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What Are Video on Demand Audiences Watching?

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Producers are struggling with the lack of transparency in the new distribution landscape. It is difficult to see how a film has performed in Video on Demand and there has been no significant analysis into what types of films are best suited to VOD. Until now. Pulling together data from a number of sources we have been able to look at what VOD audiences want to watch, and how this compares with other media. We have grouped films into four categories: • Thrilling, covering horror, thriller ...

$5 Billion of New Films and Projects

AFM attracts all Film Buyers: Theatrical Distributors, DVD Distributors, VOD Platforms, Cable & Satellite Channels, Broadcasters, Content Aggregators - Licensees from every media.   Buyers Page       BUYER PAGE     ...

Sales companies attending AFM 2016 Exhibitors List A to Z

Check the list of sales companies exhibiting at AFM 2016 http://americanfilmmarket.com/exhibitor-list/     ...

AFM 2016 Screening Schedule Now Available

AMERICAN FILM MARKET UNVEILS SCREENING LINE-UP INCLUDING WORLD AND MARKET PREMIERES   Global stars featured include Alec Baldwin, Gerard Butler, Bryan Cranston, Penelope Cruz, Elle Fanning, James Franco, Salma Hayek, Demi Lovato, David Oyelowo, Aaron Paul, Rosamund Pike, Noomi Rapace, and J.K. Simmons, amongst others   Los Angeles, 11th October, 2016: The American Film Market (AFM®) has today announced its list of films screening, including 71 world and 250+ market premieres,...

Devilworks has revealed its slate for the forthcoming American Film Market (Nov 2-9)

Lin e-up includes Australian thriller The Suicide Theory and US crime film Criticsized. Genre specialist Devilworks has revealed its slate for the forthcoming American Film Market (Nov 2-9). The line-up includes Australian thriller The Suicide Theory, which the company is repping for international sales following its release on Netflix US. Directed by Dru Brown, the film follows a man who, after failing to commit suicide, pays a hitman to kill him. When that endeavo...

Cinestaan bows distribution unit with Busan and London tale MIRZYA

"In MIRZYA echoes from Romeo and Juliet" The New York Times "Gulzar and Mehra cultivate the beauty that inspires love" The Guardian "Debutantes Harshvardhan Kapoor, Saiyami Kher and Anuj Chaudhary shine in action-romance MIRZYA" Forbes A Romantic Indian Drama, telling a timeless folktale about star-crossed lovers, played out in two parallel worlds, one real, one fantastical. As our lovers grapple with forces that seek to keep them apart, they discover that on...

TVCO Distribution exhibiting at AFM 2016

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2 market premieres and more feature films at AFM this year.    Ballad in Blood (Sitges Film Festival, Slash Film Festival, Strasbourg Film Festival, Rojo Sangre Film Festival,  Buenos Aires)  by cult horror director Ruggero Deodato - Screening @  Monica Film Center on Nov. 3  at 3 pm    Babylon Sisters  by Gigi Roccati (Rome film festival) - Screening @ Monica Film Center on Nov. 4th at  1pm.     TVCO is exhibiting ...

New art work for our horror film "Harbinger" from TomCat Films/Summer Hill Films

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    We are proud to present you the new art work for our horror film "Harbinger". Harbinger has been successful in several film festivals such as San Antonio Film Festival 2016, Cine Las Americas International Film Festival and has won the Silver Remi award at the 49th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival.  See also a TV interview of the Director Cody Duckworth here. Harbinger is availab...

Diane Keaton Will Receive The 45th AFI Life Achievement Award

Actress, icon and legend Diane Keaton — one of the most beloved leading ladies in American film — will be the recipient of the 45th AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor for a career in film. The award will be presented to Keaton at a Gala Tribute on June 8, 2017, in Los Angeles, CA. ...

Interview with Jonathan Wolf Managing Director of AFM

(Jonathan in Cannes) Jonathan Wolf has been Managing Director of AFM (American Film Market) since 1998. He has been a visionary and passionate independent film advocate and pivotal force in the film industry for over two decades. I interviewed him in the Dubai Pavilion at the 69th Cannes Film Festival. Here is what he had to say:   Vanessa McMahon Can you explain, for people who don't know, how important is the American Film Market in relation to the Cannes Film Fes...

AFM 2016 Free Dolphin Lineup

      Come and meet us !                                                 Booth P-1 N60                                   &...

FilmStruck, Turner's first domestic subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, launches on October 19.

  Turner's New Subscription Service Features  the Largest Streaming Library of Contemporary & Classic Arthouse, Indie, Foreign & Cult Films   The Criterion Channel Premium Add-On Tier Offers Unlimited Access to the World-Renowned Criterion Collection   Three Different Subscription Plans Available for a Film-Lover's Paradise  On Amazon Fire TV, Web, iOS & Android Devices     Global media company Turner announced...

First Run Features announced today the acquisition of Garrett Zevgetis’ documentary Best and Most Beautiful Things

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FIRST RUN FEATURES ACQUIRES BEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS   Film to be released in theaters, December 2016     First Run Features announced today the acquisition of Garrett Zevgetis’ documentary Best and Most Beautiful Things, a unique coming-of-age story that celebrates outcasts everywhere. Produced by Zevgetis (A Mercenary Tale), Ariana Garfinkel (Trumbo), Jeff Consiglio (Twinsters) and Jordan Salvatoriello (Graceland Girls), the film is executive produced by K...

Tricoast brings ShoreBreak

If Sports and Lifestyle documentaries interest you, check SHOREBREAK with you - both the feature documentary and the TV series (which can be licensed separately). The doc centers on daredevil photographer Clark Little, an icon in the surfing community for his stunning "shorebreak" photography (1.8 million Instagram followers). It's a heart pounding plunge into the waves - and the life of the man who best captures them. ...

SC Films International - Current Slate atAFM

AFM 2016 SC Films will be attending American Film Market 2016 from November 2nd - 9th, Loews #650. P  We will be screening four films, animation titles: BIG FISH & BEGONIA (3D/Chinese BO smash $85,000,000), John H. Williams CHARMING (3D/Featuring original music from Demi Lovato and Sia), OZZY (Disney Spain release) plus sci-fi action...

Top 10 Reasons to Attend AFM 2016

American Film Market | November 2 - 9, 2016 | Santa Monica         There are many reasons 8,000+ filmmakers, producers, writers and other industry professionals from 80+ countries converge at AFM every November. We have prepared a list of the top 10 – check it out by clicking link below.           &...

Top 8 Reasons to Attend AFM 2016

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  There are many reasons why 1,600+ film buyers from 80+ countries will attend AFM 2106. We have prepared a list of the top 8, See the full list by clicking link below.     8 REASONS TO ATTEND     ...

Interview with Filmmaker Mika Kaurismäki on THE GIRL KING (2015)

    The Girl King (2015) Canadian writer Michel Marc Bouchard (Tom at the Farm, Lilies) and Norwegian born Brazilian raised filmmaker Mika Kaurismäki (The Liar - 1980, Zombie and the Ghost Train - 1991, Three Wise Men – 2008, Road North - 2012, Homecoming - 2015) have paired up forThe Girl King (2015). The film tells the story of one of the most controversial female rulers in the history of Europe, Sweden...

Interview with Film CPA Robert Fingerman

  Film accountant Robert Fingerman is one of the film industry's best known CPA's. He holds multiple titles including: Managing Partner of the New York firm Fingerman & Macke, PC President of Independent Films Production Consultants, Inc., C.F.O. of Veritas Gold LLC and Former Chairman of Entertainment & Sports Committee. His film titles include: American Dresser (production accountant) (post-production), GenRX (production accountant) (pre-production), 2014 Deser...

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The AFM is not a festival - it is the largest motion picture market in the world. 8,000 industry attendees, including producers, distributors, directors, agents, writers, lawyers & bankers. Over 540 films screened, most world or U.S. premieres.

$US3 Billion spent annually by participants to produce films
8,000+ industry professionals
2,000+ new films and projects
1,000+ production companies
400+ distributors
540+ films screened
100+ world premiers 
70+ countries represented
50+ thought leaders speaking
7 days of networking activities
1 beachfront campus that covers it all

Our AFM Newsletters run each day with three bumper pre roll editions and a wrap edition:  

2019 Complete Coverage

2018 FULL HIT STORY TOLD IN 8 EPISODES

Pre roll newsletter N° 1 
Pre roll newsletter N° 2  
Opening Newsletter N°3 
N°4 (November 2) 
N°5 (November 3)

N°6 (November 4)  
N°7 (November 6) 
N°8 (November 8) Closing

AFM 2017 Wrap & global  I N°8 I N°7 I N°6 I N°5 I N°4 I  OPENING N°3 I  Preview N°2 I N°1

AFM 2016Pre roll N° 1 I Pre roll N° 2 Opening Newsletter N°3 I N°4 N°5 I N°6 Focus on ANIMATION  I N°7 I Final wrap
AFM 2015:   Newsletters N° 1 I N°2 I N°3 I N°4 I N°5 I N°6  N°7 I N°8N°9 I N°10
AFM 2014:   Newsletters  N°1 N°2 N°3 N°4 N°5 N°6 N°7 N°8

 


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