Manchester Animation Festival’s Industry Day is just over two weeks away! The MAF Marketplace brings together companies and animation studios to showcase their work and meet the Festival delegates. This year’s Industry Day kicks off with a brand new event – The Animation Keynote. As a festival first, Patricia Hidalgo, Director of Children’s and Education[…..] […]
International Film Market: Consumption of Black Culture, Rejection of Black Stories – presented in partnership with NAACP The NAACP convenes a panel of storytellers to explore the myths and rigors of international distribution for black-themed content and leading roles. The full session replays are available by logging into the AFM platform at afm2021.online and clicking[…..] […]
MAN VS THE MACHINE LARGO AI REVEALS HOW AI CAN HELP LEVERAGE CASTING SUCCESS AT AFM 2021 Gender diversity in lead role representation has improved by 6% in the last three years Women rank within two of the top three matches to play next James Bond according to AI Idris Elba sweeps AI victory as[…..] […]
London, 5 November — UK-based sales firm 101 Films International, a member of the Amcomri Media Group, has boarded world sales on BUFF Originals’ drama Finding Forever which the company is launching at the virtual American Film Market . Casting is already underway on the feature, which will be written and directed by Clare Anyiam-Osigwe (No Shade), and[…..] […]
The full session replays are available by logging into the AFM platform at afm2021.online and clicking on ‘Session Replays’ on the top right of the navigation bar. DISTRIBUTION CONFERENCE II: How Streamers Approach Independent Content Gaining attention in the saturated market is challenging. Platform leaders will speak to their acquisition needs and strategy, and reveal[…..] […]
On Nov. 10, Unity announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Weta Digital, specifically its artist tools, core pipeline, intellectual property, and award-winning engineering talent. The Academy Award-Winning VFX service teams of Weta Digital will continue as a standalone entity known as WetaFX and will become Unity’s largest customer in the[…..] […]
Publisher, Crytivo, alongside the development team, Hidden Tower Studios, is happy to announce the Early Access Release of the castle builder and strategy game, Siege the Day. Equipped with beautiful graphics, tactical gameplay, and epic battles, Siege the Day is aiming to catapult onto the scene in less than one week. *Requests are subject to[…..] […]
Nickelodeon and ViacomCBS Consumer Products will roll out a licensing program with Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, a founding member of the hip-hop group Run-DMC. In addition to collaborating with Nickelodeon and ViacomCBS on an apparel line and publishing deal with Random House Children’s Books, McDaniels will provide his voice in the new short-form series What’s the[…..] […]
Starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Claire Forlani and Mara Lane New Comedy from multiple award-winning cast and crew, being packaged for AFM World Market Premiere Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment announces the acquisition and the AFM world market premiere and packaging of the star-studded comedy, Food Fight, with Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The 12th Man, From Paris[…..] […]
U.S. toy industry dollar sales increased 11% in Q3 0f 2021, while January through September sales were up 17% or $2.3 billion, according to The NPD Group. The NPD Group attributes growth to the child tax credit, fewer promotions, price increases, new toy buyers, high income households, and a continuation of pandemic lifestyles. “With the[…..] […]
