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AFM Happenings, Friday, November 2

 

The Global Perspective, Starlight Ballroom, Fairmont Hotel (9:15am - 12:45am)

 

VIEW FROM THE TOP

Presenter/Moderator:

§  Erich Schwartzel, Film Industry Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Panelists:

§  Jean M. Prewitt, President & CEO, Independent Film & Television Alliance

§  Charles H. Rivkin, Chairman & CEO, Motion Picture Association of America

 

THE PRODUCER & FINANCIER PERSPECTIVE

Panelists:

§  Arianne Fraser, CEO, Highland Film Group

§  John Friedberg, President, International Sales, STX Entertainment

§  Milan Popelka, COO, FilmNation Entertainment

 

FROM THE FRONTLINES: THE BUYER PERSPECTIVE

Moderator:

§  Jeremy Kay, U.S. Editor, Screen International

Panelists:

§  Sasha Bühler, Head of Acquisitions, Constantin Film

§  Victor Hadida, President, Metropolitan Filmexport

§  Syrinthia Studer, EVP, Worldwide Acquisitions, Paramount

 

OTHER EVENTS TOMORROW:

 

SPOTLIGHT: Korea CG/VFX Pitching Showcase, AFM Studio, Loews Hotel (10:00am - 11:30am)

Presenters:

§  Sunwoo Nam, Producer, W2 Studios

§  Min Sun Hye, Chief Producer WYSIWYG Studios

§  Ko Eun Jung, Head of Marketing, Digitalidea VFX

§  Karl Hur, Executive Producer, Mofac Creative Works

§  Stephen Hwang, Marketing Manager, Studio Macrograph

§  Byungho Jeong, Senior Director, Magnon Studio

§  Daeyong Shin, Supervisor, 4th Creative Party

§  Sung Jin, Yoo, Senior Producer, Alfred Imageworks

§  Fred Stiehl, Manager Distribution & Investment, Redrover Co.

 

SPOTLIGHT: Producing Successful Content for A Global Market, AFM Studio, Loews Hotel (2:30pm - 3:30pm)

Moderator

§  Ryan Faughnder, LA Times

Panelists

§  Belle Avery, Writer/Director/Producer

§  William Feng, Head of Greater China & Vice President, Asia Pacific, MPA

§  Sarah Platt, Wanda

§  Bennett Pozil, Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Banking, East West Bank

§  Xiaotian Miao, General Manager, China Film Co-productions Corp.

 

SPOTLIGHT: Engage: 21st Century Creatives and Storytelling, Starlight Ballroom, Fairmont Hotel (2:30pm – 5:45pm)

Keynote Conversation:

§  Cedric “The Entertainer”

Panelists and Contributors:

§  Obba Babatundé, Actor, Singer-Dancer, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

§  Effie Brown , Film and Television Producer, Project Greenlight

§  Joi Carr, Scholar/Author, Actor/Singer-Songwriter, Pepperdine University

§  Erica Gimpel, Actor, Singer-Songwriter, Producer and Screenwriter, Fame

§  Kim Coles, Actor, Comedian, Author, Living Single

§  Suzanne Farwell, Producer/Writer, The Intern

§  Vanessa Williams, Actress, Singer, Writer, and Director, Soul Food

§  Marlon Young, Actor, Survivor’s Remorse

 

SPOTLIGHT: Understanding Distribution In China, AFM Studio, Loews Hotel (4:00pm – 5:00pm)

Moderator

§  Erich Schwartzel, Wall Street Journal

Panelists

§  David Lee, Founder and CEO, Leeding Media

§  William Pfeiffer, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, Globalgate Entertainment

§  Bill Sondheim, President, Cinedigm Entertainment Group

§  Jack Gao, Founding Partner and CEO, Smart Cinema

 

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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
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

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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