Pro Tools
FILMFESTIVALS | 24/7 world wide coverage
Welcome !
Enjoy the best of both worlds: Film & Festival News, exploring the best of the film festivals community.
Launched in 1995, relentlessly connecting films to festivals, documenting and promoting festivals worldwide.
We are currently working actively to upgrade this platform, sorry for the inconvenience.
For collaboration, editorial contributions, or publicity, please send us an email here.
|
November 10 Panels at AFM : PVOD, Faith based films and festivals, LGBTQ content and much more
Finance Conference II
Sunday, November 10 | 9:15am – 12:45pm | Starlight Ballroom, Fairmont Hotel
Producing Studio Films with Independent Budgets
Production quality and talent are more crucial than ever. Producers need to be strategic with their budgets – talent, locations, special effects, crew, everything! Seasoned producers and experts share their advice on how to stretch budgets and get every dollar, euro, pound, yen or franc “on the screen.”
Panelists
Jason M. Berman, President, Development & Production, Mandalay Pictures
Jordana Mollick, Partner/Producer, Semi-Formal Productions
Heather Rae, Principal/Producer, Iron Circle Pictures
John Zois, EVP, Acquisitions and Co-Productions, Anton
Moderator
Richard Botto, Founder & CEO, Stage 32
The Film Finance Matrix: From Script to Screen
Using real-world examples, our panel will explore and disclose how films with partial funding can be fully financed.
Panelists
Ryan Broussard, VP, Sales & Production Incentives, Media Services
Maurice Fadida, Equity Investor / Producer, Kodiak Pictures
Vanessa Roman, Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP
Nick Spicer, Partner, XYZ Films
Moderator
David Offenberg, Associate Professor of Entertainment Finance, Loyola Marymount
Writers Workshop
Sunday, November 10 | 2:30pm – 6:00pm | Starlight Ballroom, Fairmont Hotel
You Had Me at Page One
Make the reader love you on the first page! Learn writing techniques that help your script hit the ground running. Through examples from your favorite scripts, we take a hard look at word choice, scene direction, dialogue approach, and the nuances of the page.
Instructor
Pilar Alessandra, Author/Consultant, On the Page
The Art of Cinematic Superstructure: Finding the Essential Turning Points in Your Screenplay
One of the greatest challenges facing all screenwriters, directors and producers is the process of developing an engaging premise into a compelling, well-structured story. This workshop explores the art of superstructure, those essential narrative turning points that have held together great stories not only throughout the history of filmmaking, but since Shakespeare and The Greeks. From your opening scene to midpoint to your screenplay’s emotionally engaging climax, you will learn how each of these critical scenes work in synthesis with one another and in the process avoid the pitfalls of the poorly structured story. The final goal of the workshop is a greater understanding of what holds any great story together and a set of tools that participants can immediately apply to their current screenplay.
Instructor
Steven Wolfson, Screenwriter/Instructor, UCLA
Shooting Intimate Scenes
Sunday, November 10 | 9:30am – 11:00am | Palisades Stage, Loews Hotel
The importance of safety on set while shooting intimate scenes has come sharply into focus in recent years thanks to the #MeToo movement. Some of the topics to be covered include: what does an intimacy coordinator do and how does the process work, what are the SAG nudity guidelines, closed set best practices, dealing with nudity riders, how to be an on-set advocate and ally for LGBTQ+ cast members, and how to make your sets safer even if you can’t afford an intimacy coordinator.
Presenter
Amanda Blumenthal, Intimacy Coordinator, “Euphoria,” “The L Word: Generation Q,” “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” and Founder of Intimacy Professionals Association
Building a Marketing Toolkit for Independent Features
Sunday, November 10 | 11:30am – 1:00pm | Palisades Stage, Loews Hotel
Motion picture marketing executives will walk you through the key pieces of a successful marketing plan and how the filmmaker can help deliver the necessary elements. Marketing opportunities on every film are frequently overlooked by filmmakers during production. Learn how to capture everything needed for the ideal marketing toolkit.
Presenters
Russell Schwartz, President, Pandemic Marketing Group
Katherine MacDonald, SVP, Animation, Paramount Pictures
The Passion of the Film: Reaching the Faith and Family Community through Film Festivals
Sunday, November 10 | 2:30pm – 4:00pm | Palisades Stage, Loews Hotel
Film festivals play an important role in consumer marketing. They create awareness, frequently generate positive reviews, and a “festival selection” helps brand the film. This discussion will explore the festivals and strategies to best reach the faith & family community.
Panelists
Emmanuel Itier, President, The Wonderland Group, Producer, “The Invocation,” “Femme”
Sr. Rose Pacatte, FSP, Director, Pauline Center for Media Studies & member of Ecumenical Juries: Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Locarno Festival, more
Suzy Sammons, Executive Editor, The Giving Company; including Dove.org, FamilyChristian.com, iDisciple, and Christian Cinema
Gregg Schwenk, CEO/Executive Director, Newport Beach Film Festival
Moderator
Barbara Mudge, President & Founder, Worldwide Film Entertainment
Seizing the Moment: Producing LGBTQ Content in a Time of Unprecedented Visibility
Sunday, November 10 | 5:00pm – 6:30pm | Palisades Stage, Loews Hotel
In a time of unprecedented success for LGBTQ content in film and television, this panel gathers Industry talent and executives to discuss how filmmakers can continue to increase the visibility of queer-centered narratives at all budget levels, create successful projects that center on queer lives rather than simply add queer characters on the sidelines, and how to navigate the still-present roadblocks to getting your LGBTQ project produced.
Panelists
River Gallo, Writer/Director/Star, “Ponyboi”
Stephen Kelliher, Director, Sales & Marketing, Bankside Films
Keya Khayatian, Partner, United Talent Agency
LaShawn McGhee, Co-Founder & CPO, Revry
Moderator
Valerie Stadler, Partner, Big Swing Productions; Outfest Board of Directors
The PVOD Window: How Cinemas are Future Proofing their Business and What it Means for Independent Film
Sunday, November 10 | 10:00am – 11:30am | Venice Stage, Loews Hotel
Cinemas are exploring a new distribution window that would allow them to deliver premium films to home viewers. What will this new PVOD window look like? How will cinemas and distributors use PVOD to invigorate box-office revenue? And what does this all mean for independent film?
Speaker
David White, CEO, SHIFT72
Producing In Russia: Navigating International Co-Productions from IP to Delivery
Sunday, November 10 | 12:00pm – 1:30pm | Venice Stage, Loews Hotel
As the Russian film and television market matures providing audiences with multiple platforms to consume content, how do local producers pitch their IP’s to international co-producers to develop Russian (or old Soviet content) for international markets. What type of content has the best chance to travel across borders to attract global audiences? What challenges/restrictions should international producers expect when facing delicate issues regarding the content being developed/distributed for global markets. Are rebates/incentives enough to attract smaller international producers to film in Russia? What type of film national rebates are in place that could attract large scale productions outside the current 7 provinces offering incentives?
Panelists
Steven Beer, Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo P.C.
Steven Adams, Alta Global Media
Alexander Rodnyansky, Producer/Director
Moderators
Katya Mtsitouridze, CEO, ROSKINO
Kayvan Mashayekh, Founder, Producers Without Borders
Cyprus: A Natural Film Studio
Sunday, November 10 | 2:30pm – 4:00pm | Venice Stage, Loews Hotel
Looking for a real-world location that best matches your vision and advances your film’s story? Join us to find out all there is to know about Cyprus, a new filming hot-spot in the Eastern Mediterranean. Featuring scenic, versatile locations, pleasant weather conditions and professional crews, and boasting streamlined licensing procedures, dedicated support and competitive financial incentives, Cyprus has what it takes to be the perfect choice for your next production.
Speakers
Michalis P. Michael, Chairman, Invest Cyprus
George Campanellas, Director General, Invest Cyprus
|
About American Film Market Dailies
 Prewitt Jean
(IFTA) 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
2,000+ new films and projects
1,000+ production companies
400+ distributors
540+ films screened
100+ world premiers
70+ countries represented
50+ thought leaders speaking
7 days of networking activities
1 beachfront campus that covers it all
Santa Monica United States View my profileSend me a message
|
.jpeg)
.jpg)
