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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. 

2024: November 5 – 10

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AFM Sessions Day 2: Speakers from 30 West, AGC, Ashland Hill Media, FilmNation, Netflix & More

 

 

 

 

9:30am - The Finance Conference – Session I, (Pacific Stage)

Panelists:  

Milan Popelka, COO, FilmNation 

Joe Simpson, Managing Partner, Ashland Hill Media Finance 

Tim White, Co-CEO / Founder, Star Thrower Entertainment

Laura Lewis, CEO & Founder, Rebelle Media

Moderator: 

Jill Goldsmith, Co-Business Editor, Deadline 

 

11:30am - The Finance Conference – Session 2, (Pacific Stage)

Panelists: 

Ryan Broussard, VP of Sales & Production Incentives, Wrapbook 

Jeaneane Davey, Director of Production Tax Planning & Incentives, Netflix 

Patrick Rizzotti, Co-Founder & President, Blue Fox Financing 

Moderator: 

Will French, Head of Film & Television, Fallbrook 

 

12:00pm - Six Imperatives for Rendering Black Lives in Media Presented in Partnership with NAACP (Malibu Stage) 

Panelists:  

Ivan Juzang, Founder and President of MEE Productions 

Michael Swanson, CEO, Faith Filmworks 

Tiffany Yvonne Cox, Actress / Multi-hyphenate 

Yvette Nicole Brown, Actress 

Moderator: 

Kyle Bowser, Senior Vice President of NAACP Hollywood Bureau 

 

2:30pm - The Global Perspective: Breaking the Boundaries of Today’s Film Marketplace (Pacific Stage)

Panelists: 

Mark Gooder, Co-President, Cornerstone 

Syrinthia Studer, EVP, International Productions, Paramount Pictures 

Christian Vesper, CEO, Global Drama, Fremantle 

Moderator: 

Steven Gaydos, SVP of Global Content & Executive Editor, Variety 

 

4:30pm - The Content Audiences Want & The Industry Needs to Provide, (Pacific Stage)

Panelists: 

Lourdes Diaz, CCO, AGC Studios 

Jeffrey Greenstein, President, Millennium Media 

Maren Olsen, Sales & Acquisitions, 30WEST 

Joe Lewis, Founder & CEO, Amplify 

Moderator:  

Scott Roxborough, European Bureau Chief, The Hollywood Reporter 

 

5:00pm - Funding Queer Narratives: Financing LGBTQIA+ Stories with Social Impact Presented in Partnership with GLAAD (Malibu Stage)

Panelists: 

Steph Oauknine, Senior Production Executive, Wondery and Amazon 

Mychael G. Chinn, Director, Original Movies & Limited Series for the MTV Entertainment Studios 

Tuck Dowrey, Director of Development, PageBoy 

Moderator: 

Alex Schmider, Director of Transgender Representation, GLAAD

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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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