Stuart Ford, president and CEO of AGC Studios, and Sebastien Raybaud, founder and CEO Anton, will have informal conversations at the 45th American Film Market next week.
Their appearances will be part of 30 panels and presentations from industry leaders when the AFM is held for the first time in Las Vegas, at the Palms Casino Resort from November 5-10. On November 7, Anton Raybaud will do a one-on-one interview with Scott Roxborough The Hollywood journalistwhile AGC Studios' Ford will also take to the stage in Las Vegas that day.
AFM organizers at the Independent Film & Television Alliance also announced Wednesday that they sold out exhibit space at the Palms for their first Las Vegas show featuring 286 sales, production and distribution companies, along with international trade organizations, commissions national cinemas and umbrella stands. from 34 countries.
The 45th annual movie bazaar held in Las Vegas follows movie buyers and sellers as they leave Los Angeles and The Loews' longtime home in Santa Monica. The 2023 AFM gathering took place at Le Meridien Delfina in Santa Monica. The new Palms Casino venue for the 2024 edition offers office space for exhibitors, a 14-screen multiplex and 170,000 square feet of conference, meeting and event space.
Exhibitors heading to Las Vegas include A24, HanWay Films, XYZ Films, WME Independent, Altitude Film Sales, Arclight Films, Neon, Bankside Films, StudioCanal, Beta Cinema, FilmNation, Black Bear Pictures, Capstone Global and Gaumont.
On the industry side, the AFM also plans sessions on developing local film projects for global sales, producing and financing social impact films, financing independent films in a changing landscape, and casting independent films a low budget.