What is this all about? Why Colorado?
Stephen Felt, Managing Director of Powder Day Productions, has stated that the mission of this conference is to increase knowledge and access to direct financial support for filmmakers in Colorado, create and expand professional development and networking opportunities, and to promote Colorado as a premier creative hub in the film and television industry.
The Office of Film Television & Media, formerly the Colorado Film Commission, is a division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade strives to create a strong state identity, a Top 10 reputation in the film/TV industry, and create significant and sustained investment in the creative sector where creative entrepreneurs and enterprises will flourish. It's their goal for Colorado to “grow its own” creative workforce while capitalizing on the growth of the film/TV industry outside of Hollywood. New incentives in Colorado as of July 2012 include a 20% rebate on qualified expenses plus a loan guarantee program for films. Film, television, commercials and game productions are eligible. Colorado has approximately $4 million available for Fiscal Year July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013.
Colorado is a magnet for creative talent:
Powder Day Productions' Film Finance Conference will be the premiere event for investors and filmmakers in Colorado. The conference includes valuable seminars for investors and filmmakers to include Federal tax code 181/199 and Colorado's tax credit program for productions in Colorado. Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists will learn about the benefits to their bottom line while supporting the Colorado economy by creating jobs within the entertainment industry and its ancillary services. We plan to also host a fundraiser following the first day’s event with proceeds going to in-state film school scholarships, development funds, finishing funds, and other charitable causes.
The Office of Film Television & Media, formerly the Colorado Film Commission, is a division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade strives to create a strong state identity, a Top 10 reputation in the film/TV industry, and create significant and sustained investment in the creative sector where creative entrepreneurs and enterprises will flourish. It's their goal for Colorado to “grow its own” creative workforce while capitalizing on the growth of the film/TV industry outside of Hollywood. New incentives in Colorado as of July 2012 include a 20% rebate on qualified expenses plus a loan guarantee program for films. Film, television, commercials and game productions are eligible. Colorado has approximately $4 million available for Fiscal Year July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013.
Colorado is a magnet for creative talent:
- Colorado ranks 5th among all states for concentration of artists
- Colorado ranks 2nd in concentration of architects
- Colorado ranks 7th in concentration of writers, designers, entertainers and performers
- Colorado ranks 8th in concentration of photographers
- The Denver metro area offers a rich and varied cultural setting, and our famous mountains and ski resorts are only an hour away. The Starz Denver Film Festival brings hundreds of films and filmmakers from around the world each fall.
- Colorado's 7,992 creative enterprises employ roughly 186,000 individuals, the fifth largest employment sector in the state. Film and media are the backbone of the creative economy world-wide, and Colorado's creative sector is growing faster than the nation as a whole.
- Employee earnings in creative industry jobs, including employee benefits, were $5 billion.
- Another 64,000 individuals worked in creative occupations in non-creative enterprises.
- Colorado’s strengths are design, literary and publishing, and film and media, which represent 73% of all creative industry jobs.
Powder Day Productions' Film Finance Conference will be the premiere event for investors and filmmakers in Colorado. The conference includes valuable seminars for investors and filmmakers to include Federal tax code 181/199 and Colorado's tax credit program for productions in Colorado. Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists will learn about the benefits to their bottom line while supporting the Colorado economy by creating jobs within the entertainment industry and its ancillary services. We plan to also host a fundraiser following the first day’s event with proceeds going to in-state film school scholarships, development funds, finishing funds, and other charitable causes.
