4 (Continued on Page 6) 2024. This AFM was its firstever show in Las Vegas, since relocating from Santa Monica, California. This year, the AFM hosted its market activities in a single location at the Palms, including exhibit space, 200 screenings at the Palms’ Brenden Theaters, and the AFM Sessions. Physical exhibition space for the market sold out in September. Countries, including China, France, Germany, Italy, Romania, and Thailand, hosted dedicated umbrella stands. Exhibitor offices and meeting tables were located in AFM’s designated hub, Palms’ Fantasy Tower floors 8-17, 25, and 26, as well as in Nove (a floor that is just labeled Nove with no number designation). Guests take the express elevator that only accesses the Nove, View, and Moon spaces. For example, the Los Angelesbased Multicom Entertainment was exhibiting on the 14th floor in room 217, while the Romanian delegation took suite 223 on the 9th floor, plus space in the LocationExpo, which was located in the Palms Ballroom on the second floor, which also welcomed film commissions, government agencies, and production service companies from the U.S. and as far as Barbados, Italy, Japan, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and Thailand. Alongside the sales and licensing activities, the LocationExpo, and the screenings, the seminar sessions presented 100 leaders, experts, and influencers on 30 panels and presentations across two stages: The Main Event Space, and the View Event Space. Among the sessions that ran from November 6 to November 9, there were: “Working with SAG-AFTRA as an Independent,” “Independent Film Financing in Today’s Financial Landscape,” “The Untold Realities of Global Film Sales: What’s Really Shaping Today’s Market?,” and “Casting for Low-Budget Films.” As per October 30, 2024, the American Film Market (AFM) declared that its 45th annual market would be opening with 286 sales, production, and distribution companies, along with international trade organizations, film commissions, national umbrella stands from 34 countries, and participants from 80 countries. The AFM ’24 ran over six days, November 5-10, 2024, at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Flamingo Road, which is located west of the Strip. It opened right when the historical presidential election was taking place, causing some buyers to stay away fearing disruptions over the election results. The move to Las Vegas was announced by the Los Angelesbased Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) in March AFM’s New Las Vegas Venue is Full of Surprises VIDEOAGE November 2024 World 14 x 60’ 55 x 3’ Long form series In Development RAINFOREST REWILD 2 x 60’ | In Production From the producer behind the hit series, “Penguin Town” 16 x 30’ mediasales@bomanbridge.tv MEET US AT ATF! Stand FA - 08
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