AFM Unveils Screening Highlights

SANTA MONICA: At the 30th American Film Market (AFM), 445 motion pictures will be screened in 27 languages to more than 8,000 buyers and industry professionals from 70-plus countries.

Films making their world premiere at the market include Get Low, starring Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek and Robert Duvall (K5 International); Unthinkable, starring Samuel L. Jackson (Sierra Pictures); Coach, starring Hugh Dancy, Liane Balaban and Mamie Gummer (Lightning Entertainment); The Last Flight, starring Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet (Gaumont); Mother and Child, starring Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington (WestEnd Films); and The Meaning of the 21st Century, narrated by Michael Douglas (Worldwide Film Entertainment). There are 73 films making their world premiere at the AFM in total.

Among the 311 films to make their market premieres are Chloe, starring Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried (StudioCanal); Down for Life, starring Danny Glover, Snoop Dogg, Elizabeth Peña, Jessica Romero and Kate Del Castillo (Odin’s Eye Entertainment); Creation, starring Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Northam and Toby Jones (HanWay Films); Dorian Gray, starring Colin Firth, Fiona Shaw, Rebecca Hall and Ben Barnes (Ealing Studios International); Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, starring Natalie Portman, Lisa Kudrow, Scott Cohen and Charlie Tahan, (Essential Entertainment); and Saint John of Las Vegas, starring Steve Buscemi, Romany Malco, Peter Dinklage and Sarah Silverman (E1 Entertainment).

AFM’s festival partner, AFI FEST presented by Audi, will screen 23 films that are represented at the AFM, including The Hole, starring Teri Polo, Bruce Dern, Haley Bennett, Nathan Gamble and Chris Massoglia (Bold Films); The Last Station, starring Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti, James McAvoy and Helen Mirren (Little Film Company); and Precious, starring Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Lenny Kravitz, Paula Patton and Mariah Carey (Elephant Eye).

The AFM will take place November 4 to 11, while AFI FEST presented by Audi will take place October 30 to November 7.