All AFM articles – Page 103
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NewsHSI Films brings Carnaval starring John Cusack, Johnny Knoxville to AFM
HSI Films president Eric Christenson will commence pre-sales at AFM on the comedy directed by Josh Stern.
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NewsEFP to screen 12 European Oscar submitted films during AFM
European Film Promotion (EFP) will screen 12 European submissions for the foreign language Oscar during the American Film Market (AFM), Nov 2-9, in the Wilshire Screening Room in Beverly Hills.
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Sixty-five world premieres among 395-strong AFM roster
The American Film Market is set to screen 395 features from Nov 2-9 in Santa Monica, including 65 world premieres and 295 market premieres.
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NewsEaling Metro to handle Lamprell's Goddess starring Ronan Keating
Laura Michelle Kelley stars as a young mother who is poised for international stardom.
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CMG takes on int’l sales for doc Forks Over Knives
Ed Noeltner’s Beverly Hills-based sales company will introduce the film to buyers at the upcoming AFM in November.
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FeaturesCracking the US market
At the recent AFM, there was a new breed of buyer seeking innovative means to bring Asian product to American audiences. Liz Shackleton investigates.
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Relativity sinks teeth into US rights on Untitled 3D Shark Thriller
Relativity Media has acquired US rights to Sierra Pictures and Incentive Filmed Entertainment’s Untitled 3D Shark Thriller for wide release in 2011.
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NewsBleiberg Entertainment sells prestige doc Precious Life at AFM
The Los Angeles-based sales and financing company has closed a slew of territories at AFM on its slate including the documentary Precious Life that last week became one of 15 titles to make it on to the Academy’s shortlist.
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NewsThe Monk among strong AFM sellers for Memento Int'l
Memento Films International has announced strong sales following the AFM.
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NewsOptimum takes UK rights to $20m Spanish historical epic Lope
Wild Bunch has secured several key deals on Brazilian director Andrucha Waddington’s $20m historical epic Lope, including Optimum for the UK and Concorde for Germany.
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NewsCinepool reports strong AFM sales on family films, German Oscar submission
Munich-based sales company Cinepool, a division of Telepool, has confirmed a number of deals out of the AFM.
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NewsStudioCanal secure key sales on Spanish titles Bruc and Tadeo Jones
French sales outfit StudioCanal has confirmed several deals on Daniel Benmayor’s historical drama Bruc and Enrique Gato’s animation Tadeo Jones at the AFM, including StudioCanal-owned Optimum taking UK rights to both titles.
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Celluloid Nightmares, Mongrel Media close three-film deal
Deals closed at AFM for Canadian rights to Jon Hewitt’s X, Fernando Barreda Luna’s Atrocious and The Orozco Brothers’ Greetings To The Devil. All three films are targeting festival premieres in early 2011.
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NewsIcon takes UK rights to Filmax thriller Kidnapped
Spanish studio Filmax has confirmed several sales deals of key titles at AFM, including Miguel Angel Vivas’ home invasion thriller Kidnapped to Icon for distribution in the UK.
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NewsLightning strikes deals on ProdigyMovies slate
Michael Robertson’s ProdigyMovies and Lightning Entertainment plan to collaborate on a slate of Australian genre titles following the success at AFM of supernatural thriller Road Train.
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NewsAFM buyers flock Across The Line for Maya Entertainment
Maya Entertainment has closed a raft of sales at AFM on its upcoming release Across The Line: The Exodus Of Charlie Wright.
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NewsMyriad reports roaring trade on marquee Kevin Spacey title Margin Call
Myriad Pictures president and CEO Kirk D’Amico has reported a successful market for the financial thriller, closing numerous territories such as Germany, Italy and Australia.
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Yershov's VolgaFilm closes key deals for Russia at AFM
Sergei Yershov’s recently renamed Russian distributor VolgaFilm has picked up several leading titles at the AFM.
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NonStop takes The Trip, Let Me In and Barney's Version at AFM
Swedish distribution outfit NonStop Entertainment announces AFM acquisitions of The Trip, Let Me In and Barney’s Version.
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NewsIM Global sells Walking With Dinosaurs 3D to Fox for US and select territories
In what is believed to be one of the biggest deals in AFM history, Fox has picked up US and remaining territories to IM Global’s marquee sales title at the market.