{"id":123114,"date":"2024-11-07T14:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T07:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123114"},"modified":"2024-11-07T14:24:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T07:24:02","slug":"at-afm-international-film-execs-react-to-trumps-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123114","title":{"rendered":"At AFM, International Film Execs React to Trump&#8217;s Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhile Tuesday may have been the biggest news day in several years for the U.S. (and, arguably, the world), over at the American Film Market in Las Vegas, guests would have been forgiven for not knowing a presidential election was actually taking place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDespite Nevada being a battleground swing state, screens across the city\u2019s casino halls and bars on Tuesday night were almost entirely showing sports \u2014 with bemused visitors struggling to find anywhere to watch the results come in. Indeed, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/afm\/\" id=\"auto-tag_afm\" data-tag=\"afm\">AFM<\/a> attendees could be spotted from the rest of the Vegas population by a mile: they were the only ones glued to their phones, looking puzzled as red started filling the U.S. map.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI doubt any bars will be showing the election as we don\u2019t want things to get political and heated \u2014 because politics is the surest way to start a fight,\u201d noted one bartender. Within seconds she proved her point \u2014 the mere mention of the election sparked one drinker to start loudly shouting about her dislike of Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt was the worry of a fight that actually kept many executives from the U.S. and overseas away from this year\u2019s AFM, especially over concerns of a violent uprising should Harris have won. When Trump lost in 2020, his supporters attacked the U.S. Capital on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis time, that wasn\u2019t a concern: Trump won the election by a landslide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cYou can now say you were in Vegas when the biggest wild card brought U.S. democracy to a screeching halt,\u201d said one AFM visitor, echoing a somber mood that was felt across the film market the next morning. (\u201cWhat the fuck,\u201d appeared to be a common utterance.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOne U.S. distributor said he watched the election with a bunch of international executives and he could feel the disappointment across the board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWhat was very obvious when we were all talking last night is that America has always sort of represented an ideal for so many different parts of the world, culturally, for so long,\u201d he said. While Europe has been drifting towards far right in over a decade with Italy, Poland, France and more countries witnessing the rise of populist parties, the U.S. was perceived as a haven from the political tumults. That was until Trump\u2019s first election win in 2016. His re-election has now completely ripped apart that image.<br \/>\u201cPeople used to come to America to have a different sort of experience in the land of milk and honey, but it\u2019s not anymore. The challenges that are facing the rest of the world are no different in America. It\u2019s not a beacon on the hill any longer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAdded another AFM attendee: \u201cIt\u2019s a reality check. The fact that that the Republicans won the popular vote and the electoral college, it shows that this is the direction the country wants to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBut how could Trump\u2019s second term impact popular culture?<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAccording to one distribution exec, it might not affect the independent, specialized sector whose movies don\u2019t necessarily appeal necessarily to Trump supporters. For studio movies, it\u2019s a different story. \u201cWhen they release on 4000 screens, they need the whole country to respond their movies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDespite Republicans winning the election and the Senate, there\u2019s a sense that Hollywood and the rest of the predominantly left-leaning entertainment industry won\u2019t give up on advocating for social justice and progressive ideals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cCultural change doesn\u2019t just come from laws and regulations,\u201d says an indie studio boss. \u201cMedia and entertainment are one of the most powerful forces in establishing the status quo and what we look to for societal norms. In a precarious time, where a bigoted hate-monger is in a position to make laws, media has a powerful responsibility to put forward messages of equality, representation, and acceptance.\u201d<br \/>He added: \u201cWe must seek to how to normalize many of the social issues he used to divide us so this doesn\u2019t happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAt a time of massive consolidation in the film and TV sector, entertainment figures are also pondering the impact of Trump\u2019s win on M&amp;A activity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cTrump being a Republican, he\u2019s in favor of deregulation and he wants more open market activity so he could create potentially more business,\u201d a U.S. buyer said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWith Republicans retaking control of the U.S. Senate, other entertainment-related hot-button issues at stake are AI regulations and copyright laws.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn France, President Emmanuel Macron told <em>Variety<\/em> recently about his efforts to establish a framework to regulate the responsibility of players who distribute AI and define the rules for knowing what\u2019s true and what\u2019s false. \u201cIt\u2019s safe to predict that Republican lawmakers won\u2019t go out of their way to pass legislation to protect creators, or fight against online hate speech and disinformation. Especially considering X boss Elon Musk\u2019s influence on Trump\u2019s victory,\u201d said a French industry executive who has lived in the U.S. for the last two decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t(<em>Variety<\/em> reporters did eventually manage to find somewhere to watch the election \u2014 an Irish bar where the only people interested were tourists, and Trump\u2019s victory was soundtracked by a man singing Bob Marley covers.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/global\/donald-trump-win-international-film-business-1236203042\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Tuesday may have been the biggest news day in several years for the U.S. (and, arguably, the world), over at the American Film Market in Las Vegas, guests would &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123114\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}