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Annual film industry event
American Film Market
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Entrance at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel
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Nickname
| AFM
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Status
| Active
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Genre
| Film market
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Frequency
| Annually
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Venue
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Previously:
- Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel
- Le Merigot Beach Hotel
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Location(s)
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Country
| United States
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Inaugurated
| March 21, 1981
(
1981-03-21
)
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Founder
| Andy Vajna
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Participants
| >8,000
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Organized by
| Independent Film & Television Alliance
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Filing status
| Nonprofit
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Website
| americanfilmmarket
.com
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The
American Film Market
(
AFM
) is a
film industry
event held annually in early November. Historically, more than 7,000 people
[1]
attend the eight-day annual event to network and to sell, finance and acquire films.
[2]
Participants come from more than 70 countries and include acquisition and development executives, agents, attorneys, directors, distributors, festival directors, financiers, film commissioners, producers, writers, etc. Founded in 1981, the AFM is a marketplace for the film business, where unlike a film festival, production and distribution deals are the main focus of the participants.
[3]
History
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American Film Market was founded by the American Film Marketing Association, headed by film producer
Andy Vajna
.
[4]
The American Film Market held its first event March 21?31, 1981.
[3]
The AFM is held at the
Loews
Santa Monica Beach Hotel since 1991.
[5]
[6]
The AFM is produced by the
Independent Film & Television Alliance
(IFTA), a trade association representing the world's producers and distributors of independent motion pictures and television programs.
[7]
In 2024, the market was moved to the
Palms Casino Resort
in
Las Vegas
, Nevada. It is the first time the market is held outside of
Los Angeles
.
[8]
Screenings
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The American Film Market utilizes 29 movie theater screens on Santa Monica's
Third Street Promenade
and in the surrounding community to accommodate 700 screenings of over 400 films (often world or U.S. premieres). The films shown are ones seeking theatrical and television distribution. In order to keep up with demand for screenings, in 2017 the American Film Market launched AFM Screening on Demand, a
video-on-demand
platform provided by
Shift72
that allowed buyers to watch films outside of the limited screening times.
[9]
This also allowed the 2020 and 2021 editions to be held online-only in the first week of November due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
.
[10]
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References
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"Indie Filmmakers Storm the Beach at American Film Market"
.
HuffPost
. November 7, 2011
. Retrieved
January 6,
2016
.
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sdsichero.
"Toho's 'Shin Godzilla' Gets An English Title"
. Retrieved
September 28,
2018
.
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a
b
"American Film Market 1981"
.
filmfestivalposters.com
. 2014. Archived from
the original
on March 4, 2016.
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"Andy Vajna, 'Rambo' Producer, Dies at 74"
. Variety
. Retrieved
February 11,
2020
.
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"AFM: Download THR's Day 3 Daily"
.
Hollywood Reporter
. Retrieved
November 22,
2020
.
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"American Film Market Staying Put In Santa Monica With New Deal Through 2017"
.
Deadline Hollywood
. December 8, 2011
. Retrieved
January 6,
2016
.
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"IFTA Renews Jean Prewitt, AFM Topper Jonathan Wolf"
.
Variety
. July 13, 2015
. Retrieved
October 17,
2015
.
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Ritman, Alex; Stephan, Katcy (March 8, 2024).
"AFM Officially Moving to Las Vegas"
.
Variety
.
Penske Media Corporation
.
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White, David (March 1, 2021).
"Revolutionizing Film Distribution at American Film Market"
.
www.shift72.com
. Retrieved
2023-08-02
.
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"American Film Market Pivots To Online Event For 2021"
.
AFM 2021 ONLINE
. 2021-08-26
. Retrieved
2021-08-27
.
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Moreau, Jordan (2021-08-26).
"American Film Market Goes Virtual for Second Year in a Row"
.
Variety
. Retrieved
2021-08-27
.
External links
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Media related to
American Film Market
at Wikimedia Commons