Benchmark Films is a new film investment opportunity utilising a number of tax planning options including film production tax credits, the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Self Invested Personal Pensions to protect investor returns. Benchmark Films' strategy, which makes film a highly viable investment option with a controlled downside risk and high upside potential, is based on:

the production of genre films such as thriller, action and horror for the UK and international market with a clearly identified audience in the 16-30 age group

productions budgeted in direct relation to their market value, the effect of which is lowering the break-even point and increasing profitability

utilising digital production technologies that deliver cost effective, high quality production values

focusing on flexible and controllable digital distribution options such as digital cinema, DVD, Video on Demand and the Internet

using tax benefits where possible to protect the investments and enhance returns, such as the EIS, SIPPs and film production tax credits, in the case of EIS reducing the downside to as low as 26% of the investment.

The success of the business model is illustrated by the management's recently completed film THE CREW, a crime thriller that stayed in the top 10 for the first month, rising as high as position 5 in the charts, and is on track to be one of the most successful film EIS company to date (details at www.foundationfilms.co.uk/thecrew).

Further details on the Benchmark Films opportunity can be requested by contacting +44 20 3039 3459 or mail@benchmarkfilms.co.uk.

 
"U.K. film, video numbers defy credit crunch" [Hollywood Reporter]  
 
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