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AFM 2025 Review: Markets Reinvigorated, Deals Reshaped, and Distribution Reset

November 18, 2025 FilmTake Comments Off on AFM 2025 Review: Markets Reinvigorated, Deals Reshaped, and Distribution Reset

As the American Film Market wrapped at the Fairmont Century Plaza, the prevailing sentiment was unmistakable: relief. After four locations in four years—Santa Monica, virtual, Las Vegas—the independent business finally had a market that functioned, flowed, and felt worthy of the work being done inside it.

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AFM 2025: The 50 Hottest Film Packages, What Buyers Want, and How Deals Are Getting Done

November 12, 2025 FilmTake Comments Off on AFM 2025: The 50 Hottest Film Packages, What Buyers Want, and How Deals Are Getting Done

This year’s AFM slate is unusually dense, featuring high-profile packages, prestige breakouts, and ambitious commercial plays across genres, drama, and franchise-adjacent concepts. To help readers track the projects driving the most conversation—across sellers, buyers, agencies, and financiers—we’ve compiled a curated list of the 50 packages dominating meetings and hallway chatter.

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All Eyes on Cannes After Strong Sales at EFM and Sundance

May 9, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off on All Eyes on Cannes After Strong Sales at EFM and Sundance

Given the number and quality of projects at Sundance and EFM Berlin, there is a feeling of cautious optimism going into Cannes next week. This year’s Cannes will launch a new Cannes Remakes initiative focusing on remaking European films, with a focus on France, Italy, and Spain.