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If you missed our AFM campus webinar yesterday, the recording is now available
AFM 2020 Online Campus Tour / Q&A from American Film Market on Vimeo.
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Despite Covid Obstacles, More in the Works
Multi Award-Winning, Multi-Faceted, Entertainment Media Group Goes Private and Reports Rise in Production, Distribution, Profits and Commercially Viable Projects That Raise the Genre Bar Across the Board and All Platforms Globally
Wonderfilm Media, founded by Jeff Bowler, former head of production and acquisitions for The Exchange (Dear White People, 2 Guns, Romeo and Juliet) and Bret Saxon. Wonderfilm Media is a le...
AFM 2020 New Titles, Screenings + Current Line-up
STONERUNNER
All-action adventure animation
In the distant future machines have destroyed the planet and the world is slowly being rebuilt. In this inspiring tale a young boy must fight for his family and their freedom with the help of a benevolent robot.
Director - Steve Trenbirth (Disney's Jungle Book 2)
CGI animation and Australia / New Zealand co-production.
First footage available
Delivery Q...
PALATIN MEDIA HAD A SUCCESSFUL MIPCOM ONLINE+
Munich based Palatin Media looks back at a very successful MipCom online+. SPIDES, a series (season 1, 8x1h) produced for the NBCUniversal International Networks has been sold to more than 130 countries, powered by stellar success at US American platform Crackle+. Crackle’s stock listed parent company Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq: CSSE) announced, that SPIDES was the highest-grossing fiction series ...
Acort International is one of the top worldwide distributors of independent films in the global marketplace. We specialize in the horror, thriller, action, and sci-fi/fantasy genres catering to New Media and Digital platforms. We exhibit at most major film markets and have sold hundreds of successful films in all world territories big and small.
Our films are a proven commodity for distributors around the world and we continue to maintain prosperous relationships with the inte...
Ava Gardner had to break Frank Sinatra's heart to save his Career
American Movie Awards - Grand Jury Prize - Best Feature Film
American Movie Awards - Narrative Feature - Official Finalist
Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival - Best Independent Film
Mexico International Film Festival - Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Directing
European Independent Film Award - Nominated, Platinum Award - Best Actor
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival - October Award - Be...
Russian World Vision (RWV) specializes in selling and acquiring all types of rights; also engaged in film production. One of the company's missions is to demonstrate the high-quality content and commercial potential of Russian movies.
RWV continues partnerships with all major foreign markets (more than 150 countries). In 2020 the company has significantly widened its library for international sales. The company focuses on projects which represent the glob...
German Films will be represented at American Film Market 2020 with a digital umbrella booth, with links in place to direct you to the individual participating companies. The following world sales agents have registered: ARRI Media International, Beta Cinema, Films Boutique, Media Luna new films, Picture Tree International, Pluto Film, Rise and Shine World Sales and Sola Media. They will show German films in 16 digital market screenings.
In addition to the umbrella booth and market screeni...
3rd most watched animated series behind Peppa Pig and PJ Masks
21,2% market share on France Television (4-10 years' old)
62 million views on catch up App
Characters' faces adaptable to the territory
Audiences can add their own face to be part of the series
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New WW Acquisition: INTERSECTION
Breaking Glass Pictures is proud to announce a recent acquisition for worldwide rights on a brand new Australian crime, thriller, 'INTERSECTION' starring Matt Doran of The Matrix for AFM. When a conman discovers his son is abducted, he is forced to drive the city streets completing an escalating series of trials to appease his child’s kidnapper, and atone for his career of deception.
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WW Rights
Av...
IN TOO DEEP: Thrillers That'll Leave You at the Edge of Your Seat
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SHOWREEL: OUR STORIES MAKE THE WORLD BETTER
A new showreel from FILM.UA Group – signature projects, celebs, secrets, struggle, monsters, magic, and love.
You will see shots from The Sniffer 4, Love in Chains, There Will Be Humans, and Hide and Seek series; Maid-in-Law, The Rising Hawk, Pulse, Mr Jones, Crazy Wedding 2, The Stronghold, and Battle for Sevastopol features; The Stolen Princess and Brave Bu...
Golden Globe winner Kevin Bacon (Black Mass, Mystic River, Showtime’s “City on a Hill”) joins Colson Baker (The Dirt, Project Power), also known as recording artist “Machine Gun Kelly” and Travis Fimmel (Ridley Scott’s ”Raised by Wolves,” “Vikings,” Warcraft) to star in the new action-thriller One Way, directed by Andrew Baird (Zone 414) fr...
Highland Film Group announced today the company has come aboard to handle worldwide sales for the new horror action thriller The Lair written, directed, and produced by Neil Marshall (20th Century Fox’s Dog Soldiers, Lionsgate’s The Descent, The Reckoning, Lionsgate’s Hellboy). Casting is currently underway with plans to start principal photography in Spring 2021. Highland Film Group will introduce the project to buyers at the upcoming vi...
Cloud21 International (www.cloud21.com) and Kultura PR International (www.kulturapr.com) are pleased to present the third annual "Production Without Borders” special event that will be held during the 2020 virtual American Film Market on November 10, 2020 at 11 a.m PST.
The online event "Production Without Borders 2020" is scheduled for November 10, 2020 at 11 AM PST/Los Angeles (2 PM EST/New York).
The online event will feature a panel of some of the top names and rising ...
Industry Offices – Hundreds of sales and production companies, and industry organizations from around the world.
LocationEXPO – Film Commissions, production facilities, service companies and institutions.
Stage 1 & Stage 2 – Over 200 speakers will participate in more than 70 live sessions – Conferences, Panels, Workshops, Conversations and Presentations – all with on-demand replays.
On ...
The Industry office will host 527 Exhibitors (a nice progression over 2019 / 375 exhibitors registered last year at Loews...)
45% of these exhibitors are US based : 241 Exhibitors
31% (167) from Europe : 44 from UK only 19 from France
Notably few chinese companies (6 only)
101 Films International
United Kingdom
101 Studios
United States
102 Distribution
Italy
1080 Virtual Med...
As you prepare for AFM 2020 Online, make the MyAFM building (click on the image bottom left building) your first stop on the AFM2020.online campus.
Here you can connect with other participants, select the AFM Programs you want to attend and set one-on-one Zoom meetings all from within this platform.
Once inside MyAFM, go to My Account > Edit My Profile to define your areas of expertise and add important details such as a bio, current projects and any personal links for IMDb and social media...
Welcome to AFM 2020 Online, November 9 – 13.
TECH REQUIRMENTS: Recommendations for an optimum market experience.
To enter the market, go to www.AFM2020.online and click the LOGIN button in upper right corner of the webpage.
GETTING AROUND CAMPUS
Open Now
MyAFM: Your first stop should be the MyAFM building to create your profile and start engaging with other participants.
Opening Wednesday, November 4
INFO CENTER: For assistance or questions, meet with an AFM Customer Service...
UK sales company SC Films International has acquired world sales rights to animated adventure STONERUNNER and will launch the title at next month's American Film Market (AFM, November 4-11).
The family title will begin pre-production in Australia and New Zealand in December. It is a co-production between New Zealand's Huhu Animation Studios, and Accent Media Group and FG Film Productions in Australia.
It is scheduled for a December 2022 delivery, ahead of a 2023 theatrical re...
Check out our 2020 line-up and our new projects!
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BRAND NEW SLATE OF ROMANTIC/COMEDIES
COMPLETED - READY FOR DELIVERY
Courting Mom and Dad is a family comedy about three children who are at their wit's end when they discover their parent's impending divorce. In a last ditch effort to save their family, the children seek the help of a rather eccentric personal injury attorney to help them delay the divorce. In the interim, the parents rediscover their love for one another.
CAST
KRISTY SWANSON
Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
Fe...
