The road to AFM First of all - what is the AFM? The AFM is the 'American Film Market' - since 1991, it's been held at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica the first week of November every year. It's a sales market for the film industry - i.e. unlike Berlin, Cannes & Toronto it is not a festival. The main focus of the AFM is for sales companies to meet with distributors and pitch projects - from scripts / packages to finished film screenings. It is also the last opportunity of the year ...
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HOW TO APPROACH A SALES AGENT
HOW TO APPROACH A SALES AGENT You're new to the industry - you've never met them before .. what do you do if you need to approach a sales agent? Research ... Who are you going to contact and why should they be interested in your movie? If you have looked at their website / the types of movies that they sell, maybe that's why - they love horror and so do you! Perfect. However .... if they love horror and you have an arthouse title - that's likely to be a problem (& they're ...
What does a Sales Agent do in Film?
INDIE FILM What does a Sales Agent do in Film? Sales Agents: why are they so important to you as a filmmaker? The sales agent represents distribution rights on behalf of the 'rights owner' for a movie. They are responsible for creating a sales / marketing strategy at markets & festivals. The agent negotiates deals on your behalf with international distributors. They deal with requests from distributors. Once sales are made, the agent is involved from contract stage to ...
The Bodyguard TV Series – Richard Madden / Keeley Hawes
Just when you thought LINE OF DUTY couldn't be topped .... along comes The Bodyguard TV Series starring Richard Madden / Keeley Hawes What's it About ..? THE BODYGUARD - from master writer Jed Mercurio (LINE OF DUTY). A tense thriller set against the backdrop of British politics; PTSD; terrorist plots ... PPO David Budd (Richard Madden) is to protect the Home Secretary (Keeley Hawes) ... and just like the Whitney Houston / Kevin Costner movie of the same name - again - the line blurs between ...
Your Script To Screen – The Beginning
Your Script To Screen - The Beginning Like all good stories, we start at the beginning and hopefully draw in our audience until they're compelled to stay until the very end. Having worked in the indie film industry for 20+ years I realized that I was being asked the same questions repeatedly - which led me to think I should share the information I have gathered over those years and help young filmmakers starting out in the business. You can have a great script ...