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China Conference Day 2 Spotlight on Producing in China, as well as Marketing & Distributing in China.

Leaders from China’s film industry gathered today as the AFM kicked off its annual Conference series with a spotlight on Producing in China, as well as Marketing & Distributing in China.   Bruno Wu, Founder/Co-Chairman and CEO of Sun Seven Stars Media Group Limited, Mike Mao, CEO of UNI Pictures Culture & Media (Beijing) Co., and Yang Xianghua, Senior Vice President of iQIYI's, speak at the American Film Market China Conference at the Fairmont Hotel on Thursday... ...

Cheers at American Film Market China Reception

Jonathan Wolf, Executive Vice President & Managing Director of the American Film Market, Haifeng Chen, Vice President of Weying Technology, Jean M. Prewitt, President & CEO of IFTA, Jing Zhang, Peng Chen, China Beijing Film Delegation, and Luke Xiang, VP and Head of International of Beijing Weying Technology Co., Ltd., cheers at American Film Market China Reception at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel on Wendeday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision fo...

AFM Newsletter November 3

Follow us on the social networks and filmfestivals.com.                       Email us I Advertize in our AFM Newsletters and eBlasts I Center Stage in our Animation in Focus Filmfestivals.com was established in 1995, over the years we became the premier link between film and festivals with 6.000 festivals listed, over 22 000 festival organizers contacts in our database,  75.000 articles...

AFM: IM Global’s Mundial Strikes Four-Pic Deal with MGM’s Orion (EXCLUSIVE)

‘A Movie Life,’ starring ‘Black Swan’s’ Vincent Cassel, leads slate Mundial Films, IM Global’s Latino film sales company, has struck a four-feature rights deal with MGM’s Orion Pictures for a Brazilian movie quartet led by “A Movie Life,” starring Vincent Cassel.   Deal represents Mundial’s first U.S. partnership, but an ever-more common combination between Hollywood studios and independent companies as majors drive ...

Jessica Chastain in Susanna White’s Woman Walks Ahead from Black Bicycle Entertainment

First-look image of Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain in Susanna White’s Woman Walks Ahead from Black Bicycle Entertainment who is financing and producing alongside Bedford Falls in association with Potboiler. IM Global is selling the international rights at AFM, with CAA handling domestic. ...

Actor Ye Liu is attached to the upcoming production THE LADY AND THE PANDAS by director, Justin Chadwick

Brian O'Shea, The Exchange CEO, announced today that Chinese super star actor Ye Liu is attached to the upcoming production THE LADY AND THE PANDAS by director, Justin Chadwick (THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL) joining Golden-Globe nominee Rebecca Ferguson (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE franchise) as her love interest.   Through his amazing performances, Ye has captured the attention of directors internationally, and has continued to reach viewers in unique and remarkable ways. Ye's talent has been...

Inversion, Facing East’s $130 million sci-fi epic movie directed by Peter Segal is set to begin shooting end february

Inversion, Facing East’s $130 million sci-fi epic movie directed by Peter Segal is set to begin principal photography on February 27th at Babelsberg studios in Berlin, and will continue in Shanghai and Chicago.   Academy Award® nominated Samuel L. Jackson (The Hateful Eight, Django Unchained, Pulp Fiction) is in final negotiations to star as senior Homeland Security investigator John Bailey. Chinese actress Liu Yifei (“Once Upon a Time,” The Forbidden Kingdom) has...

Sales on A MOVIE LIFE, THE TRACE, THE CARETAKER and SOUNDTRACK will launch at AFM

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Mundial, the Latino film sales subsidiary of prolific independent entertainment studio IM Global, has signed a four-picture deal with Orion Pictures, an arm of MGM, for their original language productions in Brazil, it was announced today by Mundial’s Vice President Cristina Garza and Orion Pictures.   Said Garza, “We’re incredibly excited to be working with Orion in a deeper partnership. We couldn’t be more proud to bring these movies to the international market a...

Film Mode Entertainment premieres sci-fi thriller, THE GRACEFIELD INCIDENT at AFM16

Film Mode Entertainment announces the international market premiere of sci-fi thriller, THE GRACEFIELD INCIDENT starring Mathieu Ratthe (LOVEFIELD, THE TALISMAN), Kimberly Laferriere (IN FE, SAVING HOPE), Victor Andres Turgeon-Trelles (HENRI HENRI, LE TORRENT, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD), Juliette Gosselin (19-2, EMBRASSE-MOI) and Alex C. Nachi (STONEWALL, EMOTIONAL ARITHMETIC). The film was written and directed by Mathieu Ratthe and is Ratthe’s feature directorial debut. “We’re ex...

13 Films’ action thriller Extortion has been acquired by the Grindstone Entertainment Group for all North America

13 Films’ action thriller Extortion has been acquired by the Grindstone Entertainment Group for all North America and will be distributed by Lionsgate Home Entertainment.   Written and directed by Phil Volken, the film stars Academy Award nominee Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), Eion Baily (Band Of Brothers and hit TV shows “Once Upon A Time,” “Ray Donovan”), Bethany Joy Lenz (TV’s “One Tree Hill,” “Dexter”) and Danny Glover (Let...

Film news (UK) Marcia do Vales set to star in supernatural horror QUAIL HOLLOW

   Having kick-assed her way through Brit zomcom Ibiza Undead, Brazilian-born actress Marcia do Vales is set to star in Quail Hollow (working title), in which she plays identical twins with some pretty scary powers.   Directed by Spaniard Javier De Prado, and produced by UK’s Templeheart Films, the supernatural horror begins shooting in locations around New Orleans in early 2017. Storyline: Identical twin sisters Sunny and Mila (played by Marcia Do Vales) are born wit...

Studio 100 Film Presents First Teaser For "Maya The Bee 2 - The Honey Games"

Let the games begin! Studio 100 Film will present the first moving image of the second theatrical feature about the famous little bee Maya.  The brand-new movie is planned to hit cinemas in 2018 and Studio 100 Film will be presenting the first teaser at AFM (Loews Office #653) and on Maya’s official YouTube channel https://youtu.be/nG0SspQMneE.   “Maya the Bee 2 – The Honey Games” is produced by Studio 100 Media, in co-production with Australian animat...

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Halloween is over but horror is not... Check out Horror titles from TomCat Filkms Summer HillFilms at AFM 2016

  HORROR LINE-UP FOR AFM 2016 FROM SUMMER HILL FILMS & TOMCAT FILMS   Unlisted Owner Horror Unlisted Owner compiles crime scene evidence of the horrific events known as the “Owner Killings” that took place on October 23,2010 and March, 23 2011. The video evidence was captured on three different personal hand held cameras and one police dash camera. Watc...

Killing is Killing is the horror thriller prequel to Thiago Moyses's fourth feature Hopekillers.

Killing is Killing is the horror thriller prequel to Thiago Moyses's fourth feature Hopekillers. Synopsis Ten middle-class students invade a mansion seeking to do justice with their own hands. They are after Lord Henry Alberich, a noble man charged with raping and murdering women, released by a corrupt judge. They don’t know that the mansion is haunted by an evil creature who lives in the shadows and enjoys human blood. Now, they will attempt to escape alive from this grim beast. So...

Wickid Pissa Films Announces 2016 AFM Film Slate

Wickid Pissa Films has unveiled its slate of projects they will be pitching at the 2016 AFM in Santa Monica this week. They will be meeting with buyers and investors to produce these original screenplays and bring them to distributors and festivals across the globe in 2017. GODS & GANGSTERS The story centers on the life of Julian Toula, a Greek mobster from Hollywood and the second leader of the infamous Juicy Jive Gang. He was the right-hand man to Jimmy &ld...

“BEHIND THE COVE” to be at American Film Market First US Public Screenings in L.A. and NYC.

“BEHIND THE COVE” to be at American Film Market First US Public Screenings in L.A. and NYC. The documentary “BEHIND THE COVE: The Quiet Japanese Speak Out!” will be attending the American Film Market, one of the largest film markets in the U.S., held between November 2nd and 9th in Santa Monica, California. The filmmakers of the documentary will be present during the above dates at the Japan booth 17, and look forward to meeting industry insiders and members of the pr...

Ballad in Blood by Massimo Esposti for Bell Film and distributed worldwide by TVCO premieres at AFM 2016

BALLAD IN BLOOD by Ruggero Deodato American Premiere AFM 2016 Screening at Monica Film Center 3, Nov. 3 at 3pm Ballad in Blood, produced by Massimo Esposti for Bell Film and distributed worldwide by TVCO, marks the great return behind the camera of Ruggero Deodato, historic leading Italian horror director. His past films, like Cannibal Holocaust, just to name one, have been sold all over the world and have become "cult movies". Ballad in Blood intends to revive those glories, upd...

THE NIGHT WATCHMEN By Mitchell Altieri screens today

AFM 2016 Screening at Monica Film Center 1, Nov. 3 at 1pm From a producer of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the director of The Hamiltons, comes the next “cult movie” horror-comedy gore-fest The Night Watchmen. In this highly anticipated movie, a mistaken warehouse delivery unleashes a horde of hungry vampires and it’s up to three inept night watchmen, aided by a young rookie and a fearless tabloid journalist, to fight an epic battle against the scourge of undead that thre...

I-mage Films proudly presents Space Opera, the fifth feature film by Thiago Moyses, currently in pre-production.

I-mage Films proudly presents Space Opera, the fifth feature film by Thiago Moyses, currently in pre-production. Two astronauts are sent to the confines of the universe with a very important cargo, genetic material to colonize a new planet alike Earth. Lonely into the deep space, they will live the biggest adventure in human history, traveling a thousands years journey through the galaxy, facing supernovas, haunted space stations, strange humans from a distant future, and the ominous Star Des...

Leomark Studios Named Official Film Acquisitions Officers for Olympia World Cinema Project

Leomark Studios has been appointed to represent the World Film Institute (WFI) in acquiring titles for its Olympia World Cinema VOD Project, a joint endeavor of Dark City Media Group, WFI, and WFI sister organization The Olympia Awards. According to WFI Founder Antonio Gellini, Leomark Studios will “represent our selective taste in acquiring films for our Olympia World Cinema Project in order to give these independent filmmakers the opportunity to have their art viewed by a global audie...

Devilworks enters ‘The Suicide Theory’ for AFM.

Genre outfit Devilworks announces new titles for their AFM lineup, which includes intense Australian thriller ‘The Suicide Theory & USA Crime thriller ‘Criticsized’.   Released on NETFLIX in North America, Devilworks are repping International sales for The Suicide Theory. Directed by Dru Brown, the film tells the story of Percival, who after failing to commit suicide, pays a hit man to kill him. When that doesn't work, Percival learns that he's cursed with...

AFM Today Nov 3, 2016

AFM Events China Conference sponsored by China Beijing Film Delegation and Beijing Weying Technology Co., Ltd. Time: 9:15pm - 12:45pm Location: Fairmont Hotel, Starlight Ballroom   9:15am – 10:45am Producing in China Leaders from China’s film industry will reveal how producing in China can be different than the west. From talent and crews to culture and restrictions to the daily realities of producing and co-producing, everything will be...

Angel Grace Worldwide (AGW) brings three new titles to AFM

THRILLER, COMEDY AND ROMANCE ADD MARKET APPEAL   Casts Include Academy AwardÒ winner Mira Sorvino, Castle’s Stana Katic, and respected award-winning UK actors Mark Lewis Jones and Michael Jibson.   AGW founder and president Michael Fister and head of sales Terese Linden Kohn will be in Santa Monica with the trio of films that feature Academy AwardÒ winner Mira Sorvino among others.   OscarÒ winner Mira Sorvino stars in Quitters, a sexy dark com...

Flourishing Films LLC, a new boutique film sales outfit, introduces a new catalogue of diverse film content to AFM

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Flourishing Films Makes AFM Debut Selling Diverse Content      Flourishing Films LLC, a new boutique film sales outfit, announced it would introduce a new catalogue of diverse film content to worldwide distributors during the 2016 American Film Market. The company made its debut earlier this year, picking up its first film 2016 Berlin International Film Festival award-winner The Revolution Won’t Be Televised.   After previously having worked in feature acquisitions...

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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
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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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