LATIN HEAT AT AFM 2026: November 11 – November 14, 2026
By Judi Jordan | LATIN HEAT
This year Latin Heat welcomes back AFM 2026 with a focus on What’s New. What’s Improved. What is More. What To See. And With More To Learn. So Plan Your Best AFM Ever. Building on the triumphant 2025 return to Los Angeles a responsive AFM offers attendees much more.
PART 1: AFM House
As a challenging year in local production winds down, a reboot at AFM 2026 offers an adrenaline shot. From November 10th to November 14th the 47th year of the film market, and the 2nd year at the location, the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel on the Avenue of the Stars.
Independent and creator filmmakers will meet buyers and encounter partners building slates across the new global screen economy: theatrical, television, streaming, mobile-first, and vertical platforms.
Building on the triumphant 2025 return to Los Angeles a responsive AFM offers attendees much more. The upgrades include additional space to network; the crowded bar and expanded new indoor areas to wheel and deal.
Across the street CAA’s campus the new AFM House is home to the Innovation Hub expanded with more: demos, ‘fireside chats’ and newly designated arena for AFM attendees to delve into new technologies, live demos, and meet tech innovators developing screen entertainment.
The expanded AFM Innovation Hub, in partnership with Marché du Film’s Cannes Next, and the North American debut of The Cinemas Club, will explore the future of theatrical exhibition and moviegoing. Over four days, Wednesday, November 11 through Saturday, November 14, 2026, AFM House.
All of this added newness demands a smart schedule. Download the AFM26 app on your iOS or Android device. https://3301.applinks.guidebook.com/g/#/guides/afm26/?mobile_redirect=1
Pack an umbrella. Practice your pitch. Plan your most amazing AFM — And stay tuned for more coverage of one of the most important film market in the world, brought to you by Judi Jordan and our videographer Christian Rodrigo.