What Delegates are Saying
I can’t think of a more valuable marketing and conferencing event than Canada’s Strategic Partners. SP brings together leading players from the producing, financing and distribution world in the most friendly of settings…allowing people to really get to know one another in a business and social environment…and I have made firm contacts in distribution and financing.
Trish Lake, Freshwater Pictures, Australia
One of the great features of the SP conference is that it assists producers in making international contacts. The forum is small enough that meetings can be meaningful. Its focus on international co-productions is timely. Our experience with SP has been very positive. We will be back!
Christina Jennings, Chair and CEO, Shaftesbury Films, Canada
All the Canadian production community in one room…the best place to discover the great variety of Canadian production deals.
Ilann Girard, Arsam international, France
What I liked most about Strategic Partners was the sense of camaraderie that it fostered among the participants. Unlike the experience of a huge market, I felt like I got to know most people at SP, resulting in relationships that last well beyond the initial meet and greets in Halifax.
Steve Oxman, The Film Sales Company, USA
Strategic Partners is a dedicated forum for promoting co-productions – and not just with Canadian producers…Brilliantly organized and staged at just the right scale, many of the attendees I spoke with thought Strategic Partners was the best of these kind of events that they had attended – and there were some serial attendees amongst them.
Tait Brady, Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC), Australia
Thank you for a truly excellent experience in Halifax at Strategic Partners (SP). I have attended numerous similar events but SP stood out for all the right reasons. The quality of the attending Producers was first class. I came away feeling that a large number of my meetings could yield business and at the very least all of them were worthwhile contacts. The seminars were highly relevant and informative and all of this was made possible by your wonderful organization and hospitality. I look forward to returning next year and would highly recommend SP to any other financier.
Adrian Ward, Israel Discount Bank of New York, USA
You operate an environment that allows all of us to create relationships.... this is a people business and it takes time to build confidence with partners, in particular strategic ones Thanks to my attendance at SP I have been building my business and in turn building others.
Phil Hunt, Joint Managing Director, Head Gear Films, UK
Had I known Strategic Partners before, I would have takenpart in the event long ago! Certainly one of the most interesting co-production markets which gathers the Canadian film and television industry in an enchanting yet relaxed environment whilst promoting and facilitating the creation of new partnerships and business opportunities with representatives worldwide. An absolute must!
André Rouleau, Production VP, Remstar, Canada
I … am extremely excited about the contacts I made and the projects we discussed. I would highly recommend the conference to other US producers…Please keep me posted on everything.
Jessica Stamen, VP Development, Echo Lake Entertainment, USA
The two days I attended were completely worth the price of admission- one meeting alone clinched a UK distribution deal I have been working on for two years. Another connected me to financing and a third offered valuable information whereby we will avoid what could have been a very difficult problem on one of our projects. The best thing about SP is that it’s so friendly and workable. It’s an intimate event, just the right size. You see people over and over and actually form relationships with them, so that when you call them a few months later, they actually know who you are and remember your projects.
Lesley Ann Patten, Ziji Film and Television, Canada
Genuinely great event; prime value association, both creative and commercial...a really potent cross-pollinating weekend
Gub Neal, Box TV, UK
It was the perfect amount of time, and it was perfectly structured to create on-going associations between- to coin a phrase- "strategic partners". With the exception of Cannes, I felt my time was so much better spent than going to any other festival associated business centers.
Monika Mitchell, Long Tale Productions, Canada
SP is both relaxed and slick. I met hugely talented potential co-prod partners and very smart money. Jan Miller, SP's director and a fine wit, is an astounding matchmaker. Jan deals behind the scenes and links one to just the right people for you and your projects. Attending SP has made me a better producer and, their lobster dinner is not to be scoffed at!
Brent Quinn, Quintet Productions, South Africa
