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EASL Fall Meeting 2024 Day I: Developing and Financing Independent Film and Theater Productions

EASL Fall Meeting 2024 Day I: Developing and Financing Independent Film and Theater Productions

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Raising the Curtain on Theater Financing: From Development to Commercial Success 

Attorneys Jason Baruch (Sendroff & Baruch, LLP) and Doug Nevin (Klaris Law) and general manager Dani Karliner Naish (RCI Theatricals) will discuss the financing of developmental and commercial theater productions, including a review of the key underlying documents.

Act I will focus on Workshops/Developmental Productions while Act II will focus on Commercial Productions, both focusing on the financing aspects (with some basic coverage of rights acquisition).

ACT I ACT II
  • Early Investor (Front Money) Agreements
  • Developmental LLC operating agreement
  • Enhancement Agreements with NFP’s  
  • NFP Agreements with Authors, including Commissioning Agreements
  • The role of commercial GM’s in developmental productions
  • Joint Venture Agreements
  • Commercial Offering Documents (Operating Agreement)
  • Co-Producer Agreements
  • Co-Producer Entitlements Charts  
  • Future Participation to Investors
  • Budgeting, Recoupment Projections, Tax Credits, and other Miscellany

Independent Film Development and Film Financing and Sales 

Part One – Independent Film Development Part Two – Financing & Sales
  • Legal Overview of Development/Illustrations
  • Option and Purchase Agreements
  • Screenplays/Underlying Rights [Film vs. Television/”Streaming-Online”]
  • Shopping Agreements [Film vs. Television/Streaming-Online]
  • Packaging [Director/Producer/Cast, Etc.]

  • Sources of Independent Film Financing
  • Financing a Film Through Foreign Pre-Sales
  • Loans & Completion Bonds
  • Financing a Film Through Government Funding & Tax Credits
  • Private Equity Financing 
  • Sales of Completed Independent Films

Speakers:

P. J. Posner, Producer

Peter McGuigan, Ultra Literary

Speaker/Moderator:

Robert L. Seigel, Law Office of Robert L. Seigel

Speakers:

Emerson Bruns, Bruns Brennan Berry Pikulin Jacobs PC

Hayden Goldblatt, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC

Bethany Haynes, Sloss Eckhouse Dasti Haynes LawCo LLP

Moderator: 

Jackie Eckhouse, Sloss Eckhouse Dasti Haynes LawCo LLP


RSVP here to attend both days at a discounted rate!  

Start Date:
  • October 31, 2024
Start Time:
  • 9:15 AM
End Time:
  • 4:00 PM
Areas Of Professional Practice Credit(s):
  • 6.0
Total Credit(s):
  • 6.0
Region:
  • New York City
Address:
  • American Arbitration Association
    150 East 42nd Street
    New York, NY 10017
Format:
  • In-Person
Product Code:
  • EASLFA24/DAY1
Section Member Price: $250.00
NYSBA Member Price: $290.00 Join (or renew) for special member pricing
Non-Member Price: $395.00
Sponsoring Committee Group
  • Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section
  • Committee on Continuing Legal Education