American Film Market Dailies

Zoom conversation between Jonathan Wolf (Managing Director of the American Film Market® AFM®) with Bruno Chatelin. Here are some of the questions raised during the interview: Enjoy Jonathan's answers in our video.

The 41st edition will run November 9 -13. Jonathan Wolf is EVP of the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA®) and Managing Director of the American Film Market® (AFM®).

Since his appointment in 1998, he has guided the growth and repositioning of AFM – now the world’s largest film market – into a global production and distribution marketplace which annually hosts over 7,000 industry professionals from 70+ countries. You have joined IFTA in 1993 appointed managing director of AFM since 1998 YOUR 23rd edition? the most peculiar probably, the hardest?

IFTA

140 companies from 23 countries do you see any trend in these figures? breakdown per country how many from USA

Define " independent" when it comes to membership application?

ever had to turn down requests on that criteria?

Last year you said we had 7000 registered " i prefer an empty lobby"

what did you learn from cannes market online?

I know you listen to the industry, your members and exhibitors: How did you build the event this year,?

Can you run us down to the map of the event?

Last year you registered 6964 participants, your forecast for this year? I see 760 buyers in Cinando how many buyers, 1500?

527 EXHIBITORS vs 375 last year

45% (241) from the USA

31% (167) from Europe 44 from UK only 19 from France

last year few from China how about this year I see only 6 exhibitors this year ?

How many screenings compared to 2019 Major U.S. talent agencies and a coalition of more than 30 sales agents is this competition, threat, wrong verbiage?

CONFERENCES AND PANELS

This year over 200 speakers will participate in more than 70 live sessions 150 50 sessions last year: a trend?

2021? any thoughts on the features you will keep for next year s physical edition loews?