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TomCat Films/Summer Hill bring With Child to AFM

After his wife dies, Auden Price –– a blue collar construction worker –– is left to care for Riley, his four-month old daughter. While grieving and against the advice of Karen, his overbearing sister-in-law, Auden decides to go it alone. After many failed attempts, Auden finally lands a job renovating a basement. His eccentric new boss, Petra Dell, allows him to bring Riley to work. But managing his grief while working and taking care of his daug...

TomCat Films/Summer Hill brings American Sophomore to AFM: 'Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing at all'.

TomCat Films/Summer Hill Films bring American Sophomore to AFM 2015! The great Miss Helen Keller once said, “Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing at all.” A sophomore lives by these words. It’s time to make the most of life. It’s time to change the rules. It’s time to make a little history of your own. You’re not a freshman anymore. Sophomore year is here. We join the sophomores of Helen Keller High School as they take us on all their adven...

Bruce Campbell VS The Alien Dead in MOONTRAP! from TomCat Films

In honor of this weekend's smash Halloween premiere of the new STARZ show, ASH VS THE EVIL DEAD, we invite you to see BRUCE CAMPBELL in one of his first feature films!  TomCat Films is proud to present the classic sci-fi thriller from 1989: MOONTRAP!  Also stars WALTER KOENIG from STAR TREK!   During a routine flight, two veteran space shuttle pilots (STAR TREK’S WALTER KOENIG and EVIL DEAD’S BRUCE CAMPBELL) discover an alien artifact and bring it back to earth...

AFM 2015 Line Up for The Exchanage: Friend Request with Alycia Debnam-Carey and William Moseley

  Brian O'Shea, CEO of The Exchange, announced today the acquisition of international sales rights of the horror feature FRIEND REQUEST, with Alycia Debnam-Carey (INTO THE STORM, AMC's Fear the Walking Dead), William Moseley (CHRONICLES OF NARNIA trilogy, E!'s The Royals), Connor Paolo (The CW's Gossip Girl, ABC's Revenge), and Brit Morgan (FREE RIDE, USA's Graceland), among others.   The Exchange is introducing the feature to international buyers at the Am...

Radiant's JUVENILES action thriller drama with Beau Knapp and Stephen Moyer

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Radiant Films International has signed on to handle foreign rights to the action thriller drama JUVENILES starring emerging actor Beau Knapp (upcoming Ang Lee’s BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK, upcoming THE NICE GUYS) and the accomplished Stephen Moyer (HBO’s “True Blood,” upcoming CONCUSSION), it was announced today by company President and CEO, Mimi Steinbauer.   Currently in post-production, Radiant will present the project to international buyers at the u...

Bill Goldberg and Kenny Johnson to Attend Exclusive AFM Press Conference for Checkpoint

The screening of its first Teaser Trailer will be shown at 10 AM, followed by a 45-minute Q&A session which will include actors, writers, and producers from the film. The notables on hand will include: Kenny Johnson (Bates Motel, The shield), WWE wrestler and actor, Bill Goldberg, Fred Williamson (From Dusk Till Dawn), Mindy Robinson (host for Revenge of the Nerds for the last 3 seasons), Executive Producer, Niko (who also plays Deputy Parks), and Thomas J. Churchill (director, writer, and...

Top UFC Talent in FIGHT VALLEY - from Breaking Glass Pictures

                Top UFC talent from Around the World   Meisha Tate - #1 Ranked UFC Bantaweight​   Holly Holm - Fighting UFC Champion Ronda Rousey November of 2016   Cris Cyborg - Newest member of the UFC and the fight the world has been waiting for wi...

AFM 2015 Line Up new titles for One Eyed Films

' NECKAN: JUSTICE AWAITS Director Gonzalo Tapia  Spain   92'    2015 Historical thriller   PRMIERE MONTREAL FILM FESTIVAL   Morocco late 50’s , Santiago an young lawyer, son of an important Francoist politician, travels to Tétouan, then the Capital of the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco after receiving an anonymous  letter.   As he gradually starts to unveil the dar...

AFM 2015 Line Up for ANT!PODE Sales & Distribution

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Please find below two separate - fiction and documentary line up + the screening dates of Antipode film at AFM (American Film Market, NOVEMBER 4 – 11): http://antipode-sales.biz/category/festivals-and-markets Russian film shot in India    MOTHERLAND, epic-trip by Petr Buslov  2015, 128 min., Russian-English   budget: $5 000 000 to screen  Wednesday, Nov. 4th – 8:45 AM – Loews #1 Monday, Nov. 9th – 3:00 PM – Fair...

AFM 2015 Line Up additions for Cardinal XD

      DECOMMISSIONED (NOW COMPLETE)   ***SCREENING on Nov. 4 at 1 pm, FAIRMO...

Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi will preside over the Thai Night celebrations at AFM

Her Royal Highness Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi will preside over the Thai Night celebration at the American Film Market & Conference 2015 The Department of International Trade Promotion, Ministry of Commerce will present Thai Night 2015 during the period of the American Film Market & Conference 2015, Los Angeles, USA.  The aims of the event are to promote the film and entertainment industry in Thailand, to publicize its significant potential,...

Ariztical Entertainment is looking to acquire Gay and Lesbian themed narrative feature films for distribution in North America

  Ariztical Entertainment is looking to acquire Gay and Lesbian themed narrative feature films for distribution in North America and abroad. We are also interested in discussing films that are politically progressive and films from a woman's point of view. Our films include the Eating Out series, the Teddy Award Winning Openand Out Loud, which is the first gay film to be produced in Lebanon. If you have films that you feel would be appropriate, p...

AFM 2015 Line Up additions for Arclight Films

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AFM 2015 Line Up for Fairway Film Alliance

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Family and Faith Based Films lead terrific Fairway Film Alliance Lineup for AFM! Fairway Film Alliance proudly announces the premiere of the beautiful Sicily lensed faith based mystery film “LEAVES OF THE TREE” and straight out of Transylvannia the fun family film “HYBRIDS” (half vampire/half with – all trouble) to add to their growing catalogue of produced and acquired top independent film product for AFM 2015.      “LEAVES OF THE TREE&rdquo...

SLENDER - Horror/Thriller by Joel Petrie acquired by Screen Media

    SLENDER COMPLETE - Genre: Horror/Thriller     Director:  Joel Petrie Cast:  Joel Petrie, Dan Schovaers, Mili Parks   Trailer: https://vimeo.com/92340375   Synopsis: Based on the terrifying urban legend: Four documentary filmmakers come across a chilling story of a woman claiming that her children were abducted by a mysterious man, ...

AFM 2015 Line Up for Purecom Entertainment

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PURECOM ENTERTAINMENT comes to AFM.   While a more formal announcement of the new company will be coming soon, I am already hard at work presenting some of the very exciting new catalogues that make up the new Purecom collection.  Among them are:   The Allied/Hemdale Film Library   This collection of over 5,000 titles has been meticulously restored and digitized, and are now all available in pristine, HD condition. Including cla...

AFM will get possessed by EXORCIST HOUSE OF EVIL!

TomCat Films is proud to present: EXORCIST HOUSE OF EVIL!   Based on a true story, shot in THE REAL EXORCIST HOUSE, a young woman returns to her old family home, the site of an infamous exorcism, and discovers the devil never left. This film was shot in THE REAL EXORCIST HOUSE and during filming captured both audible and visible paranormal activity which has been left in the film giving those who dare to watch a unique look into one of the most infamous homes in America and possibly exp...

Troma Acquires Kansas Bowling's B.C. Butcher

A Prehistoric Slasher Film As Only A Teenage Girl Could Write, Produce & Direct! Featuring Kato Kaelin and Kadeem Hardison "I grew up watching movies like The Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke 'Em High, and Tromeo & Juliet and now only a few years later I have my own film coming out with Troma! It's surreal! Troma's genre-bending, cartoonish humor shaped me into the filmmaker I've become!" ~ Kansas Bowling...

AFM Premiere of "Escape Artist"

A socially and politically frustrated young man with a troubled past vents his frustrations through a social networking website and unwittingly sparks a revolutionary social movement. ESCAPE ARTIST is a unique feature film and transmedia project which blends cinema, music video, live performance, new media, social networking, audience participation and reality. With a wide appeal to the troubled and confused 'subculture' of a disenfranchised generation, the fusion of these elements ...

Win an original oil painting from the world's first oil painted animated feature LOVING VINCENT during the AFM!

The world’s first oil painted animated feature film, LOVING VINCENT, a fictional retelling of Vincent Van Gogh’s last three months, will be available for distributors to acquire at the AFM.   In order to show AFM buyers the amazing quality of the film, Cinema Management Group (CMG), the film’s exclusive worldwide sales agent, shall be exposing 6 original oil paintings from the film in its office at the Loews Suite 624 during the AFM. In addition, the producers have agr...

Michelle Rodriguez (FAST & FURIOUS franchise...) set to star in the crime noir thriller TOMBOY, A REVENGER’S TALE

Michelle Rodriguez (FAST & FURIOUS franchise, GIRLFIGHT, MACHETE) is set to star in the title role in the crime noir thriller feature film TOMBOY, A REVENGER’S TALE opposite Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe winning actress Sigourney Weaver (AVATAR, ALIEN), it was announced today by producers Saïd Ben Saïd of SBS (CARNAGE, MAPS TO THE STARS) and Michel Merkt (upcoming LIFE, MAPS TO THE STARS).   The film is written and to be directed by Emmy-Award winning film...

Next Ken Loach's I, DANIEL BLAKE started principal photography, with partner producer Rebecca O’Brien

I, DANIEL BLAKE, written by Paul Laverty, directed by Ken Loach and produced by Rebecca O’Brien, started principal photography on 20th October 2015. The film will shoot for six weeks in Newcastle and the surrounding area and will be released in 2016.   I, DANIEL BLAKE stars Dave Johns in the title role and Hayley Squires as the female lead. Daniel Blake, 59, has worked as a joiner most of his life in the North East of England and needs help from the State for the first time ev...

Content Lands World Sales Rights to Defy Media and Lorenzo di Bonaventura’s SFX Driven Sc-Fi Film “Higher Power”

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        Footage to be Shown For the First Time at AFM   Los Angeles, CA - October 29, 2015 – Content Media closed a deal today with DEFY Media, the top digital producer and programmer for 13-34 year olds, to partner on “Higher Power” - the new SFX driven Sci-Fi feature film from Lorenzo di Bonaventura, producer of the blockbuster “Transformer” franchise, “Salt,” and the “GI Joe” franchise.   Wit...

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