Gary Hamilton, Arclight Managing Director, left, and Jon Chiew, Huace Media Group Director, attend the Arclight Party at the American Film Market (AFM) held at the Viceroy on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2015, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo Richard Shotwell/Invision for IFTA/AP Images)
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Stephanie Palmer, Founder, Good in a Room
- “If you learn only one thing from today, it should be: Lead with genre. In a verbal pitch, genre gives context to the listener. When you are trying to sell something, part of your job is to identify the category your product fits into.”
Ten Tips for Being “Good in a Room”
by Stephanie Palmer
You’ve worked for months (or years!) on your project, and a ...
River Florence Indian Film Festival that will take place from 5 to 10 December in Florence, Italy.
The famous director will introduce the Italian premiere of her latest film, Beeba Boys (Sunday, December 6, at 8.30pm), a crime thriller starring Randeep Hoda, about the violent culture clash between Indo-Canadian gangs fighting for control over drugs and firearms trafficking in Vancouver.
Indian director Deepa Mehta will be the special guest at the 15th River to River Florenc...
Asia’s leading platform for TV and digital entertainment content – Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) 2015 is pleased to announce that René Rechtman, Head of International, Maker Studios will be joining ATF as the international keynote speaker on 1 Dec 2015 for its pre-market conference at the Marina Bay Sands.
Listed by Wired magazine, as one of the Top 100 most influential person, René Rechtman currently spearheads Maker Studios, a global leader in short-f...
AFM ROUNDTABLES: Quotes from the session outlined below.
The Passion of Film – Beyond the Pulpit and Pew:
Mike Medavoy, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Phoenix Pictures:
- “It's not enough to find a story YOU like, you have to find something that most people would like. What do you have in common with others? What I find really interesting about what I do is learning about everything. The thing that drew...
"How should the China marketplace fit in a producer’s priorities when putting a project together?" David Linde, CEO Participant Media, discusses during "Current Issues in Film Finance" panel at AFM on November 6th, 2015.
David Linde talks China during the American Film Market Finance Conference from American Film Market on Vimeo.
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Executive Director of the Marche du Film since 1995, Jérôme Paillard will be our keynote speaker for FilmTrack’s Forum.
FilmTrack’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution suite streamlines the complex intellectual property management lifecycle – from project inception to distribution.
The result: end-to-end visibility and real-time access to mission-critical contracts, rights and royalties data.
All t...
"Drink alcohol when needed, but don't get drunk. If you can't prevent yourself from doing drugs, at least share them."
Is it easy being cinema’s reigning enfant terrible? No, but Gaspar Noe wears the title well.
This year, the Argentinian moviemaker, who lives and works in France, adds one more feature to his (im)modest oeuvre: I Stand Alone (1998), Irreversible (2002), Enter the Void (2009), alongside assorted short...
A CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR SCOTT COOPER AND JOHNNY DEPP
The two will discuss their recent collaboration on BLACK MASS. Get free tickets.
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Los Cabos International Film Festival is proud to confirm the attendance of American musician, producer, director and actor Jared Leto to the Festival’s Opening Night Gala on November 11th. During the gala evening Quebecois writer and director Jean-Marc Vallée, will be honored with this year’s Tribute and his latest film Demolition will have its Latin American premiere.
For Los Cabos Film Festival it was very important that the Tribute to Vallée was pres...
IndustryWorks Studios has acquired the World Wide distribution rights to the psychological drama CANDiLAND starring Gary Busey in what might very well be his ‘comeback role’. IndustryWorks will be bringing the film to Cannes to sell at the 2015 Marche du Film.
CANDiLAND stars Oscar nominee Gary Busey (The Buddy Holly Story), Chelah Horsdal (Arrow, Hell on Wheels) and James Clayton (Foodland). CANDiLAND marks a nuanced departure for Busey, who has been seen recurrently as a contestan...
On November 6, 2015, HRH Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi kindly attended the open...
Industry veteran Todd Olsson has joined International Film Trust as a sales consultant while Kenner Bolt has been appointed to the newly created position of Director of Acquisitions with immediate effect, it was announced today by IFT founder Michael Benaroya of Benaroya Pictures.
Reporting to Benaroya, Olsson will work alongside Kevin Hoiseth, Director of Sales and Marcin Janowski, Head of Marketing and Communications across IFT’s slate of films, which includes Werner Herzog&...
Golden Globe winning actor Jason Bateman (“The Family Fang”, "The Gift, "This is Where I Leave You") has been confirmed to join the cast of Peter Landesman’s historical spy thriller “Felt”. Alongside recently announced female lead, Diane Lane (“Man of Steel”, “Unfaithful”) and Academy Award ® nominated actor Liam Neeson (“Schindler’s List”). Bateman will play FBI Agent and Felt lieutenan...
NATHANIEL MCCORMICK EVP THE EXCHANGE
The Exchange, a leading international film sales and finance company, has promoted Nathaniel McCormick to the position of Executive Vice President, Worldwide Distribution.
McCormick reports to company founder Brian O'Shea and co-leads the worldwide distribution efforts for the company's roster of films.
McCormick has been at to The Exchange for three years with more than a decade career in the entertainme...
Olga Kurylenko (OBLIVION, QUANTUM OF SOLACE) is set to star in the sci-fi thriller ANDROID, to be directed by Niall Johnson (KEEPING MUM, screenwriter for WHITE NOISE), who co-wrote the script with Matt O’Reilly, it was announced today by producers Trademark Films’ Ivan Mactaggart (MY WEEK WITH MARILYN, upcoming LOVING VINCENT), Infinite Studios Singapore’s Mike Wiluan and Lindsey Martin (HBO Asia’s “Halfworlds,” upcoming EQUALS, HITMAN: AGENT 47) and Magnet...
Kickstarter campaign LIVE! Until November 7 documentary on Gerald Potterton
One week left to go of our Kickstarter campaign The Flying Animator to raise financing for a feature length documentary film on Gerald Potterton. His dry British humour, life on a 200 acre farm in the eastern townships, Gerald can tell us about what it was like to work with Buster Keaton and animating the Beatles Yellow Submarine.
Learn about the never released film with a sound tr...
DDI President Jason Moring announced today that DDI has attached Gabriel Byrne to METANOIA, joining David Tennant (HARRY POTTER, Doctor Who), Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men), and Michael Gambon (HARRY POTTER) to the project.
METANOIA will be directed by Robert Mullan, produced by Charlotte Arden and Harriet Hammond, and executive produced by Phin Glynn and Peter Dunphy. The film is a co-production between Gizmo Films and Bad Penny Productions.
METANOIA chronicles the world-renowned Sc...
Jamal Al Sharif - Chairman, Dubai Film and TV Commission
Jamal Al Sharif is the Chairman of the Dubai Film and TV Commission (DFTC). In his current role, Al Sharif partners with Government of Dubai and private entities to increase media production in Dubai by developing filming incentives, nurturing growth of the local media talent pool, and marketing the emirate to regional and international producers.
Al Sharif has devoted his entire career to establishing Dubai as a glo...
Three-time Emmy Award nominee Elizabeth Banks (THE HUNGER GAMES franchise, PITCH PERFECT 2) is set to star in the adventure drama RITA HAYWORTH WITH A HAND GRENADE to be directed by award-winning director Sloane U’Ren (DIMENSIONS), it was announced today by producer Robert Graf (upcoming HAIL, CAESAR!, Oscar-winning NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN).
Radiant Films International is representing foreign rights and is introducing the film to buyers at the American Film Market. UTA Independen...
SEVILLE INTERNATIONAL SECURES XAVIER DOLAN’S
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE DEBUT
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF JOHN F. DONOVAN
STARRING JESSICA CHASTAIN AND KIT HARINGTON
Ensemble cast also includes Susan Sarandon and Kathy Bates
Entertainment One’s Seville International and Quebec-based distribution arm Les Films Séville, alongside producers Lyla Films and Sons of Manual, are pleased to announce THE DEATH AND LIFE OF JOHN F. DONOVAN, the first English-language feature film...
Is Gary Busey really God?
IndustryWorks Studios Acquires the World Wide Rights to Independent Film CANDiLAND (2015)
IndustryWorks Studios has acquired the World Wide distribution rights to the psychological drama CANDiLAND starring Gary Busey in what might very well be his ‘comeback role’. IndustryWorks will be bringing the film to Cannes to sell at the 2015 Marche du Film.
CANDiLAND stars Oscar nominee Gary Busey (The Buddy Holly Story), Chelah Horsdal (Arrow, Hell on Wheels...
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Nadine de Barros
Oscar winner JK Simmons (WHIPLASH, TERMINATOR GENISYS, JUNO) is set to star in the ensemble comedic drama THE BACHELORS, it was announced today by Fortitude International’s co-founders Nadine de Barros, Robert Ogden Barnum and Daniel Wagner alongside producers Matthew Baer (UNBROKEN, MAGGIE, CITY BY THE SEA) and George Parra (upcoming JOY, THE DESCENDANTS, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK).
Written and to be directed by Kurt Voelker (SWEET NOVEMBER, PARK), the...
Top class juries will award the prize money totalling EUR 77,750
Facts:
- eight different juries / 18 awards
- audience can vote for their favourites
- increased prize money
The five members of the International Festival Jury will have the honour of awarding the four glass 'Lubinas' (Sorbian: 'the charming one'); however, seven other juries will award the prizes for Best Short Film, prize for the Best Youth Film, prize for Best Debut Film and other awards. Th...
