Talking Business: Television and Film Financing Insights

Welcome back to TALKING BUSINESS: Insights from the Independent Film Industry, hosted by Stage 32 Thought Leader and Business Consultant, David Zannoni, from Freeway Entertainment and Zannoni Media. In TALKING BUSINESS, David brings you in-depth conversations on the behind-the-scenes of the filmmaking business with industry veterans.
In this second episode, David speaks with Viviana Zarragoitia. Viviana is the SVP of Film & TV Financing at Three Point Capital, as well as a Stage 32 Thought Leader.
Together, they discuss the different types of finance lending and tax credits involved in Film and Television Financing. At Three Point Capital, Viviana has been involved in the financing of over 100 independent films and worked with such producers as Cassian Elwes, Rob Barnum, Anthony Bregman, James Schamus, Aaron Gilbert, Kimberly Steward, Nicolas Chartier, and Kevin Frakes, among others.
As SVP, Viviana closes the financing on every film that the company is involved in, as well as manages the company's operations in its satellite offices (Ohio, Kentucky, and Louisiana). Viviana has received over a dozen Executive Producers' credits on titles she has financed.

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Great summarization of how films are financed. Decentralization of film production creates opportunity.

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So truly independent