Some complained of a ”disjointed” market.
AFM’s new headquarters at Le Meridien Delfina in Santa Monica has elicited strong opinions from attendees.
Inside the hotel’s often busy corridors and meeting places, several attendees expressed dissatisfaction over the AFM’s replacement for longtime venue Loews Santa Monica, with one buyer describing the venue as “pokey”, and many missing the Loews’ beachfront location.
Slow and crammed lifts were a common complaint. On Friday the fire department was called in to help passengers who had been stuck inside one of the two lifts serving the hotel’s lobby for more than an hour,...
AFM’s new headquarters at Le Meridien Delfina in Santa Monica has elicited strong opinions from attendees.
Inside the hotel’s often busy corridors and meeting places, several attendees expressed dissatisfaction over the AFM’s replacement for longtime venue Loews Santa Monica, with one buyer describing the venue as “pokey”, and many missing the Loews’ beachfront location.
Slow and crammed lifts were a common complaint. On Friday the fire department was called in to help passengers who had been stuck inside one of the two lifts serving the hotel’s lobby for more than an hour,...
- 11/3/2023
- by Mona Tabbara¬Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Kinepolis Heralds Opening Of Six New Imax Screens
Belgium-based exhibitor Kinepolis has unveiled details for the opening of six new Imax screens in Europe and North America, first announced in May as part of its expanded partnership with Imax Corporation. The first new Imax screen opened at Canadian subsidiary Landmark Cinemas’ complex in the city of Waterloo on October 7. This will be followed by the opening of Imax Liège in Belgium on 13 October; Imax Kirchberg in Luxembourg (which is the country’s first Imax screen) on 18 October; Imax Nîmes in France on 19 October, and Imax Madrid in Spain on 20 October. The first titles due to be shown at these venues will be Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour and Martin Scorcese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, which premieres worldwide on October 20. A sixth new Imax screen will launch at Mjr Southgate theatre in the U.S. state of Michigan on...
Belgium-based exhibitor Kinepolis has unveiled details for the opening of six new Imax screens in Europe and North America, first announced in May as part of its expanded partnership with Imax Corporation. The first new Imax screen opened at Canadian subsidiary Landmark Cinemas’ complex in the city of Waterloo on October 7. This will be followed by the opening of Imax Liège in Belgium on 13 October; Imax Kirchberg in Luxembourg (which is the country’s first Imax screen) on 18 October; Imax Nîmes in France on 19 October, and Imax Madrid in Spain on 20 October. The first titles due to be shown at these venues will be Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour and Martin Scorcese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, which premieres worldwide on October 20. A sixth new Imax screen will launch at Mjr Southgate theatre in the U.S. state of Michigan on...
- 10/12/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Grimmfest, Manchester UK’s International Festival of Fantastic Film, joins Méliès International Festivals Federation.
Regular attendees that look forward to catching up with the annual selection of short film premieres at Grimmfest, will be pleased to hear that this year, Grimmfest will be hosting three short film programmes across the festival period (6th-8th October 2023), in celebration of their new membership of the Méliès International Festivals Federation.
The Federation, recently held their annual general assembly at Cannes film festival, and the 26 member festivals voted for Grimmfest to join, and thus become the only English festival of fantastic film in the Federation.
Each year member festivals vote for their best ‘Fantastic’ feature film and short film, with an award for each, presented at Sitges. Previous winners have included Alex Garland’s Men, Prano Baily-Bond’s Censor, Anders Thomas Jensen’s Riders Of Justice, Peter Strickland’s In Fabric, Lars Von Trier...
Regular attendees that look forward to catching up with the annual selection of short film premieres at Grimmfest, will be pleased to hear that this year, Grimmfest will be hosting three short film programmes across the festival period (6th-8th October 2023), in celebration of their new membership of the Méliès International Festivals Federation.
The Federation, recently held their annual general assembly at Cannes film festival, and the 26 member festivals voted for Grimmfest to join, and thus become the only English festival of fantastic film in the Federation.
Each year member festivals vote for their best ‘Fantastic’ feature film and short film, with an award for each, presented at Sitges. Previous winners have included Alex Garland’s Men, Prano Baily-Bond’s Censor, Anders Thomas Jensen’s Riders Of Justice, Peter Strickland’s In Fabric, Lars Von Trier...
- 6/16/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Exclusive: Film Seekers has acquired international sales rights to dark-comedy-thriller ClearMind about a virtual reality therapy experiment that takes a deadly turn for a Cannes sales launch.
The Northern California-shot drama revolves around old friends whose lakeside getaway is disrupted by the unexpected appearance of a grieving woman that they had dropped from their group.
She attempts to use VR therapy to avenge her sense of rejection and anger against them, but it backfires, and revenge turns from virtual to real.
It is the second feature by Rebecca Eskreis, after the Cinedigm acquisition What Breaks the Ice. Seana Kofoed (30 Miles from Nowhere) wrote the screenplay.
Toks Olagundoye (Frasier), Jenn Lyon (Dead Boy Detectives), Kadeem Hardison (Moonhaven), Rebecca Creskoff (Claws), Rob Benedict (Supernatural), Matt Peters (Orange is the New Black), Kofoed (NCIS: Hawai’i), Jessica Meraz (Drunk History), and Alec Mapa (Ugly Betty) make up the ensemble cast.
“We’re excited...
The Northern California-shot drama revolves around old friends whose lakeside getaway is disrupted by the unexpected appearance of a grieving woman that they had dropped from their group.
She attempts to use VR therapy to avenge her sense of rejection and anger against them, but it backfires, and revenge turns from virtual to real.
It is the second feature by Rebecca Eskreis, after the Cinedigm acquisition What Breaks the Ice. Seana Kofoed (30 Miles from Nowhere) wrote the screenplay.
Toks Olagundoye (Frasier), Jenn Lyon (Dead Boy Detectives), Kadeem Hardison (Moonhaven), Rebecca Creskoff (Claws), Rob Benedict (Supernatural), Matt Peters (Orange is the New Black), Kofoed (NCIS: Hawai’i), Jessica Meraz (Drunk History), and Alec Mapa (Ugly Betty) make up the ensemble cast.
“We’re excited...
- 5/10/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The board of 15 will serve from 2022-24.
Independent Film and Television Alliance (IFTA), the producer of the AFM, has unveiled the results of its annual elections for the board of directors, with Arclight Films’ Brian Beckmann and Protagonist Pictures’ George Hamilton among the freshly elected board of 15.
They join Caroline Couret-Delegue (Film Seekers), Diane Ferrandez (AGC Studios), Jeffrey Greenstein (Millennium Media), George Hamilton (Protagonist Pictures), Jasmin McSweeney (Nz Film Commission), and Lise Romanoff (Vision Films). Romanoff has been re-elected having just completed a two-year term.
Film Mode Entertainment’s Clay Epstein is currently serving the second year of his two-year term,...
Independent Film and Television Alliance (IFTA), the producer of the AFM, has unveiled the results of its annual elections for the board of directors, with Arclight Films’ Brian Beckmann and Protagonist Pictures’ George Hamilton among the freshly elected board of 15.
They join Caroline Couret-Delegue (Film Seekers), Diane Ferrandez (AGC Studios), Jeffrey Greenstein (Millennium Media), George Hamilton (Protagonist Pictures), Jasmin McSweeney (Nz Film Commission), and Lise Romanoff (Vision Films). Romanoff has been re-elected having just completed a two-year term.
Film Mode Entertainment’s Clay Epstein is currently serving the second year of his two-year term,...
- 11/4/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
“Paying MGs and acquiring product has become 30 more expensive in the last year.”
The weakness of the UK pound, which fell to a record low against the US dollar on Monday, is having a detrimental impact on many UK sales and distribution companies for whom doing business in sterling, and potentially attending the American Film Market (AFM) has just got more expensive.
“Paying MGs [minimum guarantees] and acquiring product has become 30 more expensive in the last year,” Andy Mayson, co-ceo of Altitude Film Entertainment, of what has been a months-long slump. “That is obviously a massive negative for distribution.”
“If it is...
The weakness of the UK pound, which fell to a record low against the US dollar on Monday, is having a detrimental impact on many UK sales and distribution companies for whom doing business in sterling, and potentially attending the American Film Market (AFM) has just got more expensive.
“Paying MGs [minimum guarantees] and acquiring product has become 30 more expensive in the last year,” Andy Mayson, co-ceo of Altitude Film Entertainment, of what has been a months-long slump. “That is obviously a massive negative for distribution.”
“If it is...
- 9/27/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Cannes conversations were continued in a more relaxed setting, said attendees.
International buyers have given a generally positive response to this week’s three-day London Screenings event held at Picturehouse Central from June 21-23, organised by Film London.
“It was very good to catch-up after Cannes to get a broader picture of what is coming from the UK,” said Anna Lindstrom, acquisitions manager at Stockholm-based Lucky Dogs.
Lindstrom confirmed she had made one acquisition during the event for a film which she had been discussing in Cannes.
UK titles that have been generating buzz include Frank Berry’s Irish asylum drama Aisha,...
International buyers have given a generally positive response to this week’s three-day London Screenings event held at Picturehouse Central from June 21-23, organised by Film London.
“It was very good to catch-up after Cannes to get a broader picture of what is coming from the UK,” said Anna Lindstrom, acquisitions manager at Stockholm-based Lucky Dogs.
Lindstrom confirmed she had made one acquisition during the event for a film which she had been discussing in Cannes.
UK titles that have been generating buzz include Frank Berry’s Irish asylum drama Aisha,...
- 6/24/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The Independent Film & Television Alliance, which produces the annual American Film Market, has elected eight new members to its board. The new directors include executives from such companies as Lionsgate, Myriad Pictures and XYZ Films.
The latest additions to IFTA’s board are J.D. Beaufils (Vmi Worldwide), Scott Bedno (Myriad Pictures), Jody Cipriano (MarVista Entertainment), Patrick Ewald (Epic Pictures Group), Will Machin (Metro International Entertainment), Wendy Reeds (Lionsgate), Lise Romanoff (Vision Films) and Nick Spicer (XYZ Films).
Beaufils, Machin and Spicer are first-time board members.
They join Michael Ryan of Gfm Films) — who continues as chairperson of the board — and other members who are serving the second year of their two-year term: Caroline Couret-Delegue (Film Seekers Limited), Clay Epstein (Film Mode Entertainment), Jeffrey Greenstein (Millennium Media), Jay Joyce (Cardinal Xd), Jeannine Tang (Participant Media) and Adam Wright (Voltage Pictures).
“Our new board members are taking their seats at...
The latest additions to IFTA’s board are J.D. Beaufils (Vmi Worldwide), Scott Bedno (Myriad Pictures), Jody Cipriano (MarVista Entertainment), Patrick Ewald (Epic Pictures Group), Will Machin (Metro International Entertainment), Wendy Reeds (Lionsgate), Lise Romanoff (Vision Films) and Nick Spicer (XYZ Films).
Beaufils, Machin and Spicer are first-time board members.
They join Michael Ryan of Gfm Films) — who continues as chairperson of the board — and other members who are serving the second year of their two-year term: Caroline Couret-Delegue (Film Seekers Limited), Clay Epstein (Film Mode Entertainment), Jeffrey Greenstein (Millennium Media), Jay Joyce (Cardinal Xd), Jeannine Tang (Participant Media) and Adam Wright (Voltage Pictures).
“Our new board members are taking their seats at...
- 11/18/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Michael Ryan of Gfm Films continues as chairperson of the board.
Patrick Ewald of Epic Pictures Group and Nick Spicer of XYZ Films are among eight executives to join the board of Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA).
The new intake includes J.D. Beaufils (Vmi Worldwide), Scott Bedno (Myriad Pictures), Jody Cipriano (MarVista Entertainment), Will Machin (Metro International Entertainment), Wendy Reeds (Lionsgate), and Lise Romanoff (Vision Films).
This marks the first time Beaufils, Machin, and Spicer will serve on the board.
Michael Ryan of Gfm Films (pictured) continues as chairperson of the board.
The executives join those currently serving the...
Patrick Ewald of Epic Pictures Group and Nick Spicer of XYZ Films are among eight executives to join the board of Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA).
The new intake includes J.D. Beaufils (Vmi Worldwide), Scott Bedno (Myriad Pictures), Jody Cipriano (MarVista Entertainment), Will Machin (Metro International Entertainment), Wendy Reeds (Lionsgate), and Lise Romanoff (Vision Films).
This marks the first time Beaufils, Machin, and Spicer will serve on the board.
Michael Ryan of Gfm Films (pictured) continues as chairperson of the board.
The executives join those currently serving the...
- 11/18/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Chair Michael Ryan continues to lead executive committee.
Cornerstone Films co-head Alison Thompson and The Exchange executive vice-president of worldwide distribution Nat McCormick are among the new intake to join the Independent Film & Television Alliance (Ifta) board, it emerged during the organisation’s trade show Afm.
The new members announced on Monday (5) following Ifta’s annual elections include: Gene George (Lionsgate), Frederick Tsui (Media Asia), Pierre David (Reel One Entertainment), Anna Marsh (StudioCanal), Lloyd Kaufman (Troma Entertainment), and Alexandra Cocean (Voltage Pictures).
The new intake will serve for the 2018-2020 term as part of Ifta’s 20-person board.
The...
Cornerstone Films co-head Alison Thompson and The Exchange executive vice-president of worldwide distribution Nat McCormick are among the new intake to join the Independent Film & Television Alliance (Ifta) board, it emerged during the organisation’s trade show Afm.
The new members announced on Monday (5) following Ifta’s annual elections include: Gene George (Lionsgate), Frederick Tsui (Media Asia), Pierre David (Reel One Entertainment), Anna Marsh (StudioCanal), Lloyd Kaufman (Troma Entertainment), and Alexandra Cocean (Voltage Pictures).
The new intake will serve for the 2018-2020 term as part of Ifta’s 20-person board.
The...
- 11/5/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Ceremony awards £40,000 post-production to both best film and best director.
Manchester horror event Grimmfest has given out the awards for its 2018 event, with Issa López’s Tigers Are Not Afraid taking four prizes including best feature.
The film is a dark fairy tale about a gang of five children trying to survive the horrific violence of the cartels and the ghosts created every day by a drug war.
As well as best feature, it also picked up best screenplay for writer-director López, best actor for Juan Ramón López and the audience award, voted for by Grimmfest attendees.
It also received...
Manchester horror event Grimmfest has given out the awards for its 2018 event, with Issa López’s Tigers Are Not Afraid taking four prizes including best feature.
The film is a dark fairy tale about a gang of five children trying to survive the horrific violence of the cartels and the ghosts created every day by a drug war.
As well as best feature, it also picked up best screenplay for writer-director López, best actor for Juan Ramón López and the audience award, voted for by Grimmfest attendees.
It also received...
- 10/23/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Grimmfest, the Manchester based genre festival is pleased to announce the first Grimmfest Awards, a new scheme to celebrate the very best genre titles selected for the annual festival and the creative teams behind them.
Said festival director and founder of Grimmfest, Simeon Halligan:
We are launching the awards, to promote and celebrate ground-breaking new talent in Genre filmmaking. For the past decade, we have showcased the work of filmmakers from all around the world, keen to discover the next generation of cinematic mavericks and genre masters.
Co-director Rachel Richardson-Jones added:
…as filmmakers ourselves, we have become increasingly aware that festival recognition is not merely an acknowledgement from peers of a job well done, but also a vital means of gaining increased profile and attention for your film. Therefore, as one of the Genre world’s key festivals, we have decided to reward excellence where we see it.
Said festival director and founder of Grimmfest, Simeon Halligan:
We are launching the awards, to promote and celebrate ground-breaking new talent in Genre filmmaking. For the past decade, we have showcased the work of filmmakers from all around the world, keen to discover the next generation of cinematic mavericks and genre masters.
Co-director Rachel Richardson-Jones added:
…as filmmakers ourselves, we have become increasingly aware that festival recognition is not merely an acknowledgement from peers of a job well done, but also a vital means of gaining increased profile and attention for your film. Therefore, as one of the Genre world’s key festivals, we have decided to reward excellence where we see it.
- 4/4/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
All-female Jury includes actress Joanne Mitchell and sales agent Caroline Couret-Delegue.
Manchester-based genre event Grimmfest has unveiled the first Grimmfest Awards, as part of the 10th anniversary celebrations of the festival.
With the event taking place from October 4-7 this year, a six-person jury will judge in 12 categories including best feature, best director and best scare, with winners announced at the end of the festival.
All six members of the inaugural jury are women; including actress and producer Joanne Mitchell (Attack Of The Adult Babies); sales agent Caroline Couret-Delegue; actress and writer Lauren Ashley Carter (Jug Face); Dread Central journalist...
Manchester-based genre event Grimmfest has unveiled the first Grimmfest Awards, as part of the 10th anniversary celebrations of the festival.
With the event taking place from October 4-7 this year, a six-person jury will judge in 12 categories including best feature, best director and best scare, with winners announced at the end of the festival.
All six members of the inaugural jury are women; including actress and producer Joanne Mitchell (Attack Of The Adult Babies); sales agent Caroline Couret-Delegue; actress and writer Lauren Ashley Carter (Jug Face); Dread Central journalist...
- 4/3/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Independent Film & Television Alliance (Ifta) membership voted in the executive committee and board for the 2016-2018 term at Thursday’s concurrent annual membership meeting in Los Angeles and London.
Mongrel International president Charlotte Mickie was elected to the executive committee as vice-chair alongside Jay Joyce of Artist View Entertainment, Lloyd Kaufman of Troma Entertainment, and Almira Ravil of Screen Media.
Michael Ryan of Gfm Films (pictured) will continue in his role as board chairman. Myriad Pictures chief Kirk D’Amico and Lise Romanoff of Vision Films continue in their posts as vice-chairs for the second year of their term.
The following were elected to the board at Thursday’s meeting: Shaked Berenson (Epic Pictures Group); Tamara Birkemoe (Foresight Unlimited); Jody Cipriano (CineTel Films); Alexandra Cocean (Voltage Pictures); Camela Galano (Relativity Media); Brad Krevoy (Motion Picture Corporation Of America); Albert Lee (Emperor Motion Pictures); Nat McCormick (The Exchange); Michael Rothstein (Im Global); and Alison Thompson (Cornerstone Films).
Caroline Couret-Delegue...
Mongrel International president Charlotte Mickie was elected to the executive committee as vice-chair alongside Jay Joyce of Artist View Entertainment, Lloyd Kaufman of Troma Entertainment, and Almira Ravil of Screen Media.
Michael Ryan of Gfm Films (pictured) will continue in his role as board chairman. Myriad Pictures chief Kirk D’Amico and Lise Romanoff of Vision Films continue in their posts as vice-chairs for the second year of their term.
The following were elected to the board at Thursday’s meeting: Shaked Berenson (Epic Pictures Group); Tamara Birkemoe (Foresight Unlimited); Jody Cipriano (CineTel Films); Alexandra Cocean (Voltage Pictures); Camela Galano (Relativity Media); Brad Krevoy (Motion Picture Corporation Of America); Albert Lee (Emperor Motion Pictures); Nat McCormick (The Exchange); Michael Rothstein (Im Global); and Alison Thompson (Cornerstone Films).
Caroline Couret-Delegue...
- 9/22/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
As previously reported exclusively on Screendaily, the Gfm Films partner has been voted in for his third term as chairman of the Independent Film & Television Alliance (Ifta).
The membership meeting took place simultaneously at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City and via telephone to the British Screen Advisory Council in London.
Ryan, a fierce opponent of the European Commission’s proposal for a Digital Single Market, replaces outgoing Paul Hertzberg and served two terms as Ifta chairman from 2003-07.
Joining him on the executive committee will be Myriad president and CEO Kirk D’Amico, who was re-elected as general vice-chairperson, Vision Films MD and CEO Lise Romanoff, who was re-elected vice-chairperson/secretary, and Mongrel International president Charlotte Mickie, who was elected vice-chairperson/Non-Californian.
Voltage Pictures CEO Nicolas Chartier, Arclight svp of sales and acquisitions Clay Epstein and The Exchange CEO Brian O’Shea continue in the second year of their terms on the executive committee.
The following...
The membership meeting took place simultaneously at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City and via telephone to the British Screen Advisory Council in London.
Ryan, a fierce opponent of the European Commission’s proposal for a Digital Single Market, replaces outgoing Paul Hertzberg and served two terms as Ifta chairman from 2003-07.
Joining him on the executive committee will be Myriad president and CEO Kirk D’Amico, who was re-elected as general vice-chairperson, Vision Films MD and CEO Lise Romanoff, who was re-elected vice-chairperson/secretary, and Mongrel International president Charlotte Mickie, who was elected vice-chairperson/Non-Californian.
Voltage Pictures CEO Nicolas Chartier, Arclight svp of sales and acquisitions Clay Epstein and The Exchange CEO Brian O’Shea continue in the second year of their terms on the executive committee.
The following...
- 9/24/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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