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Family Films for AFM 2016 From Summer Hill Films and TomCat Films

  3Tails: A Mermaid Adventure Family Beloved by millions of YouTube fans, Emily, Selena and Jackie – known as The3Tails – risk it all and discover that there’s much more to being a mermaid than just enjoying their ‘special gift’. Watch the trailer for 3Tails: A Mermaid Adventure   Happy Log F...

Dead Awake and AFM 2016 Lineup for Archstone Distribution

  ARCHSTONE DISTRIBUTION AFM 2016, Nov. 2-8 Loews Hotel, 7th Floor, Malibu Suite       Dead Awake FROM THE CREATOR OF THE FINAL DESTINATION FRANCHISE Cast: Jocelin Donahue (‘Insidious: Chapter 2’, ‘Furious 7’) Jesse Bradford (‘Flags of our Fathers’, ‘Romeo + Juliet’, ‘Bring it On’) Lori Petty (‘Orange is the New Black’, ‘A L...

One Eyed FILMS AFM 2016 Lineup

  The High Frontier / Dir Wojciech Kasperski / Poland / 98’ / 2016 Genre  Thriller Action Drama   Austin Fantastic Fest Official Selection Audience Award, Best Music, Best Actor - Koszalin Film Festival Gdynia Film Festival Official Selection Special jury mention - Krakow Off Camera Festival   ‘’Slow-burning thriller&he...

American Horizon on the Indian Kshitij, a month away from release

American Horizon on the Indian Kshitij, a month away from release Rare indeed. A Mumbai-based film professional named Navroz Prasla (no, not the Parsee or Irani Navroz, but a Khoja community member) moves to Houston, USA  and sets up a media and event company, gets interested in a Marathi story, and produces an all Marathi cast and crew film called Kshitij (A Horizon), the only non-Maharashtrian being Oscar-winning Sound Designer, Resul Pookutty. The film is now complete, and the PR age...

Iris Prize winner Balcony to receive TV premier

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This year a British short film, for the first time, won the prestigious Iris Prize.  Balcony took not only the Iris Prize Best British short sponsored by Pinewood Studios but also the £30,000 Iris Prize supported by the Michael Bishop Foundation, the main award of the festival.    As the Cardiff based festival, often referred to as the “gay Oscars” celebrates its 10th birthday, this is the TV premiere of the winning film.  Balcony is set on a housing estat...

15th Annual American German Copyright Law Summit hosted by the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA)

Entertainment Industry and government representatives convened yesterday on the eve of the 2016 American Film Market to discuss U.S. Copyright Policy in the Audiovisual Sector, as well as review of EU legislative initiatives affecting Territoriality and Portability. Maria Strong (Deputy Director of Policy and International Affairs U.S. Copyright Office), Maria Martin-Prat (Head of Copyright Unit for the European Union), Jan Nordemann (Boehmert & Boehmert LLP), ...

DDI has acquired worldwide sales rights of TRIPLE WORD SCORE

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Jason Moring, DDI CEO, announced today that DDI has acquired worldwide sales rights of TRIPLE WORD SCORE and will be introducing the title to buyers at the 2016 American Film Market.   TRIPLE WORD SCORE stars Golden Globe award winner actor Bill Nighy (LOVE ACTUALLY, HARRY POTTER), and will be directed by Carl Hunter. Sol Papadopoulos and Roy Boulter will produce under their Hurricane Films banners (SUNSET SONG, A QUIET PASSION) along with Sarada McDermott. Andrea Gibson and Mary McLeod f...

MUNDIAL 2016 AFM Line-Up

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Attached you will find information on four Brazilian films from our recent partnership with MGM: A MOVIE LIFE — starring Vincent Cassel (Black Swan); THE CARETAKER;  THE TRACE WE LEAVE BEHIND; and SOUNDTRACK — starring acclaimed musician Seu Jorge (The Life Aquatic).   We return with a screening of the heart-warming comedy JEREMY (El Jeremías) released by Sony and from the producers of Instructions Not Included, and new production deta...

Real Big Hits AFM 2016 LINEUP

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Representing over 1200 producers worldwide, Real Big Hits is your 24x7 portal to fresh content for purchase or licensing. You can browse avails to your territories, search by keyword or title, preview trailers, features and even full episodes from anywhere, anytime. If a title is of interest, you can easily request more info, and even arrange to meet with the content owners through Real Big Hits.   Sign up today at http://realbighits.com, and based on your profile, we will send you ava...

DDI acquired worldwide sales rights of comedy feature RIPPED

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AFM'16 DDI GETS RIPPED AT AFM   Jason Moring, DDI CEO, announced today that DDI acquired worldwide sales rights of comedy feature RIPPED.   RIPPED is the feature directorial debut of Brad Epstein's who has produced GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST, DAN IN REAL LIFE and ABOUT A BOY.   RIPPED stars stand-up comedian Russell Peters (THE JUNGLE BOOK, CHEF), Faizon Love (COUPLES RETREAT, ELF), Kyle Massey (That's So Raven, Fish Hooks) and Alex Meneses (NBC's Teleno...

Breakthrough Entertainment Heads to AFM With an Exciting Roster of Releases Highlighted by Two New Horror Features,

    The Film Studio Brings a Strong Roster of Horror Genre Films Topped Off with Some Broadly Appealing and Popular Family Entertainment Titles                                                         &n...

VR @ Denver Fest

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The Denver Film Festival, produced by the Denver Film Society, announced today the full schedule for the Festival AnneX. New to the Festival this year, the Festival AnneX is housed at the recently renovated McNichols Civic Center Building.   The AnneX will serve as a hub for Festival activities, highlighting the intersection of film, art, performance and technology. The venue will be open to the public daily, offering panel discussions, creative conversations, digital product displays, ...

AFM business links with Asia continue to strengthen: 200 registrants from mainland China

Market to Greet an additional 75+ from Hong Kong, as business links with Asia continue to strengthen   The American Film Market (AFM), taking place between the 2nd and 9th of November, is set to welcome over 200 registrants from Mainland China, with an additional 75+ from Hong Kong expected to descend upon Santa Monica next week. The registrants will be joining the market on behalf of over 90 different companies, continuing to promote China’s rising prominence and international b...

Tiberius Film acquires James Franco’s FUTURE WORLD and further Highlights at the AFM 2016

Hollywood-superstar James Franco is director of the post-apocalyptic action-movie FUTURE WORLD and can also be seen in the leading role next to Milla Jovovich („Resident Evil“, „The Fifths Element“), Lucy Liu („Charlie’s Angels“, „Elementary“), supermodel und actress Suki Waterhouse („The Divergent Series: Insurgent “) as well as the rappers Snoop Dogg and Method Man. The French comedy JULIE AND THE SHOE FACTORY („Sur que...

Gerard Butler joins Scot Peter Mullan and Joe Alwyn for the psychological thriller Keepers by Cross Creek Pictures

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Gerard Butler (London Has  Fallen, How to Train Your Dragon, Coriolanus, 300) joins fellow Scot Peter Mullan (Tyrannosaur, War Horse, Trainspotting) and rising star Joe Alwyn (Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, The Sense of an Ending), for the psychological thriller Keepers, inspired by a true unsolved local mystery.   The film will be fully financed by Cross Creek Pictures (Hacksaw Ridge, Black Mass, Black Swan, Rush, Everest).   Production Company Mad as Birds confir...

"Lines" a film by Vassilis Mazomenos Main competition at Tallinn Black Night Fillm Festival

"Lines" a film by Vassilis Mazomenos :   A call operator endeavors to help people keep on living and hoping.   Storyline :  Greece now days. Seven different stories about seven persons who have already reached their limits and finally fall apart.  Despite their seemingly obvious connection they are simultaneously connected through a common desperate action: the last phone call to the psychological support center called "life line". It's their las...

You were never here, New Title Available from Premiere Entertainment

We are excited to share our latest acquisition, the psychological thriller YOU WERE NEVER HERE.  Written and directed by Camille Thoman, the film stars Mireille Enos (The Killing, World War Z, The Catch, Gangster Squad), Sam Shepard (The Right Stuff, August: Osage County, Safe House, Bloodline), Goran Visnjic (ER, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Beginners), and Vincent Piazza (Boardwalk Empire, Jersey Boys, The Sopranos) . After a woman is attacked outside of her apartmen...

Fundamental Films has picked up the spec script “Hummingbird” by John McClain

In a competitive situation, Fundamental Films has picked up the spec script “Hummingbird” by John McClain. In the vein of “John Wick” and “Lucy,” Hummingbird tells the story of a female black-ops assassin, who discovers she’s more than just a hired gun, she’s an entirely new breed of weapon.   Marcus Kryler and Fredrik Åkerström will direct.  Fundamental Films’ Mark Gao and Gregory Ouanhon will produce the pro...

Russian Jews at Molodist Kiev

RUSSIAN JEWS  (Russkie Evrei) is an Historical Document compiled and directed by Sergei Nurmamed and narrated  by Dmitriy Altschuler-Kurchati. Ukrainian premier, 2016, RT 86' Part of the Overflow crowd at Molodist screening of "Russian Jews"  Russian narrator Dmitriy Altschuler-Kurchati, fields questions after screening at Kinoteatr Kiev   Because the Jews have had such an impact on Ukrainian history -- both positive and negative, ...

Shocking Thriller THE HARROW - New to Market AFM 2016

        The Harrow (Thriller; Horror)    *Market...

MK2 introduces the Yiddish collection in 2K at AFM

YIDDISH COLLECTION         Yiddish film production in Eastern Europe and the United States flourished during the interwar years. This Collection presents some of the long-lost treasures of Yi...

Evolutionary Filmspicked up STRONGER THAN BULLETS, winner of Best Documentary Feature at Woodstock Festival

London based production company and sales agent Evolutionary Films are excited to announce that they are now representing STRONGER THAN BULLETS, winner of Best Documentary Feature at Woodstock earlier this month, for international sales.   This engaging feature length documentary begins in Libya in 2011 where amidst the bloody revolution to overthrow the 42-year-old dictatorship of Colonel Gaddafi, a high-octane, defiant music scene and a unified human spirit that encompassed hip-hop, h...

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