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American Film Market Unveils Exhibitors for 2024 Las Vegas Edition

Most major studios and streamers have yet to commit, but Lionsgate, A24, Neon and Black Bear will be on hand for the Nov. 5 to 10 gathering set for the Palms Casino Resort.

Palms Casino Resort

American Film Market Has New Home in Las Vegas

The new business hub at the Palms Casino Resort for the 45th edition follows film buyers and sellers leaving behind Los Angeles and the longtime headquarters at The Loews in Santa Monica.

Palms Casino Resort

AFM: Writers Guild Backs Hotel Workers’ Boycott

Hospitality workers union Unite Here Local 11 has been staging protests outside AFM headquarters at the Le Meridien Delfina hotel over working conditions.

Hotel workers on the picket line outside AFM headquarters at the Le Meridien Delfina in Santa Monica.

‘Late Night With the Devil’: Directing Duo on Serving up 1970s-Era Chills From Down Under

Aussies Colin and Cameron Cairnes discuss how they found inspiration in classics like 'The Exorcist,' 'Network' and 'The King of Comedy' for their timely horror-satire mashup.

'Late Night With the Devil' set: directors Colin and Cameron Cairnes with star David Dastmalchian.

AFM: Naomie Harris, Gwendoline Christie Team for Family Adventure ‘Robin and the Hood’

GFM Global Sales is shopping the film, produced by Silver Reel, that also stars Mark Williams and Darcey Ewart.

Robin and the Hood

AFM: Concourse Sets Action Thriller ‘Cabo’ From ‘American History X’ Writer David McKenna, ‘Eraser: Reborn’ Director John Pogue (Exclusive)

The film follows a deckhand in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico who sets out to rescue his kidnapped nieces from a drug cartel.

John Pogue

AFM Hidden Gem: Past Meets Present Meets Grindhouse Horror in ‘Samurai Priest Vampire Hunter’

Mark Terry drew on footage from his 2009 release 'Live Evil' to refashion a genre epic about a man of the cloth at war with creatures of the night.

'Samurai Priest Vampire Hunter'

AFM Creative Space: Ukraine’s Green Light Films Targets Market Leadership Despite Launch in Wartime

Industry veterans Veronika Yasinska and Nadiia Zaionchkovska run the all-rights distribution and co-production outfit backed by the holding company that owns the country's Multiplex cinema chain: Ukraine's box office "would be booming if it weren't for the Russian invasion."

(left to right) Green Light Films CCO Nadiia Zaionchkovska and CEO Veronika Yasinska

AFM: Anticipated Deal to End Actors Strike Boosts Market Outlook

Hope that SAG-AFTRA can soon reach an agreement to end the strike has dealmakers excited, but structural problems in the indie business remain. "Everyone needs to do more to grow the theatrical business or we don't have a sustainable business model."

AFM Logo and Strike Image

AFM: Below-the-Line Masters Talk Cinema Craft in ‘Stars and Scars’ Feature Documentary

Oscar winners, including 'Apocalypse Now' cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, 'The Aviator' set designer Dante Ferretti and ' Suicide Squad' make-up artist Giorgio Gregorini, feature in the new doc on behind-the-scenes artistry from Yi Zhou's Into the Sun Entertainment.

Thom Noble, Giorgio Gregorini, Dante Ferretti and Vittorio Storaro

AFM: Dark Sky Picks Up Larry Fessenden’s Werewolf Thriller ‘Blackout’ (Exclusive)

The acquisition marks a reunion of horror companies Dark Sky and Fessenden's Glass Eye Pix following the release of several contemporary classics.

'Blackout'

AFM Hot List: Keira Knightley, Henry Cavill, Halle Berry, Dev Patel and David Harbour Films Hit the Market

New sci-fi action movies from Alex Garland and Brad Anderson, plus a possible franchise starter from David Ayer, are also on offer in Santa Monica.

Greedy People, Late Night With the Devil and William Tell

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