53 min
DEALS | Indie Film Financing & Tax Credits - with Zach Tarica (The Forest Road Company) Monetizing Media
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- Investing
Zach Tarica is the Co-Founder & CEO of The Forest Road Company, a leading investment firm specializing in lending to independent film productions. In this episode, he joins Monetizing Media host Eric Cohen-Peckham to explain the types of funding producers need to secure, the role of tax credits offered by different governments, and how his firm evaluates investment opportunities in this space. The conversation focuses in particular on the use of film tax credits as collateral for loans, the process of trading tax credits at a discount to receive cash sooner, and changing trends in the film financing market.
Zach Tarica is the Co-Founder & CEO of The Forest Road Company, a leading investment firm specializing in lending to independent film productions. In this episode, he joins Monetizing Media host Eric Cohen-Peckham to explain the types of funding producers need to secure, the role of tax credits offered by different governments, and how his firm evaluates investment opportunities in this space. The conversation focuses in particular on the use of film tax credits as collateral for loans, the process of trading tax credits at a discount to receive cash sooner, and changing trends in the film financing market.
53 min