A total of 445 films in 27 languages including 73 world premieres and 311 market premieres will screen during the 30th AFM, set to run in Santa Monica from November 4-11.

The roster includes recent Toronto world premieres Chloe from Atom Egoyan, Jon Amiel’s Creation, Get Low with Robert Duvall, Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek, Mother And Child with Annette Bening, and Harry Brown starring Michael Caine.

Also screening are the thriller Unthinkable with Samuel Jackson and Michael Sheen, which Nick Meyer’s fledgling Sierra Pictures has taken over for Kimmel International, as well as gang drama Down For Life starring Danny Glover and Snoop Dogg, and Storm Warriors, starring Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, Nicholas Tse, Charlene Choi and Simon Yam.

AFM’s festival partner AFI FEST will screen 23 films that are represented at the AFM, including Lee Daniels’ Precious: Based On The Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire,  The Hole directed by Joe Dante, and The Last Station directed by Michael Hoffman.

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