AFM Buzz Titles: Indie Action Movies, Period Dramas and Genre Thrills Look to Lure Buyers at 2024 Market

The American Film Market, which runs Nov. 5 – 10, kicks off in new digs as the event relocates from its long-standing base in Santa Monica to the bright lights of Las Vegas. The move will see hundreds of exhibitors setting up shop in the Palms Casino Resort, which will also play host to the AFM’s conference series, the AFM Sessions, as well as industry screenings inside the resort’s 14-screen multiplex, the Brenden Theatres.

More than 285 companies and organizations from 80 countries are exhibiting at this year’s AFM, with the event’s organizers announcing that exhibition space in the Palms Casino Resort has sold out. Countries including China, France, Germany, Italy, Romania and Thailand will host dedicated umbrella stands showcasing national companies and producers, and a total of 34 countries will be represented by international trade organizations, film commissions and national delegations.

The Housekeeper

Director: Richard Eyre

Producers: Julia Taylor-Stanley, Kevin Loader

Key cast: Uma Thurman, Anthony Hopkins, Phoebe Dynevor

A period drama of forbidden love that follows a housekeeper at a stately manor who falls prey to a young and beautiful visitor, the novelist Daphne du Maurier, who’s writing her haunting masterpiece, “Rebecca.”

Sales: Embankment Films (international); Embankment Films, CAA Media Finance (U.S.)