With the AFM heading to Las Vegas, a group of indie filmmakers are aiming to launch a “new film market and entertainment industry convention” in LA this October.
Organizers say The American Film Convention (AFC) will take place October 15-17, 2024 at Magic Box in Downtown Los Angeles.
CEO and founder Mitesh Patel, a grassroots independent filmmaker and producer, says the event will incorporate a “market, auction, conference, product and service showcase, workshop, talks and addresses, pitch fest, networking event, and filmed and live entertainment.”
As part of its offering organizers say it is aiming to “fill the gap” left by the departing AFM.
The organizers are ambitious: “The event offers more than 100,000 square feet of exhibition space and has room for 400 exhibitors and participants. We expect the convention to draw about 5,000 delegates in its first year,” they said.
Indie filmmaker Jon Fitzgerald, who co-founded the Slamdance Festival and was Festival...
Organizers say The American Film Convention (AFC) will take place October 15-17, 2024 at Magic Box in Downtown Los Angeles.
CEO and founder Mitesh Patel, a grassroots independent filmmaker and producer, says the event will incorporate a “market, auction, conference, product and service showcase, workshop, talks and addresses, pitch fest, networking event, and filmed and live entertainment.”
As part of its offering organizers say it is aiming to “fill the gap” left by the departing AFM.
The organizers are ambitious: “The event offers more than 100,000 square feet of exhibition space and has room for 400 exhibitors and participants. We expect the convention to draw about 5,000 delegates in its first year,” they said.
Indie filmmaker Jon Fitzgerald, who co-founded the Slamdance Festival and was Festival...
- 4/23/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Directed and produced by Mitesh Patel, Woman in the Maze is a horror film that shows the desperate attempts of a woman to escape a house. The story revolves around Gabrielle, a real estate agent who has come to live in Hannah’s house for a few days in the ghost town of Jerome. She ends up getting lost in the maze of the house due to a curse, while her lover has been trying his best to rescue her. Starring actors like Meredith VanCuyk and Joey Heyworth, the film seems to be quite a promising one! Will Gabbi be able to find her way out of the house? What had caused the house to become cursed? Let’s find out!
Spoilers Ahead
What Experiences Did Judy Have With Jerome?
Gabrielle had been promoted from the post of project manager to assistant manager at a real estate company. She had come to Jerome,...
Spoilers Ahead
What Experiences Did Judy Have With Jerome?
Gabrielle had been promoted from the post of project manager to assistant manager at a real estate company. She had come to Jerome,...
- 12/2/2023
- by Debjyoti Dey
- Film Fugitives
Stars: Meredith VanCuyk, Joey Heyworth, Missy Jane, Cortney Davis, Sean Dillingham, George Nelson, Brenda Jean Foley | Written by Scott Gore, Matt Midgette | Directed by Mitesh Kumar Patel
Gabbi Reynolds has been sent to check some property the developer she works for has bought near Jerome, the largest ghost town in Arizona. That lets Woman in the Maze’s director Mitesh Kumar Patel open the film with a long shot of Gabbi driving a corvette convertible through the scenic desert to the mansion she’s rented as a song that makes you want to shove ice picks in your ears plays.
After fielding a phone call from a friend and telling her the place isn’t haunted, “It’s even bigger than the pictures on the website, and it’s dirt cheap”, usually sure signs a house is infested with ghosts, she immediately starts hearing strange noises and her reflection in...
Gabbi Reynolds has been sent to check some property the developer she works for has bought near Jerome, the largest ghost town in Arizona. That lets Woman in the Maze’s director Mitesh Kumar Patel open the film with a long shot of Gabbi driving a corvette convertible through the scenic desert to the mansion she’s rented as a song that makes you want to shove ice picks in your ears plays.
After fielding a phone call from a friend and telling her the place isn’t haunted, “It’s even bigger than the pictures on the website, and it’s dirt cheap”, usually sure signs a house is infested with ghosts, she immediately starts hearing strange noises and her reflection in...
- 12/1/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
"Woman In The Maze" is a new thriller feature, directed by Mitesh Patel, starring Patel, Joey Heyworth, Sean Dillingham, Missy Jane, Brenda Jean Foley, Cortney Davis and George Nelson, releasing October 6, 2023 in theaters:
"..a young woman rents a house in America's largest ghost town, 'Jerome', Arizona for a business trip, but soon discovers that the house is cursed and traps any woman who enters it.
"The house transforms into a maze, making it impossible for the woman to escape. Will she be able to break the curse and escape the maze before it's too late? or will she become its next victim ?..."
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"..a young woman rents a house in America's largest ghost town, 'Jerome', Arizona for a business trip, but soon discovers that the house is cursed and traps any woman who enters it.
"The house transforms into a maze, making it impossible for the woman to escape. Will she be able to break the curse and escape the maze before it's too late? or will she become its next victim ?..."
Click the images to enlarge... ...
- 9/5/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: The Love and Hope International Film Festival, based in Barcelona and backed by IMDb, Stage 32, FilmFreeway, and Final Draft, will open its upcoming edition with Guillotine by Iranian-American director Ray Izad-Mehr.
The pic, Izad-Mehr’s debut feature, is billed as an examination of the iconic Guillotine killing machine throughout history. From the French Revolution to the fall of Saddam Hussein, Guillotine is an exploration of the dark side of humanity and the consequences of power, the synopsis reads.
“I am incredibly excited for Guillotine to have its world premiere In Barcelona, one of the most beautiful and artistically progressive cities in the world,” said Izad-Mehr.
Festival Director Darwin Reina and Assistant Director Marisa Martí described Guillotine as a “poignant and timely film that encapsulates the very essence of the Love and Hope International Film Festival.”
“This year’s Lhiff festival is going to be amazing. It’s the...
The pic, Izad-Mehr’s debut feature, is billed as an examination of the iconic Guillotine killing machine throughout history. From the French Revolution to the fall of Saddam Hussein, Guillotine is an exploration of the dark side of humanity and the consequences of power, the synopsis reads.
“I am incredibly excited for Guillotine to have its world premiere In Barcelona, one of the most beautiful and artistically progressive cities in the world,” said Izad-Mehr.
Festival Director Darwin Reina and Assistant Director Marisa Martí described Guillotine as a “poignant and timely film that encapsulates the very essence of the Love and Hope International Film Festival.”
“This year’s Lhiff festival is going to be amazing. It’s the...
- 8/30/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
"Woman In The Maze" is a new thriller feature, directed by Mitesh Patel, starring Patel, Joey Heyworth, Sean Dillingham, Missy Jane, Brenda Jean Foley, Cortney Davis and George Nelson, releasing October 6, 2023 in theaters:
"..a young woman rents a house in America's largest ghost town, 'Jerome', Arizona for a business trip, but soon discovers that the house is cursed and traps any woman who enters it.
"The house transforms into a maze, making it impossible for the woman to escape. Will she be able to break the curse and escape the maze before it's too late? or will she become its next victim ?..."
Click the images to enlarge... ...
"..a young woman rents a house in America's largest ghost town, 'Jerome', Arizona for a business trip, but soon discovers that the house is cursed and traps any woman who enters it.
"The house transforms into a maze, making it impossible for the woman to escape. Will she be able to break the curse and escape the maze before it's too late? or will she become its next victim ?..."
Click the images to enlarge... ...
- 8/25/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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