AFI FEST Films to Be Featured at AFM

LOS ANGELES: At this year’s American Film Market (AFM), 27 films selected for the American Film Institute’s AFI FEST 2011 presented by Audi will be showcased.

The American Film Market takes place in Santa Monica from November 2 to 9, and AFI FEST, the festival partner of AFM, takes place November 3 to 10 in Hollywood. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognizes AFI FEST as a qualifying festival for the Short Films category for the Academy Awards. AFM participants come from more than 70 countries and include acquisition and development executives, agents, attorneys, directors, distributors, festival directors, financiers, film commissioners, producers, writers, press and those who provide services to the motion picture industry.

Eleven AFI FEST films will be screened at AFM, such as Café De Flore (Films Distribution), Footnote (WestEnd Films), Headhunters (Magnolia Pictures), I Melt with You (Magnolia Pictures), Kill List (Protagonist Pictures), Miss Bala (Fox International), Rampart (Sierra/Affinity) and Snowtown (Protagonist Pictures). Sixteen additional festival selections that will be represented at AFM include The Artist (The Weinstein Company), Attenberg (The Match Factory), Beyond the Black Rainbow (Magnolia Pictures), Bonsái (UFO), Bullhead (Celluloid Dreams), Carnage (Medusa), Coriolanus (Icon Entertainment), Hanaan (M-Line Distribution), Jiro Dreams of Sushi (Magnolia Pictures), The Lady (EuropaCorp), Mama Africa (Fortissimo Films), Melancholia (Magnolia Pictures), The Silver Cliff (Celluloid Dreams), We Need to Talk About Kevin (Independent) and With Every Heartbeat (The Yellow Affair).