The 2024 American Film Market (AFM) marks a transformative moment as it relocates from its long-standing Los Angeles base to Las Vegas, bringing a fresh atmosphere and renewed hope to the independent film community.
Set within the Palms Casino Resort through November 10, this year’s AFM promises convenience and cohesion, offering all activities under one roof for the first time in the market’s history. From screenings in Brenden Theatres’ IMAX-equipped cinema to the ease of in-building exhibitor offices and conference rooms, the move aims to simplify logistics and foster networking.
Here’s an overview of films being presented by the leading 78 international sales agencies at the 2024 American Film Market, offering a dynamic blend of genres, including horror, thriller, drama, comedy, and animation.
International Sales Agencies (M-Z)
Metro International
- Salvable – Boxing drama starring Toby Kebbell and Shia LaBeouf, directed by Bjorn Franklin and Johnny Marchetta.
Mind The Gap Productions
- The Anti-Talents – Teenager smuggles arms during the Yugoslav wars.
- Buffalo Daze – True story about Jim Grinder, an “Indian cowboy” from British Columbia.
Mister Smith Entertainment
- Everybody Digs Bill Evans – Biopic about jazz musician Bill Evans, featuring Anders Danielsen Lie and Bill Pullman.
mk2 Films
- The Thing With Feathers – Literary adaptation starring Benedict Cumberbatch as a grieving man losing his grip on reality.
- Alpha Game – Alien invasion comedy featuring Cate Blanchett, Channing Tatum, and more.
Motion Picture Exchange
- ZombieCON Vol. 1 – Horror-comedy about cosplayers in a zombie apocalypse.
MPI Media Group
- Chain Reactions – Documentary on the impact of Tobe Hooper’s horror classic, featuring Stephen King and Takashi Miike.
- Drive Back – Horror thriller about a couple trapped on an endless road.
Myriad Pictures
- American Sweatshop – Mystery thriller about internet underworld; stars Lili Reinhart and Joel Fry.
- Dragn – Sci-fi horror involving a rogue AI-operated drone terrorizing a team-building group.
Neon
- Splitsville – Comedy about a man navigating divorce with friends in open marriages.
- Misty Green – Directed by and starring Chris Rock, about an actress grappling with her career.
Newen Connect
- Off To India – Comedy about a French mattress worker relocating to India.
- Better Days – Dramatic comedy following a group of women bonding in rehab.
Other Angle
- The Gardener (Le Jardinier) – Action comedy starring Jean-Claude Van Damme about a man on the government blacklist.
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Palisades Park Pictures
- Skyline Warpath – Sci-fi action starring Iko Uwais and Scott Adkins.
- Eyes In The Trees – Body horror adaptation of H.G. Wells’s novel, starring Anthony Hopkins.
Pathé
- Sailing Home (La Vallée Des Fous) – Drama about a man entering a virtual sailing race to rebuild his life.
- 13 Days, 13 Nights – Afghanistan evacuation thriller starring Roschdy Zem and Lyna Khoudri.
Pinnacle Peak Pictures
- The Last Supper – Drama exploring tensions around the Biblical event.
- Between Borders – True story of an Armenian family fleeing during the Soviet collapse.
Protagonist Pictures
- Glenrothan – Family drama about a man returning to Scotland to make amends with his estranged brother, directed by Brian Cox.
- The Luckiest Man In America – Thriller based on a true story of a game-show winner hiding a secret.
Pulsar Content
- The Opera! – English-language musical retelling the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, starring Vincent Cassel.
Rapt Films
- Extremely Unique Dynamic – Stoner comedy about two friends making a movie, directed by Ivan Leung and Harrison Xu.
Reason8 Films
- We Were Dangerous – Thriller about teens trapped on an island institution, produced by Taika Waititi and Carthew Neal.
Red Sea Media
- Drive Through Fire – Human-trafficking thriller starring Michael Jai White.
- Reckless – Thriller about an ex-con on the run with his heist share.
Signature Entertainment
- Hungry – Survival thriller about tourists being stalked by a hippo, directed by James Nunn.
- The Great Lillian Hall – Drama starring Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, and Pierce Brosnan.
SND
- Treasure Hunters: On The Tracks Of Khufu – Adventure film starring Fabrice Luchini as an archaeologist on a globe-trotting quest.
- Out Of Control – Thriller about a couple facing threats from a former lover.
Studiocanal
- Pressure – WWII drama set in the hours leading up to D-Day, starring Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser.
- Wings Of Freedom – Animated feature with voices by Eva Longoria and Nicholas Galitzine.
The Coven
- Dead By Dawn – Horror about a play rehearsal in an occult-tinged household.
- The Snare – Drama about a high-schooler deciding whether to become an informant.
The Exchange
- In Vitro – Sci-fi thriller set on a cattle farm exploring unsettling breeding methods.
The Match Factory
- Father Mother Sister Brother – Jim Jarmusch’s family drama with Cate Blanchett and Adam Driver.
- Dreams – Romance between a wealthy socialite and a Mexican ballet dancer, starring Jessica Chastain and Rupert Friend.
VMI Worldwide
- Perfectly Imperfect – Romantic comedy set on a cruise.
- I Was A Teenage Sex Pistol – Documentary on the UK punk band, featuring Debbie Harry and Billy Idol.
Visit Films
- 40 Acres – Sci-fi thriller about African American farmers defending their land.
- Ugly – Horror about an abusive hunter who lets his undead wife bite him.
Voltage Pictures
- Under Fire – Action-comedy starring Dylan Sprouse as an undercover agent.
- O.T.H.E.R. – Thriller with Olga Kurylenko as a woman confronting a surveillance system and dark entity.
WestEnd Films
- Night & Day – Comedy based on Virginia Woolf’s novel, starring Haley Bennett and Lily Allen.
- The Zealot – Thriller about a Somali-American airport shuttle driver taking a risky offer, starring Kodi Smit-McPhee.
WTFilms
- Squealers (Gibier) – Horror thriller about activists trapped in a slaughterhouse.
- Infiltrate – Thriller about an agent navigating the criminal underworld to rescue her husband.
Yellow Veil Pictures
- Lilly Lives Alone – Psychological horror about a grieving woman facing her past.
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