AFI teams up with AFM for showcase

Los Angeles, California – A total of 27 films selected for the American Film Institute’s AFI FEST 2011, will also be represented at this year’s American Film Market (AFM).

The association with AFI FEST, the festival partner of AFM, connects art and commerce, broadening the opportunities for participants at both events. Eleven AFI FEST films will be screened at AFM, such as Café De Flore (Films Distribution); Footnote (WestEnd Films); Headhunters (Magnolia Pictures); I Melt With You (Magnolia Pictures); Kill List (Protagonist Pictures); Miss Bala (Fox International); Rampart (Sierra/Affinity); and Snowtown (Protagonist Pictures).

Sixteen additional Festival selections that will be represented at AFM, include; The Artist (The Weinstein Company); Attenberg (The Match Factory); Beyond the Black Rainbow (Magnolia Pictures); Coriolanus (Icon Entertainment); Jiro Dreams of Sushi (Magnolia Pictures); Melancholia (Magnolia Pictures); The Silver Cliff (Celluloid Dreams); and We Need to Talk About Kevin (Independent).