Playing “spin the globe” in reverse, more than 180 film commissioners from 33 countries land in Santa Monica this week for the AFCI Locations Trade Show 2005.
Celebrating its 20th year, the AFCI Locations Trade Show is the industry’s longest-running production resource event. In addition to the international line-up of film commissions, more than 70 production resource companies will exhibit at the Show, making it once again the West Coast film production- networking event of the year.
AFCI Locations Trade Show 2005 “screens†at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium from Friday, April 15 to Sunday, April 17. New for this year’s event are three educational seminars, one on Thursday, April 14: “Soft Money: Accessing Film and TV Production Incentives Worldwide,†and two on Saturday, April 16: “Co- Production/Financing: Endless Possibilities,†led by producer and attorney Vince Ravine that will reveal the latest co-production treaties and what they mean to shooting overseas; “Pyrotechnics on Location,†examining the challenges of blowing things up on location, led by pyrotechnics expert John Grant. Each seminar costs $25. The two financing seminars are offered in cooperation with Digital Coast Roundtable and Loyola Law School; the pyrotechnics session is co- sponsored by the Location Managers Guild of America.
Registration is free of charge for industry professionals, on-site or on-line at www.afci.org. Show times are Friday, April 15 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm; Saturday, April 16 from Noon to 6:00 pm; and Sunday, April 17, Noon to 5:00 pm.
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AFCI is the official professional organization for film commissioners who assist film, television and video production throughout the world. It is a non- profit association whose members serve as city, county, state, regional, provincial, or national film commissioners for their respective governmental jurisdictions.