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ECAM Forum, Madrid Audiovisual Cluster Launch FINDE For Spanish Indies to Mind the Financing Gap
Experts due to talk private investment in film June 12 in Madrid include ARTE/Cofinova’s Rémi Burah and Axio Capital’s Alexandra Lebret.
Also on the program are round-tables between heavy-weight players from the private and public sector and selected indie producers from outfits including Tornasol, Elastica, BTeam, El Deseo, Beta Fiction, Morena Films and Avalon. Top international experts in attendance take in Rémi Burah, ARTE/Cofinova general director, Giorgos Karnavas, CEO of leading Athens-based production and sales powerhouse Heretic – attached to the upcoming Willem Dafoe-led “The Birthday Party” co-produced with Spain, the Netherlands and the U.K. – and Alexandra Lebret, Axio Capital partner and former head of the European Producers Club. Commenting on the new indie film financing meetings at ECAM Forum, Avalon CEO Stefan Schmitz said: “I think it’s a good idea to introduce more private money into the [audiovisual] sector and I’m curious to the see the results on FINDE.”
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