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Filmfestivals.com will be covering AFM 2023 running November 31 October - 5 November, 2023  Contact us for advertising options

Every Fall, the Global Film Industry Converges in Santa Monica: Filmmakers, producers, directors and writers from around the world come to AFM to gain exposure, discover new projects and make deals. The American Film Market & Conferences is the largest motion picture trade fair in the world. 

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Secret in Their Eyes Premiere in LA with smiling beaming Julia Roberts

Red Carpet Footage, Interviews & Photos From The Premiere at The Hammer Museum.
 

 

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 - Official Trailer

AFM 2015 Day 7 Conferences Roundtables Quotes and Video

AFM Day 6 Conferences Roundtables Quotes and Video

AFM - DAY 5 Quotes and video from the conferences

David Linde talks China during the American Film Market Finance Conference

AFM Day 4 - November 7 - Quotes and video

AFM Finance and China Conferences - November 6 - Quotes and Video

AFM Day 1 Video ambiance Hong Kong Day and parties

Video Ambiance AFM opening November 4

 

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ANIMATION IN FOCUS ENCORE

Global and China Animation Industry Report, 2015

 
Chinese animation industry has maintained the momentum of robust growth from 2014 on, thanks to the government's supportive policies on animation industry and booming Internet-based new media distribution channels. In 2014, the total output value of China's animation industry exceeded RMB100 billion, up 14.84% from a year earlier. The animation industry of China characterizes the following during 2014-2015: The production of animation declined, but box-offi...

 

Animaze and Filmfestivals.com announce the second edition of The Animation Day in Cannes MAY 18

Check the video of our first edition may 2015   WWW.ANIMATIONDAYINCANNES.COM   Animaze Daze and Filmfestivals.com are planning a 2nd edition Animation Day In Cannes on May 18 2016 tentative dates. WIth a resounding yes it is clear that Animaze Daze fills a void in the animation community at the larger festivals such as Cannes and Berlin. contact us at bruno@m21entertainment.com or laurie@animazefestival.com for more info. Get involved...

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NEWS FROM THE MARKET 

007 Spectre breaks french Box Office Record for opening day with 850 297 admissions on 902 prints

 
Box Office record for opening day crashed by Sony France. 850 297 admissions from 902 theatres, (of which 265 461 premieres sold on the previous day) . Spectre beats Spiderman 3' previous record (804 345) admissions first day on 850 screens   in mai 2007. ...
 

FilmTrack Selected by Arab Telemedia Group for Content, Contracts and Rights Management

 
Arab Telemedia Group has selected FilmTrack, the leading provider of intellectual property and rights management solutions for media and entertainment brands, to manage their content, rights and assets on a worldwide basis. This deal will give the Emmy Award-winning company an easy to access, streamlined platform to manage the lifecycle of the company’s sales, finance and legal functions. Arab Telemedia Pictures, an Arab Telemedia subsidiary company, joins a large and growing internationa...
 

The trail of devestation in Spectre evaluated to half a billion

Old buildings collapsing in Mexico City, chases in the historical centre of Rome, planes crashing in the Austrian Alps: The new Bond film is staged with star-studded action scenes, where a lot of good stuff gets broken. According to estimates of the German Insurance Association (GDV), the claims in the new Bond film amount to around 600 million EUR. While its producers had to spend around 275 million EUR...
 

Andrew W. Levin has joined Relativity Media LLC as President and Chief Legal Officer

Relativity Media LLC ("Relativity") today announced that Andrew W. Levin has joined the company as President and Chief Legal Officer. In this capacity he will oversee all of the company's legal and human resources activities and report directly to Chairman and CEO Ryan Kavanaugh. Levin has extensive experience in the media, entertainment and telecommunications sectors. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for T-Mobile USA, Inc. where h...
 

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Festival Directors gathering at Santa Barbara for FestForward conference and networking for the best.


Register now for FestForward. Only 2 weeks left! BOOK with a 15% discount and a free 200$ campaign on filmfestivals.com (submission booster eBlast) using Bruno15 code Details on the agenda online   ...

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Fantasmagorie is a 1908 French animated film by Émile Cohl. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional hand-drawn animation and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon. Émile Cohl   Georges Méliès French filmmaker Georges Méliès is known as the first cinemagician for his early use of special effects in cinema.Between 1896 and 1914, he directed some 531 ...

How America became the master of animation globally - did anyone say Disney? AFM special

Natural Attraction receives "Best Student Project Award" at SIGGRAPH Asia 2015

Conversation with Johnny Depp and director Scott Cooper at AFI

The Exchange has promoted Nathaniel McCormick to EVP Worldwide Distribution

AFM 2015 Line Up for The Vladar Company

AFM 2015 Line Up new titles for One Eyed Films

AFM 2015: Sales agent Dutch Features secures global rights to top DJ’s music extravaganza

AFM 2015 Screening Premiere for Some Kind of Hate

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THE FRENCH HAVE IT TOO

007 Spectre de Sam Mendes pulvérise un nouveau record au Box Office français

007 Spectre de Sam Mendes pulvérise un nouveau record en réalisant le meilleur démarrage de l'Histoire au premier jour France. Avec 850 297 entrées en seulement une journée sur 902 salles, dont 265 461 avant-premières depuis le mardi soir 18h, et une moyenne de 943, 007 Spectre réalise le meilleur démarrage de l’Histoire du box-office français, détrônant Spiderman 3 et ses ...

Avant Première Hors Normes pour Hunger Games la révolte part 2

Samuel Hadida était resté à LA pour l'AFM mais son frère Victor avait fait le déplaceme,nt pour accompagner l'équipe du film pour cete événement hors normes.
Les fans du livre et de la série Hunger Games étaient au RdV sur le tapis rouge et dans la salle...le casting aussi, au grand complet ils avaient fait le déplacement pour une tournée promotionnelle à Londres Berlin et Paris où avait lieu l'avant première du film au Grand Rex.  Une immense ferveur au Grand Rex, des fans sur-excités, un public haut en décibel, des dédicaces généreuses...et une grosse su...

 

 

Mars films acquiert les droits du prochain film avec Keira Knightley

Stephane Celerier ‏ il y a 2 heures "Autre acquisition à l'AFM pour mars films : un film avec Keira Knightley. Magnifique histoire." ...

 

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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
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400+ distributors
540+ films screened
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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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