Lloyd Kaufman Elected Chairman of IFTA

LOS ANGELES, September 24:
Troma Entertainment’s Lloyd Kaufman has been elected to a two-year term as
chairman of the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), effective
immediately.

IFTA membership also
elected new executive committee members to two-year terms, including Michael
Ryan (Handmade Films International and former IFTA Chairman) to vice chairman
and Paul Hertzberg (CineTel Films, Inc.) to vice chairman/secretary. Executive
committee members who will remain in their current roles include Ehud Bleiberg
(Bleiberg Entertainment) as chairman of the export alliance, Mark Damon
(Foresight Unlimited) as general vice chairman and Lewis Horwitz (Horwitz
Entertainment Financial Services, Inc.) as vice chairman/finance. The open
position of vice chairman/non-Californian, formerly held by Kaufman, will be
determined by a special election in the coming weeks.

The IFTA Board of
Directors consists of 20 members serving two-year terms. Newly elected members
include Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard (Lakeshore Entertainment Group),
Stephanie Denton (Lionsgate), Nicole Mackey (Fortissimo Film Sales), Almira
Malyshev (Screen Media Ventures), Charlotte Mickie (Independent), Barbara Mudge
(Worldwide Film Entertainment) and Nestor Nieves (New Line Cinema Corporation).
Current Board members who’ve been re-elected to two-year terms include Brad
Kembel (Summit Entertainment), Albert Lee (Emperor Motion Pictures) and Andrew
Stevens (Focal Point Releasing).

They join existing members
Glen Basner (The Weinstein Company), Roger Corman (New Horizons Picture Corp.),
Pierre David (Imagination Worldwide, LLC), Peter Elson (Global Cinema Group
LLC), Antony Ginnane (IFM World Releasing, Inc.), Richard Guardian (Mainline
Releasing), Tony Kandah (Hollywood Wizard), Avi Lerner (Nu Image, Inc.), Mark
Lindsay (Kimmel International) and Alison Thompson (Focus Features). Dan March
(Echo Bridge Entertainment), Steven Paul (Crystal Sky Worldwide Sales) and
David Shoshan (Imageworks Entertainment International, Inc.) will serve as
alternates to the IFTA Board.