LOS ANGELES, CA — (Marketwired) — 07/16/13 — Winston Baker, leading global producer of film finance conferences, today announced the keynote address and preliminary speaking faculty for the first ever Film Finance Forum Latin America to be hosted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 21, 2013.
The forum will be hosted at the prestigious Copacabana Palace Hotel and will kick off with a keynote address on “Monetizing on Latin American Content through Digital Delivery” by Antonio Barreto, Chief Executive Officer of DLA. Mr. Barreto has been at the helm of DLA since December 2004, when Claxson Interactive Group acquired the company. As a pioneer in the electronic delivery business, Barreto has collaborated as a first-tier executive with some of Latin America-s most prominent media, telecommunications and entertainment groups, among them Hughes (DIRECTV), Disney (ESPN), Telefónica, HBO, Globo (NET), Sky and Abril (TVA).
The keynote will be followed by panel discussions with:
Paulo Sergio Almeida, Director, FilmeB
Marisa Fernandez Armenteros, Producer, MediaPro
Steve Ashmore, Vice President, Latin America and Asia Pacific, Theatrical, Rentrak
Diana Bustamante, Producer, Burning Blue
Fabio de Sa Cesnik, Founder and Partner, Cesnik, Quintino & Salinas
Alexis Garcia, Global Finance, WME Entertainment
Cristina Garza, Head of Sales, Mundial
Tatyana Joffe, Executive Vice President, International Sales, IM Global
Stuart Manashil, Motion Picture Literary Agent, Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
Xavier Parache, Partner, Gate Media Finance / Natixis Coficine
Diego Ramírez, Producer, 64-A Films
Sérgio Sá Leitão, Chief Executive Officer, RioFilme
Mariana Secco, Founder/Producer, Salado Cine
Sara Silveira, Producer, Desenove
Steve Solot, Founder and President, Latin American Training Center
Rodrigo Teixeira, Chief Executive Officer, RT Features
Camila Moraes Z, Brazil Correspondent, LatAm Cinema
David Zannoni, Representative Latin America, Fintage House
Among other notable experts
Winston Baker is presenting Film Finance Forum Latin America in conjunction with lead sponsor RioFilme, local co-producer Latin American Training Center (LATC), US entertainment media partner Variety, and Latin America entertainment media partners Filme B; Tela Viva; and LatAm Cinema. Sponsors include HBO Latin America; Santander; Cesnik, Quintino and Salinas Law Firm; and Rentrak. Supporting associations include SICAV and ABPITV.
Additional speakers will be announced shortly. For updates and more information about the program, please visit: .
The Winston Baker team specializes in organizing conferences for the financial community, offering timely programs, which address emerging investment trends and finance strategies. Conferences created and produced by the Winston Baker team include the Aviation Finance Summit, Film Finance Forum®, and New Energy Capital Summit. For more information: .
RioFilme is an equity and P&A investment company owned by the City of Rio. Founded in 1992, its task is to promote the development of Rio-s growing audiovisual industry. For the past 20 years, RioFilme invested in more than 250 Brazilian films, such as “Central Station,” by Walter Salles Jr., and “Elite Squad 2,” by José Padilha, among others. In 2012, 9 films in the Brazilian top 10 BO hits were coproduced and/or codistributed by RioFilme. Nowadays, Rio is Latin America-s main center for film and TV production and distribution.
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