A quick note for all aspiring film entrepeneurs in New York City:

The Institute for International Film Financing, based in San Francisco, is now branching out to our fair city. It’s a great group in which to network with other business-minded film folks, and their inaugural NYC event this Thursday evening has an impressive lineup of speakers. Plus, me.

I’ll be talking about finding and seducing investors, and I promise the talk itself is far better than the name (which I didn’t come up with myself), “THE FILM ENTREPRENEUR’S GUIDE TO SUCCESS: Strategies for Funding Your Film Co & Keeping Investors Happy”.

Other folks will be talking about deal structure, courting hedge funds, tax credits, profitably distributing documentaries, and approaching film investment from a quantitative perspective.

While I realize most of you fell asleep even just reading that last sentence, I also don’t doubt there are a handful of folks who wet their pants a little bit at the prospect of that lineup. If you’re one of them, come on down, and certainly pop over to say hello.