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• AFM in L.A.: dates, venue, screenings and global presence
• Star-led dramas and tense thrillers to watch
  • Alone Together
  • The Arrival
  • Father Joe
  • The Mark
  • Reenactment
  • Silverback
  • Moses the Black
  • Queen of the Falls
  • Ink
• Comedies, rom-coms and ensemble stories drawing buyers
  • Babies
  • Bad Bridgets
  • Love Language
  • Everybody Wants to F*ck Me
  • Life Is Life
• Animation and family-friendly features on offer
  • Brave Cat
  • Halloween vs. Day of the Dead
  • Barry & Me
  • Hello Betty
• High-concept, genre-bending and horror titles
  • Buzzkill
  • Heartless
  • Fish
  • The Vile
• Indie curiosities, festival hopefuls and action fare
  • Only What We Carry
  • Ultra
  • Bad Bridgets
  • Viva La Madness

The American Film Market returns to Los Angeles this November, bringing hundreds of buyers, sellers and producers to the Fairmont Century Plaza from Nov. 11–16. Expect screenings at AMC Century City 15 and national pavilions from more than 60 countries, as studios and independents present a wide slate of films for international sale.

AFM in L.A.: dates, venue, screenings and global presence

The market moves back to the city after a 2024 stop in Las Vegas. Fairmont Century Plaza will be the hub for meetings and events. Screenings take place nearby at AMC Century City 15.

• Delegates from 60+ countries will attend.
• National umbrella stands include China, France, Germany, Italy and Thailand.
• Sales agents and distributors will debut new titles aimed at global buyers.

Star-led dramas and tense thrillers to watch

• Alone Together

  Director: Ben Sharrock. Producers: Florian Zeller, Federica Sainte-Rose. Key cast: Callum Turner, Adria Arjona, Amir El-Masry. A British director travels to the Arabian desert for work and, after a freak downpour, forms an unexpected bond with two strangers. Sales handled by HanWay.

• The Arrival

  Director: Bijan Sheibani. Producers include Tessa Ross and Michael Fassbender. Key cast: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Archie Madekwe. A reunion between estranged brothers exposes obsession, identity and betrayal. Sales: Cornerstone.

• Father Joe

  Director: Barthélémy Grossmann. Producers: LB Production, EuropaCorp. Key cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Al Pacino, Ever Anderson. A man of faith wages a violent crusade against organized crime; Pacino plays the mob boss. Sales: Kinology.

• The Mark

  Director: Justin Chadwick. Producers include Jessica Alba. Key cast: Jessica Alba, Tom Hopper. A spy drags a single father into a covert, dangerous mission. Sales: Highland Film Group.

• Reenactment

  Director: Grant Singer. Producers: Black Label and 193. Stars: Benicio del Toro, Cameron Diaz. Plot details are being kept secret as sales prepare festival and theatrical runs. Sales: 193.

• Silverback

  Director: Steve Kenny. Key cast: Jason Isaacs, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor. A stay-at-home dad faces consequences when a notorious criminal becomes his neighbor. Sales: Bankside.

• Moses the Black

  Director: Yelena Popovic. Producers include Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Wiz Khalifa. Key cast: Omar Epps, Wiz Khalifa, Quavo, Chukwudi Iwuji. A modern Chicago gangster is inspired by a tale of ancient repentance. Sales: Stoic.

• Queen of the Falls

  Directors: Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia. Key cast: Pamela Anderson, Guy Pearce. On the run and in love, a roadkill cleaner and a fugitive race toward Niagara Falls, pursued by the law. Sales: Global Constellation.

• Ink

  Director: Danny Boyle. Key cast: Guy Pearce, Jack O’Connell, Claire Foy. An explosive cinematic ride tracing the rise of a media empire inspired by Rupert Murdoch. Sales: Studiocanal.

Comedies, rom-coms and ensemble stories drawing buyers

• Babies

  Director: Lauren Miller Rogen. Producers: Lylas Pictures, AGC Studios. Key cast: Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick. An ensemble comedy-drama that explores paths to parenthood, and the choice to opt out. Sales: AGC, CAA Media Finance.

• Bad Bridgets

  Director: Rich Peppiatt. Producers: LuckyChap. Key cast: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Emilia Jones. Two 19th-century Irish sisters escape hardship and cause havoc in New York as so-called “Bridgets.” Sales: FilmNation (int’l), WME Independent (U.S.).

• Love Language

  Director: Joey Power. Producers include Colin Jost and 3 Arts Entertainment. Key cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Anthony Ramos, Billie Lourd. After a broken engagement, a woman discovers she can craft perfect wedding vows — until old flames complicate things. Sales: Protagonist.

• Everybody Wants to F*ck Me

  Director: Jonathan Schey. Producers include Studiocanal and Film4. Key cast: Taron Egerton, Jessica Henwick. A dark, sharp thriller-comedy filming across London. Sales: Studiocanal.

• Life Is Life

  Director: Riccardo Milani. Key cast: Diego Abatantuono, Aldo Baglio. An Italian box-office hit about a solitary shepherd defending his land from developers. Sales: PiperFilm.

Animation and family-friendly features on offer

• Brave Cat

  Director: Gabriel Osorio. Producer: Pato Escala. Mixing stop-motion and 3D CGI, a teenage forest cat searches for her kidnapped mother. Sales: Indie Sales.

• Halloween vs. Day of the Dead

  Director: Celso García. An animated adventure sees a boy from Halloween Ville visit Day of the Dead Town. Their journey may unite rival holidays. Sales: Studio 100.

• Barry & Me

  Director: Markus Welter. Producer: Marcel Wolfisberg. A boy on a mountain pass raises a St. Bernard puppy and risks everything to keep their bond. Sales: The Playmaker Munich.

• Hello Betty

  Director: Pierre Monnard. Key cast: Sarah Spale. The true story of Emmi Creola, the Swiss advertising pioneer behind the Betty Bossi brand. Sales: Picture Tree Intl.

High-concept, genre-bending and horror titles

• Buzzkill

  Director: Joe Lynch. Key cast: Billy Magnussen, Lulu Wilson. A widowed, recovering sheriff hunts a monster that feeds on victims’ blood alcohol. Sales: The Veterans (int’l), AC Independent, UTA Independent Film Group (U.S.).

• Heartless

  Director: Camille Delamare. Key cast: Jeanne Goursaud, Colin Morgan. After a heart transplant goes missing during a blackout, a former MMA fighter hunts an organ-trafficking ring. Sales: K5 Intl.

• Fish

  Director: Carlo Hintermann. Key cast: Tim Roth, Hunter Schafer. A genre-bending drama about an art-history professor who begins to transform into a fish — and a wider evolution among his students. Sales: Minerva Pictures, TVCO.

• The Vile

  Director: Majid Al Ansari. Producers include Roy Lee. Key cast: Bdoor Mohammed, Sarah Taibah. A devoted wife’s world unravels when her husband returns with a second wife. Sales: AGC Intl.

Indie curiosities, festival hopefuls and action fare

• Only What We Carry

  Director: Jamie Adams. Key cast: Simon Pegg, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sofia Boutella. A hardened instructor faces a former pupil who returns to confront a troubled past. Sales: International Film Trust.

• Ultra

  Director: Victoria Negri. Key cast: Shailene Woodley. Following her twin’s death, a woman tackles the brutal Badwater 135 ultramarathon and finds herself chased by a mysterious runner. Sales: Mister Smith Entertainment (int’l), WME Independent (N. America).

• Bad Bridgets

  (Also appearing in comedy slate) A period story that blends social history with mischief as Irish immigrants carve out lives in New York. Sales: FilmNation, WME Independent.

• Viva La Madness

  Director: Guy Ritchie. Key cast: Jason Statham. Plot is being kept under wraps as sales teams prepare festival strategies. Sales: Black Bear.