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Industry In Focus
This popular series offers an insightful look at trends in the entertainment industry.

Industry in Focus Series, Cannes, 2007:

Screenwriting
Moderated by Anne Thompson, panelists included: Rahmin Bahrin (Chop Shop),
Juan Antonio Bayona (El Orfonato), Cecilia Miniucchi (Expired), and Blake Nelson (Paranoid Park)

Tax Incentives for Filmmaking
New production tax incentives in the US, UK, and Germany to improve cash flow and profitability on film or television production.
Presented by IFP; sponsored by Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Thomas D. Selz, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, New York City; Adam P. Davies, Investrum Film Finance Services, London; Jim Reeve, International Film Finance Ltd., London; and Dr. Sebastian von Wallwitz, Schwarz Kelwing Wicke Westpfahl, Munich

Spotlight on Canada
The Canadian Advantage: Film Production, Strategies in the Global MarketplaceModerated by Len Pendergast, Independent Film Finance

The Internet: New Platform for Storytelling or Just Distribution?
Moderated by Tony Perkins, editor-in-chief, AlwaysOn.com

Catherine Owens (Director, U2 3D); Bobby Bedi, Managing Director, Kaleidoscope Entertainment, and Dan Scheinman, Senior Vice President of Cisco Media Solution
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The Greening of Hollywood
Nadia Conners and Leila Conners Petersen, Co-directors (Warner Bros.'
The 11th Hour); Lawrence Bender, producer, (An Inconvenient Truth); David Orr, environmental studies expert; Harold Linde, Tree Media Group
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Directors
Moderated by Peter Bart; Harmony Korine (Mister Lonely); Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis); Tom Kalin (Savage Grace); Gil Kenan, (City of Ember)


In Conversation
The extremely popular “In Conversation” series features in-depth interviews, and almost always standing room only crowds in the Conference Center.

In Conversation Series, Cannes, 2007:

Director Wong Kar Wai and Norah Jones (My Blueberry Nights)
Moderated by John Powers

David Cronenberg (To Each His Own Cinema)
with Piers Handling, Director & CEO, Toronto International Film Festival

Michael Moore (SICKO)
with Peter Bart

Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne of New Line Cinema

Malcolm McDowell


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