Festival Data:

• Established: 1987
• Genre: General
• Attendance: 55000
• Media Attendance: 250
• Accredited Industry Attendance: 300
• Total Number of Films Submitted: 2700
• Total Number of Films Screened: 147
• Total Screenings: 250
• Total National and International Premieres: 80
• # of Shorts Screened: 36
• # of Features Screened: 111
• Accreditations: AMPAS, BAFTA, FIAPF

• Competitive
• Film Market
• Has Panels

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Festival Description:

AFI FEST presented by Audi is the longest-running film festival in Los Angeles and one of the most influential film festivals in North America. AFI FEST features international competitions of new films from emerging filmmakers, retrospectives of internationally- renowned film masters and nightly red-carpet gala premieres.

AFI FEST hosts a Rooftop Village — a suite of interconnected hospitality pavilions with breathtaking city views spanning the Pacific Ocean to the Hollywood sign. The LOFT — a turn-key festival party and reception space and home of the highly successful one-on-one filmmaker meetings that make up the Kodak CONNECT Program.

The American Film Market (AFM), October 31 - November 7, 2007, is the market partner of AFI FEST presented by Audi. Together, AFI FEST and AFM provide the film community with the only concurrent festival/market event in North America. As the largest motion picture trade event in the world, AFM draws leading film professionals from around the globe. Each year over 8,000 attendees converge on Santa Monica for deal-making, screenings, seminars, networking and parties. In just eight days, more than $800 million in motion picture production deals will be closed on both completed films and those that haven't yet started shooting.