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I hope you are well and staying “Safe, Healthy, and Alert.” This 2020 has been a year where our organization is needed more than ever. We have achieved beyond expectations in "2020 Year of COVID-19," mainly due to Strategic Partnerships, barters, and many of our initiatives we implemented before the pandemic. During 2020 we were able to execute the following:
* Karl Bardosh Humanitarian Cellphone Awards (During Cannes Film Festival Virtual) ...
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Four years into quarantine the virus has changed and so have we…
In the terrifying thriller SONGBIRD, the COVID-23 virus has mutated and the world is in its fourth year of lockdown. Infected Americans are ripped from their homes and forced into quarantine camps known as Q-Zones, from which there is no escape, as a few brave souls fight back against the forces of oppression. Amid this dystopian landscape, a fearless courier, Nico (KJ Apa)...
News on acquisitions, festival screenings and markets
We're excited to announce that we have picked up the new WINNER of Best Documentary Award
at Haifa International Film Festival 2020
LEAVING PARADISE
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Curious about how buyers and sellers are navigating this shift to online tools and markets this year? Join us tomorrow, Nov. 11 at 2PM PST, for an active discussion on the future of online licensing as part of AFM Online 2020. We will dig into key questions, including how do sellers market their new line-ups and maximize results in a virtual market setting? How do buyers connect with sellers and view available films and promotional materials? How do buyers and sellers retain relation...
The panel was hosted by AFM November 10th, presented by Filmocracy. Here is the full capture thanks to Filmocracy.
The independent film world has been turned upside down, with production being halted, theaters closing and live events going virtual.
What will this mean to the “business” of movies, the function of festivals and the blurring lines of digital distribution?
From economics to discovery, sales to audience engagement, how do we face film exhibition in a new...
The first look photo for the new sports thriller STREAMLINE starring Jason Isaacs (Hotel Mumbai, The Patriot, Netflix’s “The OA”) and Levi Miller (Pan, Red Dog franchise, A Wrinkle in Time). The film is written and directed by Tyson Wade Johnston.
Pictured Levi Miller (photo credit Tom Byrnes)
Five-times Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe consulted and prepared Levi Milller for his role and the amazing portray of the cutthroat world of competitive swimming.
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Arclight Films is set to handle worldwide distribution rights for the romantic comedy A Very Senior High starring a stellar ensemble cast featuring Academy Award® winner Ellen Burstyn (The Tale, Interstellar), James Caan (Elf, Misery), two-time Academy Award® nominee Ann-Margret (Going in Style, Carnal Knowledge), Golden Globe nominee Jane Curtin (The Spy Who Dumped Me, The Heat), Emmy Award winner Loretta Devine (“Grey’s Anatomy,” Crash), Emmy Award winner Christophe...
HIGHLAND FILM GROUP HANDLING INTERNATIONAL SALES AT AFM
It was announced today that Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The 12th Man, History Channel’s “Vikings,” Showtime’s “The Tudors”) and Connor Paolo (Stake Land, Friend Request, ABC’s “Revenge”) will co-star in the upcoming action thriller Ambush starring Golden Globe® nominee Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight, Line of Duty) and co-starring Jason Genao (Logan, Netflix´s...
THE MARKET BEAT FROM THE FILMFESTIVALS.COM TEAM!
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I’m sketching, Interview with Jonathan Wolf, AFM, and Bruno Chatelin
In The Export Waters with very clear black & white print, a steering Jonathan Wolf is online at the helm, is navigating US to another kind of Financial Film Market 2020 XX AFM MAP XX and his 23rd edition.
This AFM dresses you with expo information, takes you to Stage One or Stage Two, allows travel void of time zones to a sequential networking pavilion, to Industry Buyers and Sellers, and let’s US enjo...
Mark Gill, President & CEO, Solstice Studios? Moderated by Anthony D’Alessandro, (left) Managing Editor, Deadline
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On releasing Unhinged into theatres:
“Our idea was that we could be first and probably elevate a film of an otherwise modest budget of $33 Million Dollars against Tenet which is hundreds of millions of dollars or Mulan and that we might have an opportunity to elevate the movie. And that is actually what hap...
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Created at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014, Shoot the Book! is a program that successfully brings together publishers, producers, talent agencies and studios.
Shoot the Book! Los Angeles, launched in 2016, is designed as a platform dedicated to the American market to display a selection of cutting-edge IPs chosen for their potential as screen adaptations (film, television, and other digital formats). Read more about the selections in our online booklet HERE.
This year, for ob...
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TYRESE GIBSON | JOHN MALKOVICH | MICHAEL JAI WHITE
A FORMER MARINE TURNED CHILD PROTECTION OFFICER, MUST SAVE AN IMMIGRANT CHILD FROM A CRIMINAL WHO HAS TRAPPED THEM AND OTHER HOSTAGES INSIDE A SUPERSTORE
(PRODUCTION WRAPPED SEPTEMBER 2020)
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PRODUCERS: JORDAN BECKERMAN | JORDAN YALE LEVINE
(BECKY & CHICK FIGHT)
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Voltage Pictures is launching international sales on writer-director Brian Baugh’s (The World We Make, I’m Not Ashamed) heartwarming romance Finding You, it was announced today by President and COO Jonathan Deckter. Voltage will begin talks on the hot title with buyers at the current American Film Market.
The film pairs rising stars Rose Reid, Jedidiah Goodacre, Katherine McNamara, Saoirse-Monica Jackson with industry heavyweights Judith Hoag, Patrick Bergin, Tom Ever...
Arclight Films is launching international sales on the acclaimed horror-thriller The Devil to Pay starring fast-rising actress Danielle Deadwyler (HBO’s “Watchmen”, FX’s “Atlanta”), Catherine Dyer (Netflix’s “Stranger Things”, The Blindside) and Jayson Warner Smith (AMC’s “The Walking Dead”, American Made), it was announced today by company Chairman Gary Hamilton. Arclight Films will present the film to buyers ahead of the...
The trailer for the new comedy FATHER CHRISTMAS IS BACK starring Elizabeth Hurley, John Cleese, and Kelsey Grammer. is ready for AFM. UK based, MSR Media produced the film and their sales arm MSR Media International is screening the film today for worldwide buyers. Below a snapshot of the film.
Director – Philippe Martinez (VIKTOR)
Cast - Elizabeth Hurley (“The Royals&rd...
CAPSTONE GROUP’S BLUE BOX INTERNATIONAL TO LAUNCH SALES AT AFM THIS WEEK
LOS ANGELES, CA (November 9, 2020) Four-time Academy Award nominated actor and filmmaker Ethan Hawke (First Reformed, Boyhood), Cristina Chiriac (Siberia, Tommaso) and Phil Neilson (Siberia, Ben-Hur) have joined seminal filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s (Bad Lieutenant, The Funeral, Kings Of New York) upcoming thriller Zeroes and Ones.
Both written and directed by Ferrara, filming begins in Italy later this mo...
Virtual AFM’20
JOSH HUTCHERSON AND MORE JOIN LIEV SCHREIBER’S ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES
Photo Credit: John Russo.
Tribune Pictures and The Exchange announced today that feature movie adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s final novel and NY Times bestseller ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES just added award-winning actor Josh Hutcherson and award-winning Italian actress Sabrina Impacciatore.
Propelled to stardom by the HUNGER GAMES franchise and the critically accla...
In the year 1381, in a temple far beneath London's infamous Newgate prison, the immortal demon Tyburn has constructed a doorway to hell, in a plot to use the forces of evil to conquer the world. Just as his plan is nearing completion, his immortal adversary Morgan takes the key to the doorway and traps Tyburn in his temple.
Over six hundred years la...
University students, Ray, Anna, Tyler, Halle, and Eisuke are enjoying college life and pursuing their dreams, but in reality, they have a secret mission, to fight against invading Reptilians from outer space. One day, Ray travels back in time to 330 million years ago on Earth, to find his missing friend Tyler who has fallen into a trap set by the evil alien, Dahar. During...
Satoru Ichijo receives amessage from the spiritual world and realizes his mission is to lead humankind to happiness. He became a successful businessman while publishing spiritual messages secretly, but the devil’s temptation shakes his mind and...
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AFM 2020 ONLINE SET TO OPEN MONDAY WITH A RECORD 562 exhibitors, PARTICIPANTS FROM 78 COUNTRIES, More Than 1,450 BUYERS AND 465 FILMS Screening
205 Speakers from 20 Countries Come Together Over 70+ Sessions Covering a Breadth of
Timely Topics Critical to the Global Independent Motion Picture Industry
Market Puts Emphasis on Networking with Unique Video “Tables”
Kicking off today, the American Film Market (AFM®) announced today that it will w...
THE MARKET BEAT FROM THE FILMFESTIVALS.COM TEAM!
Welcome to the release of our daily newsletter from Santa Monica View in your browser
Promote your line up during AFM I email us for a quote
FOLLOW FILMFESTIVALS.COM
Filmfestivals.com will be covering the online AFM 2020 (41 st edition) with dailies and newsletters.
Take center stage.... We would like to contr...
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(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
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