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American Film Market (AFM) 2011
Santa Monica - November 2 -
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• Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel and
Le Merigot Beach Hotel ••
The movie industry is made up of
hundreds of independent motion picture
production and distribution reaches its
peak every year atthe American Film Market
(AFM), the world's largest film market.
Founded in 1981, the AFM is a pivotal
destination for independent film companies
and business people from all over the
world. Each year, more than 8,000 industry
professionals converge in Santa Monica for
eight days of deal-making, screenings,
seminars, premieres, networking and
parties.
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The AFM offers unique accessibility
to the ever-changing global motion picture
industry. Unlike a film festival, the AFM
is a marketplace where production and
distribution deals are closed. In just
eight days, more than $800 million in
deals will be sealed on both completed
films and those that haven't started
shooting yet. Participants come from more
than 70 countries and include acquisition
and development executives, agents,
attorneys, directors, distributors,
financiers, film commissioners, producers,
writers, the world's press, and all those
who provide services to the motion picture
industry.
•••The
AFM is produced by the Independent Film
& Television Alliance (IFTA), the
trade association representing the world's
producers and distributors of independent
motion pictures and television
programs.
•••Films
available at this year's AFM can be found
in the The Film Catalogue,, IFTA's
comprehensive and authoritative online
source which gives up-to-the-minute
details on nearly 6,000 independent motion
pictures, and is regarded as the most
extensive and significant online film
resource for distributors and buyers
around the
globe.
•••The
Film Catalogue allows users to explore the
database of films by a myriad of search
options, including language, production
status, year of completion, budget,
director, cast, company, title and genre,
and is available in English, Italian,
Spanish, German, French, Portuguese,
Japanese, Mandarin and Korean.
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The site operates on a year-round
basis and highlights market line-ups at
AFM, EFM, Filmart and Cannes.
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This
year's AFM highlights include --
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More than 800 screenings of more than 400
films.
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30 films screened every two
hours.
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More than 400 production/distribution
companies
exhibiting.
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The AFM Conference Series, a five-day
conference program covering topics
spanning from treatment to screen and
featuring the industry's global thought
leaders, decision makers and experts, and
14 intimate, interactive and informative
Industry Conversationsled by visionaries,
trendsetters and experts.
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Future
dates: 2012: October 31 -- November
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I13: November 6 &endash; November
13
The business of independent motion
picture production and distribution - a
truly collaborative process - reaches its
peak every year at the American Film
Market. Over 8,000 industry leaders
converge in Santa Monica for eight days of
deal-making, screenings, seminars, red
carpet premieres, networking and parties.
Participants come from over 70 countries
and include acquisition and development
executives, agents, attorneys, directors,
distributors, festival directors,
financiers, film commissioners, producers,
writers, the world’s press all those
who provide services to the motion picture
industry.
Founded in 1981, the American Film
Market (AFM) has grown steadily to become
the premiere global marketplace where
Hollywood’s decision-makers and
trendsetters all gather under one roof.
Unlike a film festival, the AFM is a
marketplace where production and
distribution deals are closed. In just
eight days, more than $800 million in
deals will be sealed — on both
completed films and those that haven’t
started shooting yet — making AFM
the must-attend industry event.
The AFM transforms Santa Monica. The
Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel and the Le
Merigot Beach Hotel are converted into a
busy marketplace. All 23 screens on the
Santa Monica Promenade and the surrounding
community become AFM screening rooms for
the entire eight-day event and eight
digital and video screening rooms are
added just for the AFM. Participants may
view more than 900 screenings of
approximately 500 films - 31 new films
every two hours - the majority of them
world or U.S. premieres. Titles range from
big budget blockbusters that will be
released by the major studios in the U.S.,
to lower budget art and genre films
recognized at international film
festivals, all destined for theaters and
television around the world.
With 8,000 attendees, 900 screenings,
and seminars programmed by leading
industry organizations, the American Film
Market continues to be the pivotal
destination for independent filmmakers and
business people from all over the
world.
When:
2009: November 4 - 11
2010: November 3 - 10
2011: November 2 - 9
2012: October 31 - November 7
"AFI Fest in 2008 has
adopted a festival-of-festivals approach,
resulting in its strongest lineup in at
least 20 years." Variety 2008
"In a press release
issued this morning, the American Film
Institute announced that tickets to all
film screenings at this year's AFI Fest
(October 30-November 7) will be made free
to the public...This decision,
unprecedented for a festival of AFI Fest's
size...is the latest sign of the
renaissance the city s longest-running
festival has been enjoying..." LA Weekly
(2009)
AFI
FEST presented by Audi will celebrate
its 23rd year with the theme
"SEE A FILM ON US". In the spirit of
"giving back" to our community and to
promote philanthropy through film, AFI
FEST will offer complimentary individual
tickets to all screenings, including a
limited number of seats to the galas.
The festival headquarters will be at
the historic Mann's Chinese Theaters
between October 30th and
November 5th, and then move to
the seaside for screening in Santa Monica
presented in association with the American
Film Market (AFM). The Hollywood Roosevelt
returns as the festival's host hotel.
Each fall, AFI FEST presents a survey
of the year's most significant films.
Featuring international work from emerging
filmmakers, global showcases of films from
the great masters and red-carpet gala
premieres, AFI FEST brings world cinema to
the heart of Hollywood.
Artists in attendance last year
included Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman,
Emma Thompson, Michelle Williams, Evan
Rachel Wood, Amy Adams, Joaquin Phoenix,
Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Orlando
Bloom, David Fincher, Arnaud Desplechin,
Jacqueline Bisset, Elijah Wood, Ryan
Gosling, Billy Zane, Mark Ruffalo, Julia
Ormond, Sally Hawkins, Gotz Spielmann,
Diego Luna, Paul Schrader, Jeff Goldblum,
John Singleton, Spike Jonze, Arthur Dong,
John Patrick Shanley, Amber Tamblyn,
Seymour Cassel, Jennifer Morrison, Joanna
Cassidy, Tilda Swinton, Danny Boyle, Bai
Ling, Russell Wong, Kate Del Castillo,
Rodrigo Santoro, Jason Statham, Jason
Priestly, Michael Cimino, Kelly Lynch, Dev
Patel, Freida Pinto, Amil Kapoor, Haskell
Wexler, Kevin McKidd, Edward Asner, Ellen
Page, Emily Blunt, Matt Dillon, Fred Ward,
Diane Farr, Stephen Collins, Kimora Lee
Simmons, Liev Schrieber, Jamie Bell,
Vanessa Redgrave, Djimon Hounsou, John
Singleton, Steven Soderbergh and Benicio
Del Toro.
For more than 10 years, top-tier
working professionals from across the
digital entertainment spectrum have come
together under the banner of the AFI
Digital Content Lab to brainstorm and
incubate cutting-edge solutions that set a
standard for innovation, inspirations and
value. As part of AFI FEST, DIGIFEST will
present new work from AFI Digital Content
Lab at AFI FEST on November 4th
and 5th.
Another key festival program, AFI
PROJECT: 20/20 is an unprecedented
collaboration between the American Film
Institute, the National Endowment for the
Arts, the National Endowment for the
Humanities, the Institute of Museum and
Library Services and the President's
Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
(PCAH). Drawing on the joint resources and
expertise of these supporters, AFI
PROJECT: 20/20 connects audiences with
global filmmakers to advance cultural
exchange.
AFI FEST presented by Audi is the only
film festival in the United States to hold
the prestigious FIAPF
accreditation, assuring a high standard of
quality and reliability for the
international film community.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences recognizes AFI FEST as a
qualifying festival for the Short Films
category of the annual Academy Awards.
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Cartoonist Matt Groening created the
infamous Simpson family: Homer, Marge,
Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson &endash; all
now identifiable by their silhouettes
alone. The series aired their
historic 400th episode in May 2007,
followed by the successful The Simpsons
Movie in July 2007. In 2000 the show
received a Star on The Hollywood Walk of
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opened at Universal Studios in Orlando,
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Simpsons were honored with five U.S.
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h h h . . . Fall in Cannes …
no matter if it's in the Spring or Fall,
there's the mild breezes' blow as the warm
Mediterranean sun smiles over this
beautiful spot on the Cote d'Azur. There
you can feel a timeless sensuality,
assuaging a nostalgia for the
Mediterranean which since as far back as
the 16th century has been a constant theme
in many a Northern European's
life. •
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"Now give us lands
where the olives grow," Cried the North to
the South, "Where the sun with a golden
mouth can blow blue bubbles of grapes down
the vineyard row!" Cried the North to the
South. (to borrow a phrase from the
English writer Elizabeth Barret
Browning).
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"Cannes," wrote
Charles Lentheric, the indispensable and
erudite historian of maritime Provence, in
1880, "is a town where you feel no need to
work," and "where the inhabitants were not
interested in the world that lay beyond
their shady gardens, or the sheltered
balconies of their hotels."
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Now the world has
come to Cannes, chosen it to be their
Mediterranean queen for its annual events,
and when you stroll along the Croisette on
some warm April day you will hardly share
Mr. Lenteric's sentiments. Voila! Cannes!
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