Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe American Film Market (AFM), one of the key international film events on the calendar, has decided to move online for 2020 in the face of continued coronavirus disruption.It had started to look inevitable in recent weeks that the market would need to change up this year, with virus spikes in the U.S.
and continued restrictions on international travel making any physical edition of the event seem increasingly challenging.AFM typically welcomes some 7,000 industry professionals from more than 70 countries.
In the pandemic era, it’s difficult to see how any major global event like that will be able to be hosted physically any time soon.
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