French Producers’ Guild APC announces the opening of its « American & International Desk » (A&I Desk) aimed at advising foreign producers looking for the benefit of the new French Tax Rebate  for International Production (TRIP) and seeking a French counterpart. All informations about the A&I Desk and the TRIP are available in this section. 

All about the A&I Desk in the following link : A&I Desk

 

All about the practical details of the TRIP is available there : TRIP ; Official Regulations ; Live Action Application Form ; Animation Application Form

EVENTS

Deauville Film Festival Luncheon --- September 2009
The Deauville Film Festival and Cartier brought together Eric Altmayer /Mandarin; Beatrice Merimee /Produire a Paris; Marc Missonier /Fidelity Films, Catalaine Knell /FRanglais Film; and APC’s Frederic Goldsmith and Julien Rouch and the producers and film makers of City Island, Entre Nos, Harrison Montgomery and Black Dynamite at the elegant Cartier Mansion.
 
Dijon Film Forum– October 2009
Eric Altmayer /Mandarin ; Arnold Roxane /Pyramide Films,  Fredéric Brillion/Epithète Films and APC’s director, Frederic Goldsmith attended the conference hosted by ARP, the city of Dijon and the Bourgogne Region. The forum highlights film rights issues and other concerns facing the authors, directors and producers that make up the EU film community. The guild representatives of the American film industry also attended, including:  MPAA’s Robert Pisano, President And Chief Operating Officer and Elisabeth Kaltman, Communications Director; DGA’s Jay Roth, National Executive Director
Gil Cates, Franco American Cultural Fund Board Members and former President; and Kathy Garmezy, Director Government And International Affairs; and WGA’s Elias Davis, Secretary-Treasurer and Kay Wolf Schaber, WGAW Independent Film Executive.
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Autumn Stories - Franco-American Cultural Fund--- Luncheon November 2009
Members of the American International Desk met with the American WGA writers selected to participate in the Franco-American Cultural Fund and the Ile de France Film Commission writer residency program at Royaumont Abby. Eric Altmeyer/Mandarin, Georges Bermann /Partizan, Philip Boëffard /Nord Ouest, Etienne Comar /Les Films de la Suane; Michelle deBroca /Fildebroc Productions, Catalaine Knell/Franglais Film, Nicolas Mauvernay /Galatee Films held court with writers Jeremy Leven, Kasi Lemmons, Janet Dulin Jones.  Olivier René Veillon and SACEM’s Eglantine Langevin and Alejandra Skira hosted at the lovely La Fontaine Gaillon restaurant.
 
AFM – Los Angeles
Celluloid Dreams, Partizan and TF1 among others were in attendance.
 
UPCOMING

City of Lights/City of Angel’s Film Festival --- April 2010 in Los Angeles
Hosted by the DGA/MPAA/WGA  - attendees to be announced.
 
Cannes Film Festival --- May 2010
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