Posted on Friday, January 9, 2015

Variety 411 Returns To Sundance For Special Incentive Event

Variety 411 is returning to Sundance for our annual Sundance Production Incentive Webinar Panel! We're rounding up a great slate of producers, film commissioners and tax specialist to speak about how the producers at Sundance utilized state resources, infrastructure and incentives to complete their film. Panelists are confirming daily, so we'll provide an additional update next week.

A special exclusive offer from Oakwood Worldwide will be made to registered attendees ONLY. See the webinar announcement below for more details!

State of the Slate: Films at Sundance – A Production Incentives Webinar

Presented by Variety 411 in association with EP Financial Solutions, Producers Guild of America, Association of Film Commissioners International and Oakwood Worldwide Thursday, January 29, 2015 – 11:00am PST / 2:00pm EST Sign Up For This Free Event Now – visit http://engage.vevent.com/index.jsp?eid=1584&seid=63

What does every producer with a film in the 2015 Sundance Film Festival have in common? They had to determine where they would shoot, and if production incentives would play a role in their production’s completion.

Join Moderator Joe Chianese, EVP of EP Financial Solutions, as he leads a panel featuring the top independent producers of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, along with the film commissioners and incentive specialists who helped them bring their projects to completion.

Panelists Include: Bonnie Curtis– Producer, “Last Days in the Desert” Houston King – Producer, “Results” John Hadity – EVP, EP Financial Solutions Kim LeBlanc - Production Consultant, Texas Film Commission Julie Lynn – Producer, “Last Days in the Desert” Carroll Morton – Managing Entertainment Industry Development, City of New Orleans Celine Rattray – Producer, “Ten Thousand Saints” Susannah Greason Robbins, Executive Director, San Francisco Film Commission Madeline Samit, Producer, “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” Jeremy Kipp Walker, Executive Producer, “Mississippi Grind” Additional panelists TBA

Exclusive Oakwood Temporary Housing Offers for Webinar Registrants – Available At The Conclusion Of The Webcast

Questions may be asked throughout the event, or by submitting them in advance to marj.galas@variety.com