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AFM Hits Las Vegas With New Attitude: There’s ‘Excitement’ and ‘Positivity’ for the Indie Film Event for the First Time in Years

AFM hits Las Vegas with new attitude and venue as indies look to deal their way out of slump

“All the big companies are in the hotel exhibiting: Lionsgate, Film Nation, A24 and Neon —companies that have been scattered around Santa Monica, not necessarily in the Loews, and we’re all together for the first time in years, if ever,” he explains. Closing deals is the eternal film market quest; this session promises some bright spots and an uptick in the need for new content in the distribution pipeline. “Buyers are going to be searching for movies for their end of 2025 and for their 2026 slates: there are a lot of openings in that distribution window,” says McCormick, putting AFM 2024 companies on a direct path to providing content to fill those gaps.

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