======================================================================= Selling and Marketing Independent Films Thursday 17th November 2005 - Le Meridien Piccadilly, London W1 ======================================================================= Sponsored by: Skillset Screen International is proud to bring you Selling and Marketing Independent Films, a comprehensive one-day event that will examine all the key issues around marketing and selling independently-mounted films, from script to screen. This unique industry event will give you access to the most successful and influential marketing minds in the film business. Listen and learn as they engage in high-level panel discussions and in-depth studies to debate and divulge the very latest tactics and techniques on selling and marketing films to the industry and to a mass audience. Network and do business with the movers and shakers from across the UK and international film industries in a uniquely focussed environment where all minds will be on discovering the next piece of celluloid gold. Highlights on this thorough and impressive agenda include: *The production and marketing team behind the break away indie hit of the year Tsotsi will reveal the marketing strategies that made this gritty tale of human survival set against the back drop of the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto, the darling of this year’s Toronto and Edinburgh film festivals. *Hear from JWT’s worldwide creative director Craig Davis – one of the global advertising industry’s foremost minds - on how the film industry can, and indeed must, begin to re-engage with an audience that has become weary of advertising blitz tactics and brand bombardments. *Gain a unique insight into the integrated campaigns behind the year’s biggest and brightest independent productions – including Pathe’s sleeper hit Crash and the high-profile, high-octane Goal! from Milkshake Films. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from a formidable line-up of international marketing experts and film gurus with a proven track record in promoting and selling films of all sizes and descriptions. Selling and Marketing Independent Films will provide an excellent opportunity to interact directly and forge business links with the leading major and independent film producers, distributors, sales agents, exhibitors, marketing consultants and creative specialists, media agencies, media owners, new media experts, financiers and everyone else involved in the selling and marketing of independent films. For information on discounts for group bookings and to register for this fast-selling event log on to: http://www.screendaily.com/sales, or call our customer service team now on: Tel UK: 0845 056 7122 / Tel INT: +44 (0)20 7841 4805 Endorsed by: FDA