26TH AMERICAN FILM MARKET SET TO SCREEN RECORD
529 FILMS IN 35 LANGUAGES INCLUDING RECORD
382 MARKET PREMIERES
45 Films Represented at the AFM also Official AFI FEST Selections
LOS ANGELES, CA, October 10, 2005 – A record 529 films are confirmed to screen at the 26th American Film Market (AFM), 2-9 November 2005, including a record 382 market premieres, it was announced today by Jonathan Wolf, Executive Vice President, Independent Film & Television Alliance and Managing Director, AFM.
In addition, 45 films represented at the AFM are Official Selections at AFI FEST presented by Audi, including 43 of the festival’s 70 narrative features, and 2 of its 17 feature documentaries.
“This record breaking market is a testament to the strength of the independent film business around the world,” said Wolf. “The 45 films at both the AFM and AFI FEST show that the industry sees tremendous value in our festival-market alliance.”
As previously announced, a record 410 exhibitors will take part in the 2005 AFM, making it the largest market in the event’s history. Exhibitors will come from 33 countries, also a record. The 410 exhibitors represent a 15% increase from the 356 companies that exhibited at the November 2004 AFM. The increase is across-the-board, with 24 countries showing an increase in exhibiting companies.
There are 35 languages represented amongst the 529 films, also a record. A selection of notable titles screening at the AFM include:
American Gun with Donald Sutherland and Marcia Gay Harden (Pathé Pictures International) (U.S.); Ask the Dust with Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek (Capitol Films) (U.K.); Brooklyn Rules with Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Mena Suvari (KMI) (U.S.); Conversations with other Women with Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart (Fabrication Films) (U.S.); Duelist with Jiwon Ha and Sungki Ahn (The Core Studio) (KOREA); Ellie Parker with Naomi Watts and Chevy Chase (Dream Entertainment) (U.S.); Entre Ses Mains with Benoît Poelvoorde and Isabelle Carré (Pathé Distribution) (FRANCE); Familia with Sylvie Moreau and Macha Grenon (Christal Films Distribution Inc.) (CANADA); Fierce People with Diane Lane and Donald Sutherland (Lions Gate Films) (U.S.); I giorni dell'abbandono with Margherita Buy and Luca Zingaretti (Adriana Chiesa Enterprises) (ITALY); Jack-Fruit Thorn Kiss with Tran Hoi Anh Nguyen and Yen Ngoc Duong (Vietnam Media Corp.) (VIETNAM); New York Doll
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with Arthur “Killer” Kane and Bob Geldof; (Moviehouse Entertainment) (U.S.); October 17, 1961 with Clotilde Courau and Jean-Michel Portal (BAC Films) (FRANCE); The 'OH in Ohio' with Danny De Vito and Mischa Barton (Archlight Films) (U.S.); Perhaps
Love with Takeshi Kaneshiro and Xun Zhou (Celestial Pictures Ltd) (HONG KONG); Saint Martyrs of the Damned with François Chénier and Isabelle Blais (Max Films
International) (CANADA); Sud Express with Gerald Morales and Tino Guimaraes (Sogepaq) (SPAIN); Tsotsi with Presley Chweneyagae and Terry Pheto (The Little Film Company) (SOUTH AFRICA); Twelve and Holding with Conor Donovan and Jeremy Renner (Fortissimo Films) (NETHERLANDS); Unknown with Jim Caviezel and Greg Kinnear (GreeneStreet Films) (U.S.); The White Masai with Nina Hoss and Jacky Ido (Beta Cinema) (GERMANY).
Official Selections at AFIFEST that are also being screened and/or sold at the AFM include:
06/05 The Sixth of May, 7 Virgins, Almost Heaven, An American Haunting, Antibodies, The Big White, Breakfast on Pluto, Cinema, Aspirin and Vultures, Come into the Light, Dark Horse, Dead Run, Geminis, The Gronholm Method, Hell, In Bed, Initial D, Kissed by Winter, The Libertine, Life With My Father, The Lost City, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Next Door, Princess Raccoon, Queens, The Red Shoes, Rosario Tijeras, Shanghai Dreams, Sophie Scholl – The Final Days, SPL, Stories of Disenchantment, Sunflower, The Suspect, Swimmers, Tattooed, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Transamerica, Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, Tsotsi, The Wedding Party, The World’s Fastest Indian, Wrong Side Up, Zim and Co., Zozo, and the feature documentaries Horst Buchholz…My Papa and Screaming Masterpiece.
The full list of films being screened along with cast, director and synopses appears on the AFM web site www.americanfilmmarket.com.
AFI FEST announced its full festival lineup on October 6. For additional information on the festival please visit www.AFI.com
About the AFM
The American Film Market (AFM) is the world’s largest motion picture trade event. The AFM is a global marketplace where more than $500 million in motion picture and television production and distribution deals are closed annually. Each year, over 7,000 industry professionals converge in Santa Monica for eight days of deal making, screenings, seminars, networking and hospitality. Participants come from more than 70 countries, and include leaders in motion picture and television production and distribution, directors, agents, writers, lawyers, bankers, festival directors, film commissioners and trade groups. For more information of the AFM, please visitwww.americanfilmmarket.com.
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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.
In 2004, the AFM moved to November and established a strategic alliance with AFI FEST, creating the only festival-market combination in North America. This alliance has successfully resulted in a unique combination of commerce and culture. AFI FEST presented by Audi runs November 3-13, 2005.
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