Was AFM worth it? - Two Indie Filmmakers Perspective with Henry Winnik & Lucas Rios

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With AFM (The American Film Market) having recently wrapped up in Las Vegas I thought it would be a good idea to speak to two filmmakers that went so I spoke to Henry Winnik and Lucas Rios.
Henry is an experienced filmmaker, having been Location Manager on big films like 'The Wrestler' 'Insidious: The Red Door'. Henry went over to AFM with his production company to look for finance for his feature film 'A Blaze in the Brooklyn Sky'. Lucas took over his feature film 'Till death do us part' (Hasta Que La Muerte Nos Separe) as he was looking to talk to sales agents and distributors.
I spoke to both filmmakers about why they went to AFM, I got their experience of the market, their tips for going for the first time and we also talked a bit about their individual projects and what their hopes are for the future.

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章节

1. Introduction to both filmmakers (00:00:00)

2. Henry Winnik - Why did he go? (00:01:10)

3. Had Henry been before? (00:02:04)

4. Did Henry make appointments before he went? (00:03:38)

5. Logistics - how much is accreditation? (00:05:48)

6. Are the official networking mixers worth it? (00:06:50)

7. Location change for AFM (00:08:54)

8. What's the set up like? Booths or hotel rooms? (00:09:35)

9. Were there any trends in the movie posters/projects coming out? (00:10:59)

10. Is it worth going for one day? (00:11:55)

11. Had people Henry met already watched his proof of concept? (00:12:43)

12. Is it worth shooting a proof of concept for a feature? (00:14:47)

13. Do you need proof you were a filmmaker for accreditation? (00:16:11)

14. What were the worst things about AFM? (00:16:42)

15. Parties at AFM, how do you find them? How does it work? (00:17:58)

16. Anything a first timer should know about AFM? (00:19:39)

17. Lucas Rios (00:21:44)

18. Lucas Debut feature - Till Death Do Us Part (00:21:49)

19. First time at AFM? What was Lucas main objective? (00:23:28)

20. Any trends or themes this year? (00:27:50)

21. What would be Lucas advice for a first timer at AFM? (00:30:33)

22. Current sales situation with the film (00:37:08)

23. Selling a foreign language film - are their barriers selling a Spanish language film? (00:39:18)

24. AI Language Translation software (00:41:17)

25. The value of remake rights to a film. (00:44:09)