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The 2013 American Film Market (AFM®) wraps up with 779 new buying companies
The 2013 American Film Market (AFM®) will wrap up its eight day run on Wednesday, November 13th with 779 new buying companies, a 3% increase and an uptick in overall buyers (1,624). The AFM Conference Series, which launched two years ago, spoke to audiences of more than 700 daily. Exhibitor attendance was on par from last year with 357 exhibitors from 33 countries. Attendance among exhibitor-affiliated participants (including their executives, producers, talent and guests) conclud...
AFM Day 7 –Distribution Conference & Producers Forum November 12, 2013 Highlights
The 2013 American Film Market (AFM®) presented its final two sessions from the five day conference series focusing on distribution. The Distribution Conference featured two sessions focused on Video on Demand 2014 and Limited & Specialty Releases. The first session, Video on Demand 2014, discussed the different VOD models and what it takes to succeed in this market. Moderated by Amy Friedlander Hoffman, Founder, Priority Digital Media. Panelists included Andy Bohn, Co...
AFM Day 6 – Marketing Conference & Producers Forum November 11, 2013 Highlights
The American Film Market (AFM®) presented the Marketing Conference by holding two sessions focused on Crowd Sourcing Your Audience and Demystifying Film Festivals. The first session, Crowd Sourcing Your Audience, discussed how successful producers are discovering the latest tools to building and activating a target audience by using social media to aggregate potential audiences before and during production. The keynote address was given by Nicholas Gonda (Tugg In...
AFM Day 5
On Sunday, November 10, 2013 American Film Market presented an INDUSTRY CONVERSATION The Passion of the Film: Family Value Programming in a Commercial World with a keynote address by Mark Burnett, Producer of The Bible. The keynote was followed by a panel discussion moderated by Barbara Mudge, President, Worldwide Film Entertainment. Panelists included: David Bixler, SVP, Acquisitions & Production, MGM Worldwide Distribution, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,...
AFM Day 4 – Pitch Conference November 9, 2013 Highlights & Photos
California Congresswoman Judy Chu, Amy Lemisch, Paul Bales, Lisa Romanoff & IFTA CEO Jean Prewitt at the AFM The American Film Market (AFM®) presented the Pitch Conference at the Fairmont Hotel and kicked-off the inaugural AFM Producers Forum at the Le Merigot Hotel today, Saturday, November 09, 2013 in Santa Monica. The AFM Pitch Conference provided attendees a first-hand account to the essential rules and tools of pitching from the experts. Moderated ...
Seen & Heard At the 2013 AFM
at the American Film Market, Mark Burnett & Adam Carolla gave keynote speeches discussing family value programming & crowdfunding. While Mark Burnett was on one side of the AFM campus telling a packed audience (at the Audio Studio at the Loews Hotel ) the role that GOD played in the creation and success of his series, 'The Bible,' Adam Carolla told the audience during his speech at the Production Conference "....And by the way I'm an Atheist" as...
Origin Releasing has acquired the rights at AFM to distribute the feature film, “THE TRUTH ABOUT YOU”, directed & produced by An
Origin Releasing has acquired the rights at AFM to distribute the feature film, “THE TRUTH ABOUT YOU”, directed & produced by Andrea Fellers, co-produced by Casey Vandeventer, written by Amy Heidish and starring Jon Robert Hall (Glee), Kasia Pilewicz (America's Next Top Model), & Aimee-Lynn Chadwick (The Closer). Brian Jaynes, COO Origin Releasing commented, “Andrea Fellers' THE TRUTH ABOUT YOU, is a perfect film to launch our new general audience cross over br...
David Selby Launches Film Production Company In West Virginia With Limited Stock Offering
Veteran film, stage and television actor and native West Virginian, David Selby and a management team of three others have announced they are developing an equity based management investment fund to encourage film production in West Virginia. West Virginia film producer Jeff Tinnell, of The Alleghany Image Factory, will act as CEO of the company. Joining the management team are film financing veteran John Michaels, production and financial structure specialist, and Lynne Schwabe, direct...
INTANDEM announces PITOF to direct Sharon Stone, Gina Gershon, Edward Furlong, Tom Berenger, Billy Zane...in TWISTED thriller
Intandem and Emotion Film Factory are excited to announce th epre sales of the new psychological thriller TWISTED, from the multiple award winning director Pitof (Catwoman, Vidocq) TWISTED is a thriller in the great tradition of Basic Instinct and involves the story of Margot who as a child was once a witness to brutal events in her home. Margot becomes a famous novelist and she writes Twisted, her latest thriller live on the Internet where she feeds her inspiration from the darkest f...
Your Best Script + $25 = Your Chance to go to SUNDANCE in the U.S. - Deadline Nov. 8th
LET US, take YOU to SUNDANCE! for a Table Read of YOUR screenplay at one of the best Film Festivals in the United States! You'll have access to Panels, Parties, Networking and MORE!
EXCLUSIVE BONUS EXTENDED THROUGH NOV 8th ONLY - BELOW THIS IS THE LOWEST THE ENTRY FEE WILL BE ALL SEASON!...
HD reality series called ‘Cake Dreams’ closes with Multivisionnaire Media
DELICIOUS DREAMS FOR MULTIVISIONNAIRE MEDIA South Africa’s Asi-B Films is proud to announce an international distribution deal with Multivisionnaire Media, an international distributor based in Los Angeles, USA, for a new HD reality series called ‘Cake Dreams’. This show follows the life of a French expat living in South Africa, who left engineering to become a baker. With his engineering skills, he manages to turn each cake he makes into a masterpiec...
Film Movement announces today the acquisition of THE SARNOS – A Life in Dirty Movies
AFM acquisition is the debut doc from Swedish filmmaker “A sweet and illuminating journey into cult cinema history.” –Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter “A sweet, inspiring story.” –Tom Huddleston, Time Out London Film Movement (www.filmmovement.com) announces today the acquisition of THE SARNOS – A Life in Dirty Movies, Swedish filmmaker Wiktor Ericsson’s feature debut. An intimate portrait of soft-core auteur Joe Sarnos an...
If you missed Hong Kong Day
Hong Kong Day November 7, 2013 WHAT: For the fourth consecutive year, the American Film Market (AFM®) and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) jointly present "Hong Kong Day" at the 2013 American Film Market today. Opening Ceremony (ribbon cutting) Time: 9:30am Venue: Main entrance, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel | 1700 Ocean Avenue Details: No RSVP required; all guests welcome Seminar – “Hong Kong: Asia’s ...
Hammer, an Exclusive Media company, has announced that filming has begun on The Woman in Black: Angel of Death,
HAMMER’S THE WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL OF DEATH PRODUCTION BEGINS London, England, 7th November 2013 – Hammer, an Exclusive Media company, and Entertainment One (eOne) today announced that filming has begun on The Woman in Black: Angel of Death, the next installment of the most successful British horror film of all time. To be released by eOne in the UK on Friday 13th February 2015, the film will be directed by Tom Harper and will...
Studio 100 Film makes its initial debut at the American Film Market
Studio 100 Film makes its initial debut at the American Film Market as a full service production, sales and distribution company. The recently launched new film division, part of international children’s production and distribution company Studio 100 Media GmbH based in Munich, will be offering a slate of family oriented animated films kicking off with its flagship project Maya The Bee – Movie. Alongside Maya The Bee – Movie, Studio 100 Film ...
The full schedule for the AFM Conference Series.
Beginning Friday, November 8th through Tuesday, November 12th, the AFM Conference Series will give attendees knowledge, insight, access and an opportunity to hear from the industry’s global thought leaders, decision makers and experts who all converge annually at the AFM. The AFM Conference Series will take place from 9:15am – 12:45pm daily and will include Conferences on Finance, Pitching, Production, Marketing and Distribution. Also announced is the schedule for the AFM Pr...
AFM: THR's Day 5 'Daily'
AFM: Download THR's Day 5 'Daily' In day 5 of THR's AFM Daily, Alcon Entertainment's "Point Break...
Carnaby International is excited to present RISE OF THE KRAYS at AFM 2013 for worldwide sales.
End of London during the 50s and 60s. With their gang ‘The Firm’ the Krays were involved in armed robberies, arson, protection rackets, assaults and numerous murders. As West End nightclub owners they mixed with prominent entertainers including Diana Dors, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland and with many politicians. The Krays were much feared within their milieu and in the 60s became celebrities in their own right, even being photographed by David Bailey and interviewed on television. THE...
Exclusive Media has expanded its relationship with Da Vinci Media Ventures
Exclusive Media, the global film production and distribution company has expanded its relationship with Da Vinci Media Ventures, led by UK-based entrepreneur and technology guru Toby Moores and Hollywood veteran Wendy Rutland, and today announced a multi picture development and financing deal with the Untitled Keith Moon biopic identified as the first film to be developed under the new slate. New York based Da Vinci Media Ventures is the management company to the Da Vinci funds. T...
Exclusive Media has renewed their film output agreement for a further four years with Middle East’s Front Row Filmed Entertainm
EXCLUSIVE MEDIA RENEWS FILM OUTPUT DEAL WITH FRONT ROW FILMED ENTERTAINMENT Exclusive Media has renewed their film output agreement for a further four years with Hisham Al-Ghanim and Gianluca Chakra of the Middle East’s Front Row Filmed Entertainment, it was announced today by Alex Walton, Exclusive Media’s President of International Sales and Distribution. The deal will encompass all of Exclusive Media’s new titles until 2017, and titles currently with F...
The “FINANCE CONFERENCE” presented at The American Film Market (AFM®) on Nov 8
The “FINANCE CONFERENCE” presented at The American Film Market (AFM®) took place November 08, 2013 at the Fairmont Hotel in Santa Monica . Entitled “Current Issues in Film Finance”, the conference series brought leading CEOs, filmmakers, financiers and executives together to explore the state of independent film financing, emerging trends, where the money is and what the future holds. Moderated by P. John Burke, partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, pane...
Exclusive Media has completed major sales on DARK PLACES starring harlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Chloë Grace Moretz...
Producer and co-financier Exclusive Media has completed major sales on DARK PLACES, the film adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel of the same title starring Oscar winning actress Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Chloë Grace Moretz, Emmy Award nominated actress Christina Hendricks and Drea de Matteo, it was announced by Alex Walton, President of International Sales and Distribution for Exclusive Media. All rights deal were completed with&...
ScreenLaunch spices things up at American Film Market
Australian innovative film sales and distribution company, ScreenLaunch, today announced it is working with award-winning American indie filmmaker Christina Beck on financing a new US film Dig Me, a sex comedy and representing Beck’s first completed feature Perfection, a love story about society’s plastic surgery addiction. The LA-set film Dig Me, in pre-production, is a retro-vibed modern-day romp about a woman and her younger magician husband who go to see a hillbilly sex ...
Joseph James Films ~@ the American Film Market will exhibit two feature films entitled The Freemason and Templar Nation
Joseph James Films is attending the American Film Market exhibiting two feature films entitled The Freemason and Templar Nation; the company is also aiding independent filmmakers with distribution. Joseph James Films is attending the American Film Market in Santa Monica, California exhibiting two feature films entitled The Freemason (starring Sean Astin, Randy Wayne, and Alex McKenna) and Templar Nation (starring Erik Estrada, Richard Dutcher and Joseph James). The Freemason wa...
Carnaby International presents PANZER 88 at AFM 2013 for worldwide sales.
CARNABY INTERNATIONAL TEAMS WITH THE OSCAR NOMINATED PRODUCERS OF STAR WARS, ALIEN AND BLADE RUNNER TO BRING ACTION FANTASY ‘PANZER 88’ TO BUYERS AT AFM. Teaming with the producers of Academy Award winning Star Wars, Alien and Blade Runner, Carnaby International makes its major market debut with the $40 million dollar action fantasy film written and directed by cinematographer Peter Briggs - the screenwriter of Hellboy. "I'm deliriously pleased with the w...