American Film Market Remaining Place In Santa Monica With New Deal Through 2017

The Independent Film & Television Alliance, which runs the American Film Market, have been teasing with moving the annual market downtown towards the L.A. Live complex, and just unwillingly confirmed in September it was remaining in Santa Monica through 2012. However it's become the upgrades it wanted in the city and it has inked an offer which will keep your confab in the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel — its home since 1991 — through 2017. Occasions will also take place at Le Merigot Beach Hotel and also the Fairmont Miramar. AFM authorities reported an approaching AMC cinema complex with 12 screens a refurbished and broadened Santa Monica Social Auditorium, that will give a venue for red-colored-carpet premieres additional rooms in hotels within the downtown area an easy-rail visit 4th Street and Colorado Boulevard set to spread out in 2015 along with a seven-acre park on Sea Avenue opposite the Loews scheduled to become carried out 2013, together with a mixed-use complex featuring restaurants and retail. Our mentioned goal in the oncoming of this method is to supply the best atmosphere, assets and value for that mobile phone industry's purchasers and retailers and, after lengthy and careful deliberations, we feel residing in Santa Monica will achieve all individuals goals, IFTA leader and Boss Jean Prewitt stated. Santa Monica authorities state that AFM will lead a lot more than $100 million towards the local economy within the next six years. Listed here are the approaching AFM dates, also introduced today: October 31-November 7, 2012 November 6-13, 2013 November 5-12, 2014 November 4-11, 2015 November 2-9, 2016 November 1-8, 2017.