American Film Market 2005
November 2nd, 2005 by Andre Soares
According to the 26th American Film Market (AFM) organizers, this year’s market opened this morning in Santa Monica, Calif., "with a record number of exhibitors, buyers, screenings and market premieres." A record 419 companies from 33 countries will be presenting films at "the world’s largest motion picture trade event, including film and television companies, financial institutions, sponsoring organizations and trade media." Festival organizers expect more than 7,000 participants at the market.
A selection of notable titles screening at the AFM include:
American Gun with Donald Sutherland and Marcia Gay Harden (Pathé Pictures International, U.S.);
An American Haunting with Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek (The Little Film Company, 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);
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);
The Libertine with Johnny Depp and John Malkovich (Odyssey Entertainment Limited, U.S.);
New York Doll with Arthur “Killer” Kane and Bob Geldof (Moviehouse Entertainment, U.S.);
October 17, 1961 with Clotilde Courau and Jean-Michel Portal (BAC Films, France);
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);
The Lost City with Andy Garcia (Lions Gate Films, U.S.);
Tsotsi with Presley Chweneyagae and Terry Pheto (The Little Film Company, South Africa);
Twelve and Holding with Conor Donovan and Jeremy Renner (Fortissimo Films, The Netherlands);
Unknown with Jim Caviezel and Greg Kinnear (GreeneStreet Films, U.S.);
The White Masai with Nina Hoss and Jacky Ido (Beta Cinema, Germany).
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