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AFM Today Nov 8, 2016 4yk4s

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Distribution Conference 9:15am – 10:45am Working with Sales Agents To reach the global audience, an independent producer’s best ally is their international Sales Agent. Our of experts will discuss how to find and work with the right Sales Agent.   Clay Epstein, President, Film Mode Entertainment   Initial ists David Lancaster, Producer, Rumble Films Douglas Mankoff, Producer...
 
 
 
Digital Gym

> AFM DAILIES   6i5y60

AFM Finance Conference II Quotes: Producing Studio Films with Independent Budgets 66724m

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PRODUCING STUDIO FILMS WITH INDEPENDENT BUDGETS– QUOTES:   Paul Hanson CEO, Covert Media PreviousNext Close Paul Hanson, CEO of Covert Media “There’s a lot of doom and gloom but our experience has been that if we have something that’s real and its rational in of the pricing and budget, then yes, we’re still getting business done. There’s a great thirst at international distribution level for high q...
 
 

AFM Finance Conference II Quotes: The Film Finance Matrix: From Script to Screen 1p56b

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Joe Chianese, EVP of EP Financial Solutions, Brian O’Shea, CEO of The Exchange, Shirley Davis, Senior Vice President of Physical Production at Alcon Entertainment, Stefan Lutje, Partner at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, and Adrian Ward, SVP & Division Manager of Entertainment Industries Division at Pacific Mercantile Bank, arrive at the American Film Market Finance Conference II: The Film Finance Matrix: From Script to Screen at the Fairmont Hotel on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, in Santa M...
 

AFM Conference Quotes: Working With Talent Agents 5v6k69

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Mark Ankner, Partner of Global Finance & Distribution at WME, Jessica Lacy, Partner/Head of International & Independent at ICM, Kevin Iwashina, Founder & CEO of Preferred Content, Rena Ronson, Partner/Head of Independent Film Group at UTA, and Maren Olson, Agent at CAA, arrive at the American Film Market Production Conference: Working with Talent Agents at the Fairmont Hotel on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision for IFTA/AP Images) &n...
 

AFM Conference Quotes: Producing for the Pre-Sales Marketplace 4snx

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Eric Brenner, President of ETA Films, Tamara Birkemoe, President & COO of Foresight Unlimited, Tannaz Anisi, President of 13 Films, Paul Bales, Partner & COO of The Asylum, Caroline Couret-Delegue, Managing Director of Truffle Pictures, and Paul Hertzberg, President & CEO of CineTel Films, Inc., arrive at the American Film Market Production Conference: Producing for the Pre-Sales Marketplace at the Fairmont Hotel on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Pho...
 

American Film Market Roundtable - Distributing and Monetizing Feature Documentaries 536w6a

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Lise Romanoff, Managing Director/CEO Worldwide Distribution of Vision Films, Mike Runagall, Managing Director of Altitude Film Sales, and Kevin Iwashina, Founder & CEO of Preferred Content, speak at the American Film Market Roundtable - Distributing and Monetizing Feature Documentaries at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision for IFTA/AP Images) Lise Romanoff, Managing Director/CEO Worl...
 

The High Frontier the new survival thriller from OneEyedFilms 5z1r1a

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The High Frontier / Dir Wojciech Kasperski / Poland / 98’ / 2016 Genre  Survival Thriller   Austin Fantastic Fest Official Selection Audience Award, Best Music, Best Actor - Koszalin Film Festival Gdynia Film Festival Official Selection Special Jury mention - Krakow Off Camera Festival   ‘’Slow-burning thriller… fabulous use of hostile natural environment… a powerf...
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The NAFCA (Nollywood African Film Critics Award) LA Nov 19 661u4e

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NAFCA Awards are prestigious awards for achievements in the film industry and The NAFCA Honors are awarded to recognize outstanding individuals whose professional careers have been marked by extraordinary personal and professional accomplishments. Honorees and winners are awarded the NAFCA Trophies, officially the Award of Merit that is much better known by its nickname NAFCA.    The award was first presented in 2011 to President Nelson Mande...
 

Did you miss Covert Media poolside soiree at the Viceroy on Friday night 2e5466

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Covert Media hosted the second edition of its annual cocktail party at the Viceroy on Friday night ( Nov 4th) . CEO Paul Hanson and President of International Liz Kim Schwan greeted the 250 guests at the swinging event.    The poolside soiree was attended by MCC’s  Sasha Shapiro, actor Stephen Moyer, producer Michael Corrente, director Mitja Okorn,  directors of Covert's YA thriller NEED Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann as well as buyers from many...
 

IM Global Television and IDW Entertainment will co-develop and co-produce action drama LD50 6e1d3l

 
IM Global Television and IDW Entertainment will co-develop and co-produce action drama LD50, it was announced today by IM Global Television President Mark Stern. Created by Scott Dacko, who will executive produce and write the script, LD50 is an expansive, thought-provoking character-drama set in a world in which a virus has decimated the male population and created a tenuous balance between a small pocket of healthy people and the infected women who surround them. IDW Publishing, one of t...
 

Film Mode Entertainment Releases Their First Major Feature Film, ALLEYCATS 1g6a6a

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Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment debuts distribution-arm with the North American release of action-thriller, ALLEYCATS, on December 15, starring Eleanor Tomlinson, John Hannah, Sonoya Mizuno, John Lynch and Sam Keeley     Click here to view the trailer   Film Mode Entertainment is thrilled to announce their acquisition and release of ALLEYCATS, the new, adrenaline-pumped action-thriller produced by UK-based The Fyzz Facility and Misfits Entertainment and fe...
 
 

Quotes from the annual Pitch Conference 2p2zg

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Quotes from the annual Pitch Conference, seeing a host of volunteers pitch their projects to a of experts including Virgin Produced’s Tobin Armbrust, and Independent Producer/Agent, Cassian Elwes. Producer Cassian Elwes, Pilar Alessandra, Instructor/Consultant of On The Page, and Tobin Armbrust, President of Virgin Produced, arrive at the American Film Market Pitch Conference at the Fairmont Hotel on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Dan Ste...
 
 

Film Constellation @ AFM with DOUBLE DATE 442c3o

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Meet innocent Jim, terrified of girls, and on a reluctant quest to prove his manhood the night before he turns 30. He and his cocky friend Alex think they’ve hit the jackpot when they meet the beautiful siblings Kitty and Lulu, who seem up for anything on a wild party-fuelled night.  But little do they know that the femmes fatales want to make Jim lose much more than just his virginity… Getting laid has never been so bloody difficult.  ...
 
 

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DRAMA LINE-UP FOR AFM 2016 FROM SUMMER HILL FILMS & TOMCAT FILMS   Canvas Drama Canvas is the story of an artist struggling to find a coherent aesthetic and balance his love for art, a woman, and his brother. Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s letters to his brother Theo, it is an epistolary piece set in modern day Chicago. Watch the trailer for "Can...
 
 

AFM Today Nov 6, 2016 3km4s

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Production Conference sponsored by .film   9:15am – 10:45am Producing for the Pre-Sales Marketplace Pre-Selling to territorial Buyers is key to financing most independent films. What are they looking for? Which genres and talent? How do you set a budget that will reflect the marketplace? Discover which projects are most likely to sell globally before they are made.   Paul Hertzberg, President &...
 

Andrew Lauren Productions to Produce and Finance Claire Denis' "HIGH LIFE" Starring Robert Pattinson, Patricia Arquette ... 482a32

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Andrew Lauren Productions (ALP) has partnered with Alcatraz Films, Pandora Film Produktion, The Apocalypse Films, and Madants to produce and finance "High Life”, the English-language debut of acclaimed French filmmaker Claire Denis. The film, which stars Robert Pattinson, Patricia Arquette and Mia Goth, is a sexy sci-fi thriller about convicts who trade in their jail time by agreeing to crew a dangerous mission to a black hole, set on an intergalactic ship designed by renowned visua...
 

AFM Roundtable - The ion of the Film: From Inspiration to Release 4y67

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Barbara Mudge, President & Founder of Worldwide Film Entertainment, Rich Peluso, Senior Vice President of AFFIRM Films, Cindy Bond, Founder & President of Mission Pictures, and Andrea Nasfell, Screenwriter of "Moms' Night Out", speak at the American Film Market Roundtable - The ion of the Film: From Inspiration to Release at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision for IFTA/AP Images) ...
 
 

AFM Finance Conference II: Producing Studio Films with Independent Budgets 293z2k

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Richard Botto, Founder & CEO of Stage 32, Zanne Devine, EVP of Film & Television at Miramax, Paul Hanson, CEO of Covert Media, Mitchell Peck, Producer at Peck Entertainment, and Michael Ryan, Partner at GFM Films and Chairman of IFTA, speak at the American Film Market Finance Conference II: Producing Studio Films with Independent Budgets at the Fairmont Hotel on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif.  Michael Ryan, Partne...
 
 

American Film Market Arbitrator Breakfast at the Fairmont Nov. 5, 2016 2c3k

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American Film Market Arbitrator Breakfast at the Fairmont Hotel on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision for IFTA/AP Images) American Film Market Arbitrator Breakfast at the Fairmont Hotel on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision for IFTA/AP Images)   ...
 

American Film Market Roundtable - Asian VOD w1o58

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Sanjay Bachani, Managing Director at FilmKaravan LLC., Belsasar Lepe, Co-Founder & SVP of Products & Solutions for Ooyala, Fabio Lima, CEO of Sofa Digital, Liz Shackleton, Asia Editor for Screen International, and Felix Tsang, Sales & Acquisitions Manager for Golden Scene Co. Ltd., speak at the American Film Market Roundtable - Asian VOD at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision for IFTA/AP Images...
 

Roundtable: ‘Making an Impact: How Telling LGBT Stories Can Pay Off’ 2a3l6p

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Ambiance Roundtable: ‘Making an Impact: How Telling LGBT Stories Can Pay Off’ featuring J. Todd Harris, Executive Producer, The Kids Are All Right; Melissa Coghlan, Producer, Below Her Mouth; Tina Mabry, Writer/Director/Producer, Queen Sugar; Mississippi Damned; and Cassian Elwes, Independent Producer/Agent, Dallas Buyers Club. Producer Melissa Coghlan, Producer J. Todd Harris, Lucy Mukerjee-Brown, Director of Programming of Outfest, Prod...

Animaze 2017 submission now OPEN - Top 100 festivals voted 5 STAR

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Studio 100 Film Presents First Teaser For "Maya The Bee 2 - The Honey Games"

Gold Valley Films International launches sales company at AFM

Digital Gym

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Ventana Sur Animation Pitching Projects Selection

Sci-Fi and Action in "Genesis: Fall of the Crime Empire"! from TomCat Films/Summer Hill Films 4b4q28

Curtain Set To Rise On Hong Kong Day At AFM 5i4h2

Gold Valley Films International launches sales company at AFM 732k5v

IMR International sells the international rights for Orlando Bloom’s S.M.A.R.T. Chase at the AFM 75q3k

Chiara Gelardin and Claire Taylor London Headquarters of Rocket Science 49365k

Money Making World Premiere Movies from Troma Entertainment, Inc. Available to the International Market 5q493k

IM Global Television has signed an exclusive two year first-look TV deal with award-winning writer and producer David Goyer 6a2h1x

Thomas Mann attached to Beef from The Exchange 3q1l68

Is it time to upgrade your Rights Management System? 94z3m

Covert Media is announcing a new project for AFM, "Need" based on the highly popular YA novel of the same name 723c3j

Studio 100 Film Brings The Brand New Animation Movie "Quixote's ­ The Heirs Of La Mancha" at AFM 2016 2j5g5v

Creepy Mystery Thriller available from Generation X Group for AFM 2016 5ak3x

JOEY SCARPELLINO and JORDANA LAJOIE the Cast of Millennial “No Labels” Movie MORNING AFTER 4g2m26

367 exhibiting companies and more than 7,500 attendees from over 80 countries expected in Santa Monica  1b5u1v

FILMSTRUCK: Turner and Criterion's new streaming service is LIVE! 672y1d

Family Films for AFM 2016 From Summer Hill Films and TomCat Films 4i4i53

Dead Awake and AFM 2016 Lineup for Archstone Distribution 2p1i3a

One Eyed FILMS AFM 2016 Lineup 5g1y44

Film Constellation AFM 2016 line-up 4d4r

DDI has acquired worldwide sales rights of TRIPLE WORD SCORE 1b5f57

MUNDIAL 2016 AFM Line-Up 4g2w1i

Roland Joffé’s THE FORGIVEN starring Forest Whitaker and Eric Bana Lands North American Distribution with Saban Films 433b6n

Global Firm Greenberg Traurig Snags Role as Co-Presenting Sponsor of the AFM 2016 Conference Series n94n

Real Big Hits AFM 2016 LINEUP 6a2w58

Brenton Thwaites has been cast as the lead of the action thriller Entry Level 30524u

DDI acquired worldwide sales rights of comedy feature RIPPED 456r2w

Breakthrough Entertainment Heads to AFM With an Exciting Roster of Releases Highlighted by Two New Horror Features, 143zl

AFM business links with Asia continue to strengthen: 200 registrants from mainland China 482n5y

Tiberius Film acquires James Franco’s FUTURE WORLD and further Highlights at the AFM 2016 131j1h

Gerard Butler s Scot Peter Mullan and Joe Alwyn for the psychological thriller Keepers by Cross Creek Pictures 2l1n3t

Academy Award Nominee Tom Hardy to Star as Al Capone in Fonzo. 291s2i

You were never here, New Title Available from Premiere Entertainment 6r2e4v

Bruno Wu to speak at AFM 5d4d1t

Rebecca Ferguson to star in The Lady And The Panda 96s6f

THE WATERSHED by Annabel Soutar, Directed by Chris Abraham 5s5648

Fundamental Films has picked up the spec script “Hummingbird” by John McClain 4n5t8

Conference updates and program at AFM 3c1hf

AFM Roundtables updates and program 113i29

AFM Exhibitor List Update n702g

NANA A Transgenerational Documentary on Tolerance World Premiering at St Louis Festival 476c1f

Shocking Thriller THE HARROW - New to Market AFM 2016 513l15

Scott Francis s THX in the newly created position of Chief Technology Officer 3u234n

Robert Redford and Casey Affleck ing The Old Man and the Gun. Rocket Science will handle internationals sales at AFM 4vfy

MK2 introduces the Yiddish collection in 2K at AFM 6u6z3g

AFM – Screen International on VOD in Asia g2q37

Evolutionary Filmspicked up STRONGER THAN BULLETS, winner of Best Documentary Feature at Woodstock Festival 6x5cw

SAANSEIN - A romantic-horror franchise in the making? 6r6d5z

All Rights Ent @ AFM // Updated Line up 6q4m5o

AFM 2016 - Screen Media - Line-Up 395w2r

Mundial AFM Screening: JEREMY 12h17

AFM Screenings: BALLAD IN BLOOD and BABYLON SISTERS 246f35

Face to Face with Germans 2s5d1x

House of Film AFM line up 532lv

13 Films Hires Greg Schenz as Vice President 6l3h1y

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice' documentary sparks White House recognition of the 1936 African-American Olympians 3v6i1b

Anonymous by Archstone Pictures 4y3v4n

Lin Oeding is confirmed to direct OFFICE UPRISING ic2u

VERSATILE Line up @ AFM 2016 5e6n2l

Animation, Action, Disaster and Horror titles from Fantastic Films International at AFM g5b3d

Olga Kurylenko is set to star as the title character in the action packed crime thriller Jane Millen 32s6i

European Umbrella Prominent platforms for deal making at the AFM 1i1f72

Eleeanora Images brings 4 titles to AFM 2016 733s4i

Summerside International's film slate at AFM 2016 2c114x

Edge signs acclaimed ‘Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe” cg24

ITN at AFM 2016 2f1e1

Vision Films AFM 2016 Screening Schedule 1w2e6c

EuropaCorp s ANEW, Nippon Television and Depth of Field to Finance and Produce ‘Shield of Straw’ 5m112u

AFM 2016 UDI in Santa Monica 5k1w4w

AFM 2016: Justin Chadwick/ The Exchange brings Pandas to AFM b5x4m

AFM 2016 TriCoast thrillers 2b6w46

Pure Flix / Quality Flix introduces 'The Case For Christ' Based on a Best Selling Book 496n36

AFM 2016 Line up Fabrication Films y2d6o

AI Film announced that it will fully finance Craig Gillespie’s “I, Tonya" (Harding) 5r1t5l

Dearest Sister Market Premiere at AFM from Raven Banner Entertainment 6njd

AFM 2016 Line up from Premiere Entertainment 5a3l56

Neil Goetz New movie marketing company 4sye

Visual Effects master Paul Franklin (Inception, Interstellar) has come on to direct the action thriller Resurface fzq

 

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