P.O. Box 696, Littleton, CO 80160
303-587-9792 Fax: 303-470-1011
October 29, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Darlene Cypser
Phone: 303-587-9792
E-mail:ifilm@infernofilm.com
Web: www.infernofilm.com
While voters across the U.S. will be gathering at the polls to decide who the president will be next year, filmmakers, sales agents and distributors from around the world will be converging on Santa Monica, California, for the American Film Market to decide what independent movies will be available to the public next year. While this is not as a weighty a decision as the presidential election, it is one that will impact many who work in the industry as content buyers gamble on entertainment hits and misses.
Inferno Film Productions, the only exhibitor from Colorado (In fact, the only exhibitor from the Rocky Mountain states.) will be offering distribution rights to 21 titles including 5 produced in Colorado (Hannah House, Get Goosed, Unreal, Dragon and the Hawk, and Path of the Ninja: Shinobigatana Basic Sword Skills). The majority of the titles being offered are feature films, though they do include 5 shorter children's videos. The movies include one shot on 35mm film, 4 shot on 16mm film, one shot in HD video, and several shot on other forms of digital video. They range in genre from action, to horror to drama and comedy. [The full list of titles can be found at www.infernofilm.com/availabilities.html]
Inferno acts as a sales agent for the filmmakers, taking a percentage of each sale as a commission. In the past Inferno has sold foreign distribution rights for Asia, Europe and Africa. Inferno as already set up appointments with buyers from several well-known US distributors as well as companies from Germany, France, Australia, China, South Africa, India, Romania, Indonesia, and Cyprus. Inferno usually meets with representatives from 65-80 companies at each American Film Market. Inferno will be represented at AFM by Darlene Cypser, Trygve Lode and Mark Steven Grove.
The American Film Market (AFM) is the world's largest film market. Unlike a film festival, AFM is a marketplace where more than $500 million in motion picture and television production and distribution deals are closed annually. Each year, over 7,000 industry professionals from over 70 countries converge in Santa Monica for eight days of deal making, screenings, seminars, and networking. Of those 7000 attendees, approximately 2,000 are buyers from movie and video distributors, television networks and cable companies. They come to meet with approximately 300 exhibitors who are offering distribution rights to movies.
This year AFM moves from February to November 3-10th to join forces with AFI FEST in a relationship similar to the association of the Cannes Film Market (Marche Du Film) with the Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes) in May. In addition, because buyers often do recognizance and make initial contacts at one international film market and complete deals at a subsequent market, moving AFM to be the last market of the year will more firmly establish it as the market where deals are signed.
AFM is produced by the Independent Film & Television Alliance (formerly AFMA), the trade association representing the world's producers and distributors of independent motion pictures and television programs. Additional information about the American Film Market can be found at: www.americanfilmmarket.com.