Offshore Film Finance Symposium Announced.

Entertainment Editors/Business Editors

Offshore Film Finance Symposium 2004

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2004

Offshore Newswire, Inc. and Offshore Press Club announce sponsorship of the forthcoming Offshore Film Finance Symposium 2004, to be held at the exclusive Ritz-Carlton Hotel at Lake Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada on January 23, 24 and 25, 2004.

Offshore Film Finance Symposium 2004 is a forum for the film industry to be attended by Hollywood and international movie producers, directors, executives, financiers, entertainment lawyers and accountants, along with offshore financial professionals and major capital investment experts to discuss new ways to conduct mutually beneficial business in a beautiful lakeside setting.

The Symposium will showcase funding sources and offshore and foreign venues, such as Malta, South Africa, Bermuda, Isle of Man, Bulgaria, Bahamas, Channel Islands, Barbados, Turks and Caicos Islands, B.W.I., and others who are offering alternative financial incentives and who compete for film production dollars. In some cases, a combination of financing packages, tax incentive programs, government subsidies, creative financing strategies and services can make all the difference necessary for movie producers to reduce their capital requirements to make a picture by as much as 50%.

Filmmakers will meet financial and legal professionals from around the world who will present the benefits of doing business from one of the many new or emerging film havens and explore avenues of offshore film finance, including learning new capital sources for debt and equity motion picture financing.

The thirteen speakers are leading offshore and financial authorities from international financial centers and foreign production venues, including private and international bankers, lawyers, accountants, corporate and trust administrators. The event will be moderated by Page B. Ostrow, a Hollywood film finance consultant and President of Ostrow & Company who has arranged financing or negotiated distribution for over 80 feature films.

Hoyt L. Barber, CEO of Offshore Newswire, Inc., author and symposiarch stated, "Before circumnavigating the globe for money, independent film producers, and others may not have to go any farther than Las Vegas, Nevada to secure the financing they need for all phases of their next film production."

The final registration deadline is January 22, 2004 with no at-the-door registrations. The registration fee is $1,495 per person, or two or more are $1,295 each and includes all Symposium events for three full days, a hosted cocktail reception, and catered meals, including a breakfast, luncheon and a gourmet VIP dinner.

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