American Film Market concludes with influx of new buying companies
The American Film Market 2012 hosted 82 world premieres, screening films from 30 separate countries.
This year’s American Film Market saw more than a six per cent increase in new buying companies with 35 more than 2011, including a sharp increase in the Latin American and Asian presence at the market.
Over the whole of the market, which came to its conclusion last Wednesday, 442 films were screened, with 82 world premieres and 327 market premieres from over 30 countries.
A total of 753 buying companies from more than 60 countries were present this year. The AFM Conferences, which launched in 2011, spoke to large audiences of more than 700 in attendance each day. Overall, 7,749 people attended the market to date.
“The healthy growth in new buying companies is the most important metric for us,” said AFM Managing Director Jonathan Wolf. “It shows that the global marketplace for independent film is continuing to expand.”
Regions with more buyers at the market included Asia up 14 per cent and Latin America up 17 per cent. Among individual countries, Japan and Korea had the largest increase for buying companies, with Korea providing 26 per cent more companies than in previous years, and Japan up 23 per cent.
