccessary. love them like they do domestic abusers, youve done a good job of proving to all the paedophiles, drug addicts and all the others ... folks on that list that you do not have their 13 hours ago • Like interests at heart and are just a troll. every one now knows which side your on, so good Quinten Bendigo Iraq International Film job there, nicely done. we know exactly what Festival to expct from tyrone murphy in any given Mat you are a crazy kid! conversation. if you want to actually have an 13 hours a o Like impact on the opinions of the people you are your org are tying to influence, you might Tyrone D Murphy want to count to 10 before letting fly another

54 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 200 word antagonistic post. Like • Comment Unfollow Post • 24 minutes ago

Quinten Bendigo Iraq International Film Festival Well done Jef 21 minutes ago • Like

Tyrone D Murphy Universal Film & Festival Organization please stop making comments that are hostile and meaningless 20 minutes ago • Like

Jeff Ross - SF Indie Fest tyrone, please stop making comments that are hostile and meaningless 20 minutes ago • Like

Quinten Bendigo Iraq International Film Festival gettig to much for you Mr UFFO man? 19 minutes ago • Like

Jon Gann Moderator and DC Shorts Film Festival And this is NOW CLOSED. I am done moderating. Tyrone - this is a safe space for fest organizers to talk and discuss openly with one another and not judge. If you cannot follow this simple rule, you will be removed. Jeff- stop fanning the fire, please. 9 minutes ago • Like • .6 1

Tyrone D Murphy Universal Film & Festival Organization I would agree with that Jon , which is why I commented on Kerrie’s post which was judging film-makers and others jumping on the bandwagon and basically blacklisting a filmmaker. I am saying that judging in such a way is wrong also but now I cannot comment on this, I am not judging but question someone else judging. As Jeff is a moderator here he is really out to cause trouble 4 m1nutes ago • Like

Quinten Bendigo Iraq International Film Festival Kick him off! 3 minutes ago • Like END

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by John Robert Beardsley with Paula Devlin

oday, perhaps more than any time in or training. As one corporate executive history, the controlling factor in the so brilliantly explained. “Don’t waste your theatrical arts industry is the bottom time giving these people anything artistic. T line. The unfortunate difference They won’t understand. The audience won’t now is that at the major studios those appreciate anything with quality. They I quickly with little and no artistic depth or found put their brains in their glove boxes experience and a predetermined respect for before they come thru the gates.” my original agenda are making the decisions. craft (“Speak for yourself,” methought.) frustrated After years as an actor and fight director, This mentality has been running seeing audiences not know whether to clap everything for longer than we wish to or laugh or even when the show was over, know. We have been manipulated by “our I made a decision to work at the university betters” for way too long. Rarely have I seen level to train students in the art of stage ethical or professional behavior among big combat. My career blossomed as an artist- entertainment providers. They are bent in-residence (which was a pleasant upgrade on producing raunchy Hollywood drivel from starving artist status). The artistic for profits instead of inspiring, thought- choices were exciting and I enjoyed a unique provoking stories with characters striving for freedom for discovery in the academic noble goals. Base emotions are played: facts, setting. From there, Themed Action logic and character development through Entertainment was the next step. It provided dealing with conflict are gone. Degradation work with corporate as an independent of mankind, traditional morals and culture is contractor. ubiquitous.

I quickly found respect for my original craft Many actors aspire to have meaning in frustrated by artistic decisions made by their work. Unfortunately, many sell their “white shoe boys”, with their pricey MBA’s souls for lucrative opportunities and once and no theatrical background, expertise committed to that, rarely turn back. Work

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FNC 42_Movie Money Magazine 186x129mm.indd 1 13-07-30 09:41 57 www.ufmag.biz www.ufmag.biz Universal Film Issue 11 - 2013 is for those who settle for low-end circus egos were bigger than their brains and talent performing. Don’t get me wrong: I have great combined... on a good day. respect for real circus performers. I am talking about poorly trained performers in Pavlovian The client had no clue; the unethical themed productions. They just run from production company cared nothing about stage left to right for a bone without credible whether the show even opened but was interactions. content to milk it for what they could. They boasted they would open with a viable Watching quality steadily drop on what I hold product in four weeks. Five months later it dear to my heart is disturbing. The land of had not opened. There was no preparation, the brave, free, self-reliant individual where communication or understanding of how to I was raised has transmogrified into the land create a good product. of corporate sock puppets programming the increasingly ignorant. Edward Bernays’ Work that is being offered by corporate to propaganda techniques (which he called artists has destroyed true art and the quality Public Relations) have been employed with of human life. It offers little more than a high- devastating success on a naive, trusting end slave market, just like everything else. public. Cecil B. DeMille marked the end of the Golden This has led me to focus on the contemporary Era in Hollywood. He refused to accept the art form, film, weaving together so many areas terms of the bean counters and was crushed of expertise, and the underlying question of in the process. Most great artists have all this essay: artistic freedom and the quality of had to produce their art for the fickle, often life. The struggle I see is goodness, honor and perverted, elite. intelligence being drained from our souls by design. How long are people willing to ignore Predictive programming through movies it and accept this diabolical degradation of and TV has been wildly successful. However, humanity? general audiences may be begining to make a statement at the box office: witness the big What I learned is that everything has been bucks bombs in the summer of 2013. sold out to offshore interests that do not share our American/Western cultural values. Is it time for an Artistic Revolution? An artistic When I worked in Japan there was still quality renaissance must begin by weaning from and the opportunity to work with people of corporate. We will have to work with less, but artistic and personal integrity. In this new indies are already doing that by taking their third-world, arrogantly anti-Ameican control artistic visions into their own hands, creating of artistic quality, storyline and values, I in a milieu of freedom and integrity. found a completely degenerate quality to the business of providing entertainment. It The answer lies in the hands and hearts of real was people pretending to imitate art but people with sound artisic decisions made by producing nothing but clips and soundbytes culturally/historically (as opposed to political- of something they understand about as well ly correct) educated Americans. Artists must as they understand quantum physics. not be swayed by the erroneous assumptions of the propaganda machine about human- The world is numbed by these entertainment ity. Audiences will support good material, industry frauds who have no focus, training or well-executed. discipline, much less professional standards. That Caribbean production outfit took pride It is time to re-invent our industry: creating in treating artists as slaves, stupider than with integrity, honor and joy for people hun- themselves, aggravated by the fact that they gry for the same? had no idea of how to build a production or provide marketable entertainment. Their

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Tyrone D Murphy is an award-winning filmmaker, the CEO and founder of UFFO, the Universal Film Welcome & Festival Organization Welcome to Movie Money (205 Film Festivals) and Magazine, the only publication is the founder of the in the World that is solely Universal Film Magazine, which is distributed in over 100 countries dedicated to film funding and worldwide. He is also an active member of the investment. BAFTA Management Committee, the NUJ and the DGGB. Each issue contains in-depth Contributions from Industry Experts interviews and contributions from many of the worlds leading industry experts in Adrian Ward is the film funding, tax incentives, Senior Vice President - Entertainment industry trends and sources of Industries Division at funds. Pacific Mercantile Bank in California, USA. MM also includes a section dedicated to films in development, and feature Steve Rogers is the films seeking film funding and CEO of Premier distribution. Pictures; a provider of funding to producers MM reviews and profiles via structured finance, pre-sales, tax credits current trends by investors and and EIS equity. funds and reports on funds, tax incentives and sources of soft funds all over the world. Bernd Stephan is the Movie Money Magazine serves president & CEO at as a financial conduit directly Media Finance Group, connecting film-makers with LLC. He is a seasoned expert in all aspects of investors and fund sources. film finance.

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CEO of the Prescience Paul Brett talks to Movie Money

aul Brett is a direc- Universal). Prescience is an future of film funding and tor of Prescience integrated media company investment heading? and has worked in that focuses on film pro- P the media industry duction, financing and - in PB - I don’t see any partic- since leaving university 28 ternational sales. Launched ularly radical changes. This years ago. He has worked in 2005, it has provided business been in existence at Video Arts, Catalyst, Par- over £250m of film finance for about 100 years, and it amount Pictures, Universal for independent UK and carries on the same way Studios and Pathé. Paul de- US productions, including that numbers swell and re- veloped and implemented multiple Oscar winner, “The treat, and players come and the UK exhibition go, and at the mo- and distribution “There is no particular genre that ment it’s a buoyant strategy over a market. The inde- three-year period works well” pendent film busi- at the British Film ness is thriving, and Institute/UK Film Council, King’s Speech.” Prescience there’s been a continued before leaving to found Pre- also jointly owns the in- professionalism of the mar- science with Tim Smith. ternational sales business ket for the past 25 years. Ealing Metro, in partnership At the BFI/UKFC, Paul was with Ealing Studios. Pre- MM – What film genre responsible for the BFI’s science provides a variety of shows the best return for relationships with exhibi- different sources of financ- your company? tors throughout the UK and ing for UK and international Northern Ireland, including film productions. PB - I have no idea. Any film both art house and com- can be made, it’s just about mercial cinemas. Prior to The different types of finding the right price. this, he worked for Miramax financing include: There is no particular genre International as Vice Presi- • Debt financing that works well, because dent of European Market- • Bridging the moment anyone sees a ing, as well as Pathé/Guild, • Development funding pattern, what you get is a VCI and CIC (a joint venture • Equity glut. The ambition is to find between Paramount and MM - Where do you see the a film that looks like a good

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value, because I think, sub- MM - How has the econom- your movie, but you think consciously, the audience is ic environment affected the about how the audience thinking, “For my bucks, am way your company oper- is going to consume it. If I going to get value for the ates? you are content for it to be price of my ticket?” I think streamed so people can view that’s the most important PB - Every day we re-exam- it on their computers, that’s question. It’s certainly the ine our business to make fantastic. But if you want a one that drives us as we sure we are offering our in- Leicester Square or Chinese look to fund films. Will there vestors the very best return Theater premiere, then plan be an audience for this film, for their investment – this accordingly. Don’t alter your will they see this as being is in the forefront of our creative intent because the valid? minds. What has happened marketing maidens tell you in the past 6 years of eco- to. I certainly would not ask By definition, independent nomic recession is that the to change a creative vision. films are cheaper than stu- money is still out there, dio films that have much but it doesn’t know where MM - What difficulties can higher overheads. You may to invest. The issue is not filmmakers face when find- have a “Paranormal Ac- that the money supply has ing funding? tivity,” but the studios are dried up, but that it’s harder bombarding the audience to make that commitment PB - In a nutshell, the com- with films that are literally with one’s money. petition. There’s too much thousands of times more demand out there; it’s far expensive, and I think the MM - What should film- too easy to make a film. Our audience takes that into makers do to improve their mantra is: it’s not difficult to consideration. That being chances when seeking finance a film or to make a said, if they think that the funding? film, the real trick is getting film is going to be enter- someone to see it. taining, that will overcome PB - That’s easy: think about budget shortfall. the end user. You don’t alter Next Issue ,

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CEO of Premier Pictures Steve Rogers talks about film funding

teve Rogers has a citing opportunities are be- content using the latest mo- wealth of experience ing embraced, as well. The bile technology. The uncer- in investment, De- greater use of 3G and the tainty over future income S velopment, Venture rollout of new 4G broad- and sales creates a higher Capital, and Film for Pre- band support an ever-in- risk perception for distrib- miere Picture and Premiere creasing range of mobile utors, investors and lenders. Capital platforms on which to view Coupled with today’s global content. Briefer, overlapping financial difficulties, there The words of Bob Dylan, profit exploitation windows are fewer lenders of senior “The times they are create a more intense mar- debt (secured on pre-sales) a-changin’,” couldn’t be keting period. Fortunately, and gap lenders (secured on more true these unsold territories), days for the busi- The words of Bob Dylan, “The and they’re taking ness of film, which a more prudent is going through a times they are a-changin’,” approach to the period of painful, couldn’t be more true these days amount they are but exciting, evolu- prepared to lend. tion. the public’s appetite for film Investors need to feel they is as strong as ever; it is just are getting a return appro- These are indeed challeng- the way they like to view it priate to the risks, and dis- ing times. Many film-relat- that is changing. tributors are generally be- ed businesses are failing. ing more cautious. Sales agents, distributors With the possible exception and post production houses of major studio blockbust- Although times are tough, have been migrating into ers, most movies must now governments recognise the administration. Traditional make their money from an many social and economic film distribution models are increasing range of non-tra- benefits that are delivered evolving and DVD sales are ditional sources rather than by film production. Attrac- falling (closely linked to the box office and DVD sales. tive tax credits therefore failure of high street retail- This is the result of the remain available from ers and video rental firms, proliferation of digital dis- many international territo- and the continuing prob- tribution channels and the ries for filmmaking in their lems with piracy), but ex- ability of consumers to view local areas, and many re-

6 www.moviemoneymag.com gional grants are available. In the UK, the government encourages individuals to invest venture capital into new businesses by provid- UFFO ing tax benefits (such as through Enterprise Invest- ment Scheme and Seed EIS), which are ideal to help off- set the risks associated with film production. Universal Film and At Premiere Picture, we have been providing funding to Festival Organization producers via structured finance, Pre-sales, discounting “Promoting best business practices for film festivals” Tax Credits, and EIS equity. The Universal Film & Festival Organization was Our experience has been founded to support and implement best business practices for film festivals throughout the world. that the most successful producers – the ones who actu- UFFO is a global voluntary organization and is ally get their films financed non-for-profit. It’s remit is to bring together the and made – focus closely on highest quality of Film Festivals and the film making the commercial potential of community by encouraging film festivals to become their films, match the - bud sound in best business practice. To date we have get, cast to realistic sales been very successful in this endeavor with over 205 projections to give the in- international film festival members. vestors the best chance of a return on their investment, The UFFO “best business practices “is completely and take full advantage of voluntary, it is free and easy to implement. In addition the government support it is a blueprint for filmmakers in deciding which film festivals to do business with. available to filmmakers. A Message from the UFFO President Maureen O’ Hara Premiere Picture is attending the Cannes Film festival “Every once in a while there is something that stands out and can be contacted on and compels us to notice it; I think that is what struck [email protected] me most about UFFO when it was first brought to my attention. I am so tremendously honored and proud to be the President of such an international organization that promotes ethics in an industry I love so much”

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The Asia Film Financing Forum

he 11th Hong from 25 project finalists, made the 11th HAF a suc- Kong Asia Film chosen from more than 250 cess and continued its legacy Financing Forum worldwide submissions. as Asia’s most anticipated (HAF) announced The selection comprised film-financing platform,” T its winners for the 22 features and three said Roger Garcia, Executive culmination of a three- documentaries, with five Director of the Hong Kong day event connecting quality Hong Kong-based International Film Festival filmmakers with financiers, projects in the running. Society, the organisers distributors, and producers at of HAF. “We are proud of the Hong Kong Convention The Awards Ceremony our work bridging the gap and Exhibition Centre. was held at VIEW 62 by between talented filmmak- Paco Roncero at the iconic ers and producers and film Award recipients financiers who include winners for the “E-Max Cineplex Presents the want to bring HAF Awards, HAF Script these great Development Fund 11th Hong Kong - Asia Film Fi- projects to life.” Award, the 2nd annual nancing Forum” HAF/Fox Chinese Film The Hong Kong Development Award, the Hopewell Centre in Hong - Asia Film Financing Forum Technicolor Asia Award, Kong, and attended by film- is widely recognised as the the Paris Project Award, makers. Films were awarded most important film-financ- the Wouter Barendrecht cash prizes of HK$150,000 ing platform in Asia. It brings Award, the Network of each. “My deepest appre- Asian filmmakers who have Asian Fantastic Films Award, ciation goes out to all upcoming film projects to and two new awards this participating filmmakers, Hong Kong for co-produc- year: the ARRI Awards and funders, partners and spon- tion ventures with top film the Catapooolt Awards. sors for their support, and to financiers and producers. the dedication of HAF staff HAF Awards were selected and volunteers that have

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Jeanette Buerling, CEO of the Media Magnet Group

eanette Buerling, present and we see that to film-makers, enabling them CEO of Media Magnet be the best of both worlds. to learn how to close their Group, a film finance MM. What should film-mak- film project. J and production com- ers do to improve their MM. What made you decide pany, with offices in Beverly chances when seeking you wanted work in this Hills, Cologne, and London funding? sector? talks to MM. The Company was launched in 2009 as an JB. In my view, film-makers JB. My love for storytelling. equity film fund. It has since need to learn about the I started working at a net- expanded to include senior complexity of film financing. work station when I was and junior debt financing Today it’s not just about the still in university studying for films, funded by its Ger- creative side of a film proj- business. Soon I discovered man division MMP. ect and more. The financial that the combination of cre- side is a key element to- ativity and business are best MM. Where do you see the wards getting a film made. suited for me and I am glad future of film funding and The more a film-maker to be able to work with both investment? knows about film funding, sides of my brain on a daily the easier it will be close basis. JB. The film finance indus- films and to get them onto try has undergone drastic the big screen. I was trained in television changes in the last 24–36 and then in the studio sys- months. Equity funding di- We started a non-prof- tem on how to develop and minished and debt lending it foundation to educate produce programming. I became more prominent. film-makers. We do so added the finance compo- We started off as an equi- through conferences, round nent about eight years ago, ty investor and have done table discussions and film when I decided to find my quite well. However, we do finance events. We also of- own money for projects. It see that a combination of fer one-on-one advise. We turned out to be a valid in- debt and equity may be the are launching an online vestment structure for vari- best solution for us. We are film finance channel (www. ous financiers, who to date therefore more active in the filmfinanceTv.com) to- de still invest with us, because debt/mezzanine space at liver important news to they made good returns.

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Bernd Stephan, President & CEO at Media Finance Group, LLC

ernd Stephan is the funding heavily relies on their money, and protect president and CEO pre-sales, for the companies the downside, that’s number at Media Finance I have worked with; the one, because at least if B Group, LLC. He is best genres are romantic you get over that hurdle, a seasoned expert in all comedies, action, thrillers then you have a chance to aspects of film finance, and love stories. We have continue the conversation. with a long track record of worked with companies that securing large volumes of would not look at urban, You must approach it as a independent film finance. sports or animated movies. business, if you want to get someone to invest heavily MM. Where do you see the MM. Given the current in a film, say millions in a future of film funding and economy, how do private film, it’s a lot of money, so investment? investors view movies as approach it as a business. It possible investments? all comes down to revenue BS. For independent film it is minus expenses and profit; hard to find any institutional BS. Movies are not a favorite then, if you show them that money right now. The reason investment choice, and you’ve done your homework is that institutional money private investors, most of when it comes to the has been burned a lot by the time, have an ulterior profitability, it will help your the industry, that’s number motive: they are not cause. one, so when you look looking at great returns for independent funding but because they see it as a MM. What is the key to you either find it from an sexy investment. My advice success for any film-maker? independent production is for any business, not just company who are willing movies: do not try to sell an BS. The key to any business to take on your picture, or investor on the fact that it’s is revenue generation, go to some high net worth a home run and he is going and in film the key is in individuals. to make so much money, achieving distribution; so because the first thing any getting a top international MM. What genre film has investor who looks at an sales agent lined up and the best return for your investment is thinking, is having a strategy in regards company? how can these guys screw up to domestic sales, is always and lose all my money? You the solution. I regularly tell BS. In the independent must show the investor that people that it’s easier to find film world, because the you are responsible with the money for a $25M movie

10 www.moviemoneymag.com Movie Money Issue 1 of 2013 than it is for a $2M movie. for primary territories such incentive for the movie For instance, say you meet as the UK, Germany, France, “Law Abiding Citizen” in someone for drinks and the Italy, Canada, Australia and Pennsylvania, but we had to producers are sitting there so on, being contingent sell the incentive because at the next table, doing on the basis that the it was transferable but not their calculations as to how distribution may discount refundable. You need a tax much equity they need. They it. So when people do their payer who has a liability say the movie is $10M; so calculations, they forget to of $9M, so we sold it for therefore $5M is needed in take that into consideration. 91 cents on the dollar, but pre-sales, $3M in incentives That’s one of the common the banks still discounted and $2M in equity. Well, mistakes that I see: they it by 7% because there that calculation never holds don’t understand that was a so-called tax credit water, because people tend even if they are entitled to risk. This basically means to forget that even if they incentives, or if they have that if you don’t spend all can get an incentive of pre-sales, that somehow the money then the banks $3m, if they need to cash the money needs to be cash won’t be able to get all the flow it, they either need to flowed. incentives. bank it and a bank is never going to give 100% on a tax MM. What percentage does MM. What is the hardest incentive, or you have sell to a bank lend against a tax part of raising film finance? somebody and they are not incentive? going to give you a hundred BS. The hardest part is cents on the dollar either. BS. I would say that you can always the equity, because There is also a discount raise between 70-90% and financing a movie is one that people don’t take into sometimes 100% on a tax of the hardest things you consideration; consequently incentive; it all depends on will ever do. It is the old the equity requirements go which territory the incentive dilemma of the chicken up. is from, as each territory’s and the egg. You want to criteria is different. If it is an attach named talent to MM. How does it work with incentive in Louisiana, the your project, and to do so pre-sales? state of Louisiana buys back you need to Pay or Play, and the tax incentives at 85 they (the talent) will want BS. Well, it’s the same for cents on the dollar, so the to see the money. However, pre-sales. If you have $5M bank is giving you 85 cents you can’t send a Pay or Play international pre-sales, on what you are asking for. offer without securing the especially if it’s $5M total talent with a deposit, and international sales or $5M MM. What steps does the so you need the money, and real hard pre-sales that bank take to protect its the investor will want to you have contracts for, it investment? see talent attached before never translates into a they give you the money. $5M production loan. This BS. Well, the bank will hire Therefore, until you make is because a bank will an external consultant who it Pay or Play, the talent is never give you a dollar for scrutinizes the numbers, not attached. No talent, no dollar loan contract from and this gives the banks money, no movie. a secondary territory, even comfort. We had a $9M

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12 www.moviemoneymag.com Movie Money Issue 1 of 2013 What should film-makers consider when seeking funding? By Carey Borth achieved if the genre is of the beast. Have your province of Canada have psychological thriller or entertainment lawyer write their own tax incentives horror. Suspense and fear about the risk involved in that change all the time. sells; it is universal. Stay the project. Be prepared to Producers must check and away from comedies, as a discuss the organization of recheck the laws and never rule, since crossover is low your company and who the assume anything. to multiple countries. managers are. Who is the director and who are the key Finally, establish a network Also realize that many production team members? of strong advisers. Agents, investors do not read scripts. Add as much credibility managers, publicists, social Instead, their focus is on the as possible along with an media experts, marketing logline, beat sheet, poster/ industry overview to your professionals, well-known graphics, a catchy synopsis, business plan and pitch. producers, lawyers, bankers, treatment, executive financial planners (as summary, business plan, When the background contacts), and mentors A-list director/A-list talent, information is ready and all add value to the film- and the film-maker’s track the top sheet of the budget making process. This is record. They need to prepared decide how the key so that you may run know the rate of return on corporation or LLC will your ideas by them and their investment and how be structured. Consider thereby make yourself money will be returned to crowd funding as a way to more attractive to potential the investors. What are the raise capital that you do investors. You may use them comparables? List the box not have to pay back. Your as a sounding board to office estimate/cost, the film “package ” will only be seek advice on whether a cost for five similar films complete if you have set potential deal is legitimate that made money and five reasonable expectations for or if it is fraudulent just a similar films that took a the budget. Recognize that bad deal. Also, do your due loss. you need to establish your diligence before making own track record by starting any financial commitments When you pitch your with smaller projects to anyone, be it a friend or projects to investors before tackling larger ones. a stranger. be prepared, honest, Consider the fact that this knowledgeable, confident is an on going business and Carey Borth and fairly aggressive. Be that you are establishing Producer/Attorney/Writer forthright in your dealings, relationships. If you are BBA UW-Madison, WI as this is an incestuous in the US, for example, JD Pepperdine Law School business. “Be nice to people remember federal security MFA UCLA Film & TV on your way up because laws change so you must [email protected] you’ll meet them on your keep up with them. Each way down.” It is the nature state of the US and every www.moviemoneymag.com 13 Movie Money Issue 1 of 2013

Enterprise InvestmentScheme

he Enterprise In- (which has not subsequent- cash, when they are issued. vestment Scheme ly been withdrawn) on the We would advise compa- (EIS) is designed to cost of the shares, and the nies and investors to en- help smaller high- shares that are disposed of sure that any shares on Ter-risk trading companies after they have been held which EIS relief is intended to raise finance by offering for a qualifying period. Any to be claimed are not is- a range of tax reliefs to in- gain is free from Capital sued during the company vestors who purchase new Gains Tax. registration process, but shares in those companies. are issued only at a later Share loss relief. If the date when the company is The company has to ob- shares are disposed of at able to receive payment for serve certain rules, not just a loss, investors can elect them. at the time of the invest- that the amount of the loss ment, but for at least three – less any income tax relief Shares must be full-risk, years afterwards. If it fails given – can be set against ordinary shares, and may to meet those rules, tax re- income of the year in which not be redeemable or car- lief will not be given; or, if the shares were disposed ry preferential rights to it has already been given, it of, or against any income of the company’s assets in will be withdrawn. Similar- the previous year, instead the event of a winding up. ly, companies should appre- of being set off against any Shares may carry limited ciate that investors must capital gains. preferential rights to div- meet certain conditions for idends, but there must be tax relief to be due. Capital Gains Tax deferral no arrangements to protect relief. This is available to the investor from the nor- For individuals who sub- individuals and trustees of mal risks associated with scribe for shares in an EIS, certain trusts. The payment investing in shares, nor several kinds of income tax of tax on a capital gain can any arrangements at the relief are available: be deferred where the gain time of investment for the is invested in shares of an shares to be sold at the end Capital Gains Tax exemp- EIS qualifying company. of the relevant period. tion. Investors who have The investment. All shares received income tax relief must be paid up in full, in

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UK Tax Authorities targeting the film industry as five more face charges

he UK HM Rev- Hassan, Ian Sherwood get of £19M, which enue and Cus- and Osama Al Baghdady. translates to £2.8 million toms (HMRC) has Evolved Pictures perpe- ($4,216,587) in VAT relief T secured criminal trated the astonishingly and tax credit claims. convictions against a bold scam, hyping the gang of tax fraud- John Pointing, sters jailed in the HMRC assistant UK for creating director of crimi- a fictional fea- nal investigation ture film in order (AKA “The Bull- to claim nearly dog”), said, “This £1.5 million in gang thought VAT relief along they could ex- with nearly £1.3 ploit the rules million in film for genuine Brit- tax credit claims. ish filmmakers The HMRC has and thieve from concerns about the public purse scams involving for their own this tax relief fund, gain. They were which is designed wrong, as HMRC to help get more will not stand British produc- by and let that tions into cinemas happen. False- and increase em- ly claiming VAT ployment for UK- that is not due based film support is illegal – so we businesses. are pleased that project as a top-end pro- instead of this film The leader of the gang, duction with Hollywood flop going straight to Bashar Al-Issa, from Lon- A-List talent attached. DVD, these small-screen don, was jailed along The producers claimed Z-Listers went straight with Aoife Madden, Tariq the film required a bud- to jail.”

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Sources have told MM that the UK tax authorities have now set up a special team to scrutinise current and past applications for irregularities. A recent announcement tells of yet another alleged UK tax The Universal Film Magazine is a free scam by five British movie in- magazine that delivers passionate and dustry names who are being creative coverage to the global film and charged in a more than £125 festival communities. million ($194 million) tax re- The Magazine has gained a firm reputation lief scam marketed to UK in- for tackling corrupt or disreputable film vestors. Charges against Keith festivals who rip off student film-makers, Hayley, Robert Bevan, Charles sponsors and even blacklist filmmakers with Savill, Cyril Megret and Nor- little more than a casual comment. This is man Leighton are being evident in the magazine as it has exposed brought by the UK’s Crown many festivals and has named and shamed Prosecution Service after an those involved in dubious practices. investigation by HMRC, the UK government’s equivalent UFM is partnered with and holds distribution to the IRS in the USA. rights with organizations including AFM, APP-World, Sat-Com, NAPTE, BEV, Production Show UK, NAB Show, Broadcast Show Africa, Each of the five will face Latino Mediacon, IBC Amsterdam, Mandy, charges of conspiracy to de- Directors Guild and Production Base as fraud contrary to section well as many more industry institutions and 1(1) of the Criminal Law Act international production shows. 1977, section 17 of the Theft Act 1968 and Common Law. The magazine is entirely free and has At the time those laws were an impresssive circulation in over 100 enacted, the tax relief system countries. operating in the UK was shut www.ufmag.biz down after it was exploited by tax consultancies. The old system was replaced by the current tax credit system, which seeks to incentivize producers and investors in a more efficient way.

The CPS said all five defen- dants are due to appear before Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on June 18th. www.moviemoneymag.com 17 17 Movie Money Issue 1 of 2013

Interview with Craig Smith CEO of the Film Finance Awards

he Film Finance ceremony. FFA recognizes ing VIP cocktails, seated Awards (FFA) is structural, inspirational and dinner, awards ceremony, working together creative investment across evening entertainment and T with UFFO, Uni- a range of film finance cat- networking. versal Film Magazine and egories. During the year, the Movie Money Magazine FFA team organizes sever- MM – Why have you for the next Film Finance al awards events in Berlin brought Film Finance Awards Gala, to be held (February), Basel (April), Awards to London? in London on October 26, Cannes (May), and Beverly 2013. Hills (September). FFA – After successful events in the Martinez Ho- MM – What does the Film On the night of the Awards, tel in Cannes during the Cannes Film Festival and Finance Awards do? government organizations, the Lux Hotel in Beverly the investment communi- Hills, we started receiving FFA – Our team hosts a se- ty, and individuals working requests to run the Film ries of high-end film and on behalf of and within Finance Awards in London. entertainment investment the film industry and film With the ever-increasing events during the year, with finance communities will importance of international the final Awards Gala taking be recognized for their finance for local and inter- place in the finance cap- achievements in more than national film – and the fact ital of the world, London, 20 categories of invest- that London is the capital England, on October 26th. ment. international finance – it seems to be the logical lo- The Film Finance Awards cation to hold the Film Fi- jury will vote on all of the Common to all nominees is nance Awards. nominations to determine a shared goal: to promote which will make the short and finance the production You can send in your nom- list for 2013. The jury din- of critically and commer- inations for the 2013 Film ner and vote will take place cially successful films. The Finance Awards through the night before the awards program consists of open- our website. www.filmfinanceawards.com

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THE EVOLUTION & FUTURE OF FINANCING INDEPENDENT FILMS

By Vinca L. Jarrett, Esq.

inancing inde- ance-backed schemes fol- and a new financing meth- pendent feature lowed by hedge funds (many od through non-recoupable films has come of them Ponzi schemes) and crowdfunding sources. F a long way since even banks dumped other the 1930s, when first doc- people’s stupid money into Increased awareness of tors and lawyers put up feature films without any global tax credit and soft one hundred percent of the understanding of how films money incentives has al- money for a film, about a provided a return on an in- lowed investors to hedge prize fighter, that the - stu vestment. What has changed ten to thirty percent of their dios weren’t interested in at significantly for financing investment just by careful the time. That film; part of films includes cheaper tech- production location and a slate of three, went gang- nology for making indepen- spending in jurisdictions buster, while the other two dent films; smaller returns that incentivize the total never recouped, netting the due to the decreased DVD costs spent locally. While investors an overall profit market resulting in smarter, Canada has led the charge, from just the one America has chal- movie. Doctors and lawyers put up lenged the global one-hundred percent of the mon- market to make in- Financiers have centives based on always been at- ey back in the 1930s spend rather than tracted to the al- politically inspired ternative investment space less expensive films thanks “cultural tests”, allowing of film not just to turn a to technological advances; productions to shoot world- profit, but for the residu- a worldwide increase in wide at reduced costs. Juris- al effects it can reap them soft money tax incentives; a dictions in Eastern Europe, such as invitations to exclu- need to make smaller films South Africa and Ireland sive events with stars and more appealing to a wider have sped ahead to pro- talent in locations such as audience through ensemble tect their share of produc- Cannes. Today’s investors casting; more investment tion and compete for the are increasingly becoming coming directly from dis- coveted American projects more savvy about the film tributors; an increase in film that tend to be more star investment space after the festivals and social media driven and bring in more heady 90s through this new allowing the smallest player dollars to a local economy. century, where first insur- to market a film worldwide; Another change has been

20 www.moviemoneymag.com Movie Money Issue 1 of 2013 from global distributors and the entire production, and sales agents; all competing also serves as the project’s for fewer theatrical films first marketing efforts,- es in a crowded internation- tablishing it with its first al marketplace; all trying guaranteed audience before to be the next Slumdog it’s even submitted to a fes- Millionaire. Today’s savvy tival. No film going forward distributor not only sells a today that hopes to garner movie after it is complet- a theatrical release in the ed, but looks for product United States can honestly to pre-finance through its seek success without a team sales efforts by putting up a that assures social network- minimum guarantee (which ing on a global level, bank- can be banked by senior and able ensemble casting, and mezzanine lenders) or get- financing that includes tax ting involved in indepen- credits, minimum guaran- dent projects at script level; tees and crowdfunding in influencing casting choices addition to the traditional in order to secure the best equity investment. films early on in the production phase. Today’s independent fea- Talent remains an import- ture film investors no longer ant factor, but instead of the have to put up one hundred one-name headliner of yes- percent of the investment terday’s indie marketplace, in order to reap the initially today’s films lean towards sought benefit of mingling smart ensemble products with the stars. Instead, the with multi-national A-list smart ones have figured out actors (as well as directors that twenty five to thirty five and writers) that allow dis- percent of a film’s budget tributors to market the films may be sufficient equity to to global buyers. invest in getting a film made in today’s independent fea- This has increased the im- ture film business, and still portance of agencies coming maybe hit the lottery with on to package the ensemble, the success that gets them financing and distribution to profit. primarily for the U.S. market at the major festivals. Vinca L. Jarrett, Esq. is an The most important trend entertainment lawyer and for those seriously getting president of FilmPro Fi- involved in film funding to- nance, a financial consult- day is crowdfunding used ing service for investors to launch not only the de- and producers funding one- velopment or post-produc- off films and building film tion financing of a film, but slates. www.moviemoneymag.com 21 Movie Money Issue 1 of 2013

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MM will be profiling Clarius Capital Film Financing in the next issue of MM. Clarius Capital provides subordinated debt (mezzanine) financing for experienced producers of feature length motion pictures, with production budgets in the $10 million to $20 million range. Clarius also provides $18 million of marketing financing (prints and advertising--P&A).

This approach to film production and marketing financing allows independent producers to secure wide-release domestic distribution agreements on favorable terms. They also structure each transaction so that their respective interests are aligned. According to Clarius, this is a fair and transparent approach, rare with studio financed productions, assures that any profit participation is shared proportionately.

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drian Ward, has a to be more sophisticated AW - Be aware of the market wealth of experi- and can come on board from that their film is intended ence in the Enter- earlier in the process. Over- for. Also, put more work in A tainment Banking all, smart money has tended to reducing the produc- sector. He is currently the to replace dumb money that tion costs, especially above Senior Vice President - En- was too plentiful in supply the line costs, of their film. tertainment Industries Di- before 2008/09. Many smaller, independent vision at Pacific Mercantile films do not work as a busi- Bank talks to Movie Money MM - How has the economic ness model because talent environment changed the is paid too much. The fi- MM - Where do you see the way you do business? nal piece of advice is to be future of film funding and patient and always have a investment? AW - We are more cautious back-up plan. with our loans across the AW - Crowd funding has board. We practice more MM - What difficulties can gained headlines recently rigorous risk mitigation and filmmakers face when -rais with VERONICA MARS and there is more due diligence ing funds in the film sector? other projects but is that every step of the way. Hav- model viable for AW - There are a high volume of many difficulties mainstream, com- Crowd funding has gained film-makers can mercial features? headlines recently with face that range – probably not. I VERONICA MARS and other from Investors who still see the exist- mislead filmmakers ing model that we about their ability (banks) deal with – lending ing said that, content pro- to fund projects. Also, inex- against pre-sales, tax cred- duction is still very strong perienced lenders who have its and providing gap – as (quality over quantity I unrealistic expectations on being viable, it’s just that would say) and we are see- how a finance structure will different rights are now ing international markets work or what their clients taking on more value (VOD) being more robust albeit should be paid, etc. etc. It as older rights (DVD) are in at significantly lower prices pays to get a good lawyer decline. than 4-5 years ago. and if you hit a wall find another producer who has Investment funds are com- MM - What can filmmakers previously got around your ing from different sources do to improve their chances problem. and now those sources tend when seeking funding?

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Film Productions/Co-Productions Post Production/Special Effects Crew/location scouting

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apache street gang WIPE Genre: Thriller/Sci-fi Genre - Brit crime Budget: £5 million Budget - £1 M Seeking: £5 million Talent Attached- yes Distribution: No Distribution - UK DVD Country: United Kingdom Country - UK Wales alexsymes@wearetwinstar. [email protected] co.uk

A gang of special needs kids take over the drug Debt Of Gratitude business on a run down Genre - Brit crime Thriller housing estate. Budget - £5.8m ($9m) Seeking - £ 4m “One Flew Over The Talent Attached- yes LOI Cuckoo’s Nest” meets Distribution - TBA “Scarface” Country - UK & Ireland. [email protected]

the blarneys Jeffrey O’Kelly, the universal storyteller who brought fun, adventure and classic entertainment to millions of children and grown-ups around the world with his animated TV series Doctor Snuggles, now welcomes you to step into the unequalled, captivating fantasy world of Blarneyland and the Blarneys of Blarney Castle.

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BONOBO Wheeler THE QUIET HOUR Genre - Drama - horror Genre - Action Genre - SCI-FI Budget £50,000 Budget - $4M Budget - £100k Seeking £20,000 Seeking - $2M Seeking - £50k Talent Attached - yes Talent - Committed Talent - No Distribution - No Distribution - Sony Distribution - No Country UK Country USA Country - UK [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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The Boy Who Died Comfortably Genre - Drama Budget - £3,000,000 Seeking £3,000,000 Talent Attached - Director Lucy Brydon Distribution - N/A Country - China, United Kingdom, America [email protected]

mad frankie fraser Genre - British Crime Budget - £5M Seeking - 90% Talent - yes Distribution DVD UK & IRL Country - UK & USA Principle Photography:2013 Feature Film on Britain’s most prolific underworld killer. It is said that ‘Mad’ Frankie Fraser is one of the most feared criminals of the last century. He has been a contract strong-arm, hit man killing 40 people, a Facility 31 Death of a Rose member of the infamous torture gang, a firebomber, prison rioter and a thief with Genre - Horror Genre - Thriller 26 convictions and 42 years inside. Budget - £1.5m Budget - $10m Talent - yes Seeking - $1m A feature length documentary has been Distribution - yes made but will not be distributed until the Distribution - yes feature film is completed Country - UK Country - UK [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

THE COMPETITION Genre - FAMILY Budget - £500k Seeking - 90% Talent - yes Distribution TBC Country - UK Principle Photography:2013 In a cynical age where old people are frequently margin- alised, a family unite behind one seemingly unremarkable old man to make his dreams a reality. [email protected] send your movie listing to [email protected] www.moviemoneymag.com 27 Movie Money Issue 1 of 2013 ur hom r yo e fo s a e d i

N Hubert Bals Fund The Hubert Bals Fund is designed to bring remarkable or urgent feature films by innovative and talented filmmakers from developing countries closer to completion. The HBF provides grants that often turn out to play a crucial role in enabling these filmmakers to realize their projects.

http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam. com/en/hbf/ Channel 4 Brit Doc Foundation gives financing to support independent filmmakers making documentary projects that would not be commissioned by a UK National Film broadcaster. Since their & Video Foun- inception in 2005 they have - funded over 60 award win- dation The Nation- ning films.metu. al Film & Video Foun- dation provides film and video-related funding in www.britdoc.org four broad categories:Ed- ucation and Training,De- velopment Funding,Pro- Women in Film Foundation’s duction Funding, and Film Finishing Fund (WIFF FFF) sup- Marketing and Distribu- ports films by, for or about women by providing cash tion in South Africa. grants of up to $15,000 and in-kind services http://nfvf.co.za/funding http://www.wif.org/fff/

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Global Film Initiative The Global Film Initiative promotes cross-cultural understanding through the medium of cinema. The Initiative has developed four complementary programs to promote both the production of authentic and accessible stories created in the developing world and In every Issue of their distribution throughout the schools and leading cultural institu- Movie Money there is a tions of the United States. selection of film fund http://www.globalfilm.org/about. htm sources from all over the world

Nigerian Film Fund Nollywood is the place to be. The Ni- gerian Film Fund (NiFiFu) is the only way for people outside the industry to get a share of the action. National Endowment for the Arts - The National http://www.nififu.com/Who.htm Endowment for the Arts supports organizations that are involved in a broad spectrum of activity in the media arts -- film, radio, and television -- including the production, exhibition, distribution, and preservation of work; the provision of services to the field; and the training of artists.

www.arts.endow.gov/grants/apply/ Media.html

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(1) AIDC Marketplace (AUST- RALIA) - MeetMarket is designed to match selected do- DOCUMENTARY cumentary makers’ ideas with over 50 national and international executive producers, FUNDS broadcasters and distributors attending AIDC. http://aidc. AND com.au/pages/aidc-home/ marketplace/ PITCHING (2) Baltic Sea Forum for documentaries (LATVIA) - is a pit- FORUMS ching session and workshop There are many funding sources all combined with film screenings. http://www.edn.dk/activities/ over the world for the production edn-activity-texts/baltic- of documentary films. Most appli- sea-forum-for-documentari- cations for documentary funding es-2010/ are rigorously assessed in terms of (3) CPH DOX: FORUM (DEN- their potential for broadcast or are MARK) - is an international event dedicated to help faci- capable of reaching an international litate the development and fi- audience through theatrical release nancing of creative and visual- and film festival exposure. ly strong film projects. http:// www.cphdox.dk

(4) CNEX Chinese Doc Forum takes place every spring. www.copro.co.il/ (CHINA) - is designed as a platform for film-makers who (6) DocEdge Kolkata (INDIA) - promotes creative and adhere to Chinese culture and socially engaged documentary through workshop and meet the commissioning edi- intensive training. http://docresi.org/docedgeKolka- tors from broadcasters..http:// ta_about.html www.cnex.org.tw/cnex_all. php/42.html (7) Docs Meeting Argentina Pitching Forum (ARG.) - is DOC Meeting Argentina’s area where documentary pro- (5) COPro (ISRAEL) - The event ducers and directors are offered international financing is meant to expand and advan- opportunities for their projects.. http://www.docmee- ce Israeli independent docu- ting.com.ar/english mentary makers and facilitate collaboration of Israeli docu- (8) Docs in Thessaloniki (GREECE) - is an international menters with TV networks and pitching forum and workshop offering an outstanding producers from around the opportunity to create alliances for future collabora- world. The two- day pitching tions: http://www.edn.dk/activities/edn-activity-texts/ docs-in-thessaloniki-2011/ (9) Docs in Barcelona Pitching Forum (SPAIN)- filmma-

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kers and producers can present their docu- the international documentary film indus- mentary projects in development in order try. This year we focus on the multimedia to attract finance. http://www.docsbarcelo- strategies of ARTE, YLE and Channel 4. na.com http://www.dokfestival-leipzig.de/v2/cms/ en/dok-industry/overview/dok- (10) Documentary Edge Forum (NZ) - is an ideas/page280.html industry event, held during the Documen- tary Edge Festival. It brings together local (17) Miradas Doc (CANARY ISLANDS) - is and overseas filmmakers. http://www.docu- an internationally bridging media content mentaryedge.org.nz/forum/pitching-forum. market where documentary producers may html sell their films to television companies and distributors. http://miradas- (11) Dragon Forum (POLAND) – takes place doc.com/ during the Krakow International Film Fes- tival. Attendance of 15 commissioners re- (18) Open Doors (Locarno Film Festival) presenting Channel 4, HBO, ARTE and TVP. - This initiative, focusing on a different re- www.dragonforum.pl gion every year, brings professionals from the chosen region together with potential (12) Durban Filmart Finance Forum (SOUTH partners, mostly from Europe, to foster sup- AFRICA) - provides selected African film-ma- port for projects that would otherwise be kers with the opportunity to pitch film pro- difficult to make. jects to leading financiers. http://www.pardo.ch/jahia/Jahia/home/ http://www.durbanfilmmart.com/ Open-Doors/Presentation/lang/en

(13) East European Forum (CZECH) - is the (19) Sheffield Doc/Fest MeetMarket (UK) - is region’s largest meeting of East European the pitching initiative at Sheffield Doc/Fest, documentary filmmakers with Europe’s and Projects can be in any genre looking to raise North America´s leading commissioning finance and distribute/exhibit their projects editors, distributors, buyers and film fund through alternative strategies including via representatives. crowd funding and third sector. Doc/Fest http://www.dokweb.net/en/east- europe- also offers other pitching opportunities and an-forum/ formats for all levels of experience. http:// sheffdocfest.com/view/meetmarket (14) HotDocs (Canada) –international documentary market in North America, the (20) Sofia Meetings – Pitching Forum (BUL- Forum is a pitching event that stimulates GARIA) - has two modules: Second Films international coproduction financing for Pitching - presentation of first, second and projects: http://www.hotdocs.ca/conferen- third feature film projects, looking for- fi ce/hot_docs_forum nancial support and co-producers. Balkan Screenings - showcase of the latest Bulgar- (15) DFA (NETHERLANDS) – The Forum is ian and regional feature and short films fro IDFA’s international co-financing market for directors and programmers from different documentaries: http://www.idfa.nl/indust- international festivals, world sales com- ry/markets-funding/the_forum.aspx panies and journalists. http://www.siff.bg/ sofiameetings (16) Leipzig Forum (Germany) – is where Documentary Campus and DOK Leipzig More funding sources in the next Issue present new developments and trends in www.moviemoneymag.com

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Revenue: Irish Tax and Customs Section 481 Scheme The Scheme was introduced to promote the Irish film industry, by encouraging investment in Irish made films which make a significant contribution to the national economy and Exchequer and/or acts as an effective stimulus to the creation of an indigenous film industry in the State. The scheme was broadened in 1993 to include individual investors. The details of the scheme are contained in Section 481 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997.

Summary Of The Scheme The scheme provides tax relief towards the cost of production of certain films. The maximum amounts which can be raised under the scheme are:- (1) up to 80% of the cost of production for all budgets up to the cap of €50,000,000. (2) in no case may the total amount raised under Section 481 exceed €50,000,000.

Tax relief on 100% of their investment is available to individual investors and to corporate investors.

Individual investors can invest up to €50,000 under the scheme in any year of assessment. An investor who cannot obtain relief on all his/her investment in a year of assessment, either because his/her investment exceeds the maximum of €50,000 or his/her income in that year is insufficient to absorb all of it, can carry forward the unrelieved amount to following years up to and including 2015, subject to the normal limit of €50,000 on the amount of investment that can be relieved in any one year.

A corporate investor and any connected companies can invest up to €10,160,000 in any 12 month period. The total amount which can be invested in any one film cannot exceed €3,810,000.

Investment may be made by an individual company or a corporate group. Where the total investment exceeds €3,810,000, the excess can only be invested in productions with a budget of €5,080,000 or less.

Revenue: Irish Tax and Customs Dublin Castle, Dublin 2 Dublin , Ireland Phone:+353 1 6475000 - Email:[email protected] Web Site: http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/leaflets/it57.html

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Creative Professionals have finally been put on the internet dating map. With the way that modern life has changed and Irish Film Board lives are busier than ever, it is no wonder that internet The Irish Film Board (Bord Scannán na dating has grown prolifically. hÉireann-IFB) is the national develop- Every sector from Religion ment agency for the Irish film industry to Uniforms has been investing in talent, creativity and enter- covered , but at long last prise. The agency supports and promotes www.creativesdating.com the Irish film industry and the use of has arrived! Ireland as a location for international production. IFB role sees to be directly Opposites may some- involved in the creative process of Irish times attract, but lasting films from script to screen, providing in- relationships flourish vestment for the development, produc- when couples have a tion and release of Irish feature films, common ground. This is television, animation, documentaries and the ethos behind Creatives short films. The fund administers Fiction Dating which was started by Creative Coproduction Atalanta Harmsworth, an Equity/MU Member, who Irish Film Board wanted to find other people 14-16,Lord Edward Street in a similar creative career. Dublin 2 Dublin Ireland This came out of her own Phone +353 91 561398 experience, because she’d had two failed marriages Web: www.irishfilmboard.ie partly down to, she felt, her spouses not under- Ireland’s National Screen standing her commitments when working. Agency Finding that there were no dating sites strictly As Ireland’s National Screen Agency, for professional cre- Bord Scannán na hÉireann / the Irish atives, she decided to Film Board (IFB) has a dual role. In ad- start her own. dition to funding local and international production, they promote Ireland as “We’ve maintained a film location internationally. The Irish the privacy and safety Film Commission, a unit within the IFB of the site,” said and also ensures that Ireland remains a Atalanta, “and film-friendly location for both local and membership has visiting filmmakers. grown rapidly, with an even 14-16 Lord Edward Steet, Dublin 2 wider range of Phone : +353 91 561 398 like-minded Email: [email protected] professional cre- Web: www.irishfilmboard.ie atives.” www.moviemoneymag.com www.creativesdating.com Movie Money Issue 1 of 2013

UK - New projects announced for Regional Film and Creative Talent Development funds

reative Skillset ham by First Light, which script editing schemes. has funded 24 will train 15 new entrants Training linked to short film new projects from in the art of feature film -fi production. C the Regional Film nancing. Training linked to micro- Fund and Creative Talent budget feature film produc- Development Fund pro- Many of the regional pro- tion. grammes, investing over grammes address gaps in Structured festival-based £700,000 into the UK film business and entrepreneur- training programmes which industry. ial skills - such as finance, help talent better under- marketing and manage- stand the UK and interna- The aim of the Regional ment, areas also identified tional film industries. Film Fund programme, in in Creative Skillset’s 2010 training film industry -pro survey of the production Over £350,000 has been fessionals, is to make sure sector workforce. In a cre- awarded to organisations that relevant training is ative industry where many to run training for over 650 delivered across England, freelancers establish their established industry profes- meeting specific local skills own small, independent sionals in these areas. needs. Over £350,000 has companies, these types of been awarded to organisa- skills are vital. Programmes range from tions to run training across The Bureau Film Company’s England for over 700 indus- The Creative Talent Devel- Save Our Scripts, which will try professionals. opment programme aims to connect emerging writers support emerging and es- and producers from across Funded programmes range tablished Writers, Directors the UK, to LOCO’s Kick- from The Generator, a de- and Producers on training start Your Comedy Career, velopment programme by programmes with a project a year-long programme for 104 films to raise the film and team focus, which pre- upcoming comedy filmmak- market and business devel- pare talent for the realities ers with live craft sessions, opment skills of outstand- of the industry and help masterclasses and working emerging disabled film establish and reinforce in- shops as well as networking talent in Yorkshire, to Show dustry connections. Areas of and collaboration sessions. Me The Money, a four-day particular interest are: residential lab in Birming- Script development and

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Sources of Film Financing in the UK Other key organisations responsible for film funding

Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund Microwave Established over 80 years ago the CTBF An initiative of Film London and the has been providing valuable practical and BBC Microwave challenges filmmakers financial assistance to people working in to shoot a feature film for no more than the film and TV industries. They raise their £100,000 with cash and in-kind support. funds through donations, charity events It is open to film-makers working in doc- and memberships. umentary, fiction, animation and to artists working with the moving image, and has Collabor8te resulted in some extraordinarily well re- Collabor8te aims to build filmmaking cieved films from Shifty to Ill Manors. teams by giving opportunities to new talent while encouraging them to learn Scottish Doc Institute from more experienced professionals. SDI is an internationally recognised doc- Collabor8te hope to nurture homegrown umentary research centre at Edinburgh talent and help them to establish them- College of Art specialised in documentary selves internationally. training, production and distribution. Its aim is to stimulate and inspire the doc- IdeasTap umentary scene in Scotland and beyond IdeasTap is a charitable organisation es- through focus on creative excellence and tablished to help young, creative people clear international outlook, in order to at the start of their careers. The organi- develop a slate of feature documenta- sation offers a variety of free resources ries with some of SDI’s Bridging the Gap for young people including showcasing alumni, and enable ambitious co-produc- opportunities, workshops, funding, men- tions such as “The New Ten Command- toring and advice. IdeasTap also manages ments”, “Future My Love” (forthcoming) an online arts magazine, IdeasMag, which and “Breathing” (in post-production). offers advice through interviews and features. Wellcome Trust The Wellcome Trust is a charitable foun- iFeatures dation whose aim is to improve the A feature development and production health of humans and animals. For many programme supported by Creative En- years the Trust has been encouraging the gland which supports the development of collaboration between scientists and art- 16 projects and the production of three ists to help generate understanding and films on budgets of £350,000. Based orig- debate around key issues affecting sci- inally in Bristol, the initiative which be- ence and society. This is achieved through gan life in 2009 is now widening its net a variety of awards and initiatives open to to a search for stories that reflect England all art forms. for iFeatures2.

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Northern Ireland Screen

Northern Ireland Screen is the govern- Creative England ment-backed lead agency in Northern Ireland for the film, television and digital Creative England works in partnership content industry. with the British Film Commission to support film and television productions Its mission, to accelerate the devel- shooting outside London, and to promote opment of a dynamic and sustainable England as a place to film. England offers screen industry and culture in Northern some of the very best filming locations, Ireland, Northern Ireland Screen pro- crew, facilities and studios in the world. vides focused intervention in 8 key areas: Creative England can help your production to find and access them, and can li- (1) FILMING IN NORTHERN IRELAND aise with local authorities on your behalf (2) INVESTMENT AND FUNDING to ensure your shoot goes smoothly. (3) BUSINESS AND SKILLS (4) IRISH LANGUAGE BROADCAST FUND Creative England have been working to (5) ULSTER-SCOTS BROADCAST FUND develop a new and exciting library of (6) EDUCATION locations, crew, facilities and production (7) ARCHIVE AND EXHIBITION companies in the English regions. This is (8) MARKETING AND INFORMATION a fully searchable, comprehensive listing of filming locations, crew, facilities and Northern Ireland Screen is funded by production companies working through- Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) and out all grades and departments within part financed by the European Regional the industry outside London. Development Fund under the European Sustainable Competitiveness Programme They have now launched the new service for Northern Ireland; the Department and are dealing with enquiries from proof Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL); it duction companies on a daily basis. is delegated by the Arts Council of NI (ACNI) to administer Lottery funding for Contact film in Northern Ireland. [email protected] Tel:- +44 (0)208 324 2311 For further information. Tel:- +44 (0)208 324 2311

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