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Vegas Fails to Dazzle Indie Industry at AFM Despite Buyer Turnout and Influx of Packages
Despite a slew of new projects and a high number of buyers, attendees were mostly turned off by the AFM's new location
But there was also the matter of the various costs involved, including the somewhat eye-watering amount companies were being asked to pay should they want to offer guests coffee in their already expensively rented office rooms in the Palms. Other buzzy projects going into the market included A24’s Timothee Chalamet ping-pong drama “Marty Supreme,” Black Bear’s “Motor City” starring Alan Ritchson and Park Chan-wook’s comedy-thriller “No Other Choice.” For Yohann Comte, co-founder of Charades, which launched sales on Tina Romero’ “Queen of the Dead,” the “turnout of buyers was good,” But as he noted: “The question to know is whether they’re coming here out of curiosity and if they’ll show up next year if it’s the same set up.”
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