P.O. Box 696, Littleton, CO 80160
303-587-9792 Fax: 303-470-1011
November 15, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Darlene Cypser
Phone: 303-587-9792
E-mail:ifilm@infernofilm.com
Web: www.infernofilm.com
Inferno Film Productions, LLC, the only exhibitor from Colorado at the recently concluded American Film Market (AFM), signed several distribution deals at the market, including one for theatrical distribution of Inferno's Dragon and the Hawk in India. More deals are pending.
Colorado-based Inferno Film Productions, LLC, produces its own movies as well as acting as a sales agent for other production companies. At AFM Inferno offered distribution rights to 21 titles, which included action, horror, drama, comedy and family movies. Five of these movies were produced in Colorado.
Inferno was represented at AFM by Trygve Lode, Darlene Cypser, and Mark Steven Grove. "This market started off much faster than the last few AFMs," Cypser said. "People were asking for prices in the first few days, even before they had screened the movies."
"The interests of buyers has shifted and broadened compared to film markets in recent years," Lode said. "This year we saw a major burst of buyers looking specifically for romantic comedies and a continuation of last year's heightened interest in family entertainment."
"The interest in romantic comedies was a pleasant surprise since we had just added two new ones, Be Somebody, and Breaking & Entering, to our catalog," Cypser said.
"Action and horror are still the strongest sellers in most territories," Lode continued, "but in contrast to past years, buyers were asking for films with less violence and gore rather than more."
Inferno met with representatives from 56 distribution companies from the U.S., France, Germany, Cyprus, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Australia, Brazil, and other countries. These include companies that specialize in theatrical distribution, home video, broadcast television, and cable television.
"We are very excited to have signed a deal with Aparna Films, Intl., to distribute Dragon and the Hawk theatrically in India. We are also discussing theatrical distribution in other territories with other companies," Cypser said.
Inferno also sold rights to distribute the romantic comedy, Breaking and Entering, in Thailand, sold the rights to distribute the sci-fi thriller, Terrarium, in China, and expanded video distribution of Path of the Ninja: Shinobigatana, which is already distributed in 14 territories, to seven more territories in Africa. "In the past, we've signed most distribution deals in the weeks following the market," said Lode, "so it's very inspiring to have signed this many deals while we were there."
While Cypser and Lode primarily handled the sales appointments, Grove arranged meetings with other members of the movie industry to develop future projects for Inferno and its sister company, Asgard Entertainment, LLC. These talks included a possible supernatural thriller with Tane' McClure ("Legally Blonde 1 & 2"), and other projects with James Lew ("Lethal Weapon 4"), Gary Daniels ("Fist of the North Star"), and Bernard Madrid ("Officer and A Gentleman"). Inferno hopes to bring most of these upcoming films to Colorado.