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font-family: Arial"> <img src="Images2/CloseWindow.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divCompany1');" />&nbsp; </span></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="divCompany2" style="display: none; background-color: White; width: 410px; height: 580px; display: none; position: absolute; z-index: 10; top: 10%; left: 40%;"> <table height="580" width="410"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="text-align: center;"> <img src="Images2/DPS_Large7.gif" style="width: 400px; height: 532px" /><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"><br /> <br /> </span> <!-- <img src="Images2/webSite.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="window.open('http://www.thewifts.com'); popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divCompany2');" />&nbsp;--><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> <img src="Images2/CloseWindow.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divCompany2');" />&nbsp; </span></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="divCompany3" style="display: none; background-color: White; width: 410px; height: 580px; display: none; position: absolute; z-index: 10; top: 20%; left: 40%;"> <table height="580" width="410"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> <img src="Images2/VarietyHeader.gif" /><br /> <img src="Images2/VarietyBody.gif" /><br /> <br /> </span> <img src="Images2/webSite.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="window.open('http://www.thewifts.com'); popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divCompany3');" />&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> <img src="Images2/CloseWindow.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divCompany3');" />&nbsp; </span></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="divCompany4" style="display: none; background-color: White; width: 410px; height: 580px; display: none; position: absolute; z-index: 10; top: 20%; left: 40%;"> <table height="580" width="410"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> <img src="Images2/VarietyHeader.gif" /><br /> <img src="Images2/VarietyBody.gif" /><br /> <br /> </span> <img src="Images2/webSite.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="window.open('http://www.thewifts.com'); popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divCompany4');" />&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> <img src="Images2/CloseWindow.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divCompany4');" />&nbsp; </span></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="divCompany5" style="display: none; background-color: White; width: 410px; height: 580px; display: none; position: absolute; z-index: 10; top: 20%; left: 40%;"> <table height="580" width="410"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> <img src="Images2/VarietyHeader.gif" /><br /> <img src="Images2/VarietyBody.gif" /><br /> <br /> </span> <img src="Images2/webSite.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="window.open('http://www.thewifts.com'); popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divCompany5');" />&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> <img src="Images2/CloseWindow.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divCompany5');" />&nbsp; </span></td> </tr> </table> </div> <!-- // End Left Company logos ////////////////////////// --> <div id="divAD1" style="display: none; background-color: White; width: 400px; height: 400px; display: none; position: absolute; z-index: 10; top: 20%; left: 40%;"> <table height="400" width="400"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="text-align: left;"> <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/AutumInNewYork.jpg" style="border-right: white 4px solid; font-size: 8pt; float: left; font-family: Arial" /><p> <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"></span>&nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <strong><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-family: Arial"> <br /> SYNOPSIS</span><br /> </span></strong><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> When Will Keane, a wealthy New York City playboy, meets Charlotte Fielding, a beautiful art student half his age, he's instantly drawn into a passionate and scandalous affair. As Will realizes he's falling in love, he tries to end their relationship, only to discover the shocking secret that Charlotte is dying. Can a terminal womanizer change his ways to support and embrace the woman of his dreams ... if only to live with himself? </span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> &nbsp; &nbsp;<br /><br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span> <span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/MovieDetails.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="window.open('http://www.lakeshoreentertainment.com'); popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divAD1');" />&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/CloseWindow.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divAD1');" />&nbsp; </span></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="divAD2" style="display: none; background-color: White; width: 400px; height: 540px; display: none; position: absolute; z-index: 10; top: 20%; left: 40%;"> <table height="540" width="400"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="text-align: left;"> <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/ImageWorks.gif" style="border-right: white 4px solid; font-size: 8pt; float: left; font-family: Arial" /><p> <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"></span>&nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <strong><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-family: Arial"> <br /> SYNOPSIS</span><br /> </span></strong><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial">Propelled by grief over the death of Maurice2 s twin brother Jacques at birth, his mother Marie falls under the influence of Madame Armand, who convinces Marie to force her son to act as a medium to the next world. As Jacques asserts himself through Maurice, he comes to the realization that they both desire the same thing: their parents2 love, only Jacques does not want to return to the living: he wants his parents to join him in the afterlife </span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> &nbsp; &nbsp;<br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span> <span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/MovieDetails.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="window.open('http://www.imageworksentertainment.com/default.asp'); popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divAD2');" />&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/CloseWindow.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divAD2');" />&nbsp; </span></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="divAD3" style="display: none; background-color: White; width: 410px; height: 580px; display: none; position: absolute; z-index: 10; top: 20%; left: 40%;"> <table height="580" width="410"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="text-align: center;"> <p> <img src="Images2/Garden.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 519px" /></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span><img src="Images2/webSite.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="window.open('http://cinetelfilms.com/'); popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divAD3');" />&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial; text-align: center;"> <img src="Images2/CloseWindow.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divAD3');" />&nbsp; </span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="divAD4" style="display: none; background-color: White; width: 300px; height: 480px; display: none; position: absolute; z-index: 10; top: 20%; left: 40%;"> <table height="480" width="300"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="text-align: center;"> <img src="Images2/ImageWorks.gif" style="width: 289px; height: 407px" /><strong><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-family: Arial; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /> </span> </span></strong> <img src="Images2/webSite.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="window.open('http://www.imageworksentertainment.com/'); popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divAD4');" />&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> <img src="Images2/CloseWindow.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divAD4');" />&nbsp; </span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="divAD5" style="display: none; background-color: White; width: 400px; height: 580px; display: none; position: absolute; z-index: 10; top: 20%; left: 40%;"> <table height="580" width="400"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="text-align: left;"> <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/SpiritoftheForest.jpg" style="border-right: white 4px solid; font-size: 8pt; float: left; font-family: Arial" /><p> <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"></span>&nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"> &nbsp;</p> <strong><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-family: Arial"> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> SYNOPSIS</span><br /> </span></strong><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> A powerful businessman intends to build a highway and the ever-evil Mrs. D'Abondo sees her chance to get rid of the forest. CARBALLO (the Oak Tree) and his companions are in danger, and all the animals that shelter among the trees will have to flee. Yet FURI and LINDA, the moles, and PIORNO, the mouse, don't intend to give up easily, nor does CEBOLO, a jumpy town mole who has just moved to the forest. <br /> In their new adventure, they'll have the help of the Clan of the Free Cats, spearheaded by the conceited TIGER. Even HUHU and HOHO, the troublemaking flies, decide to lend a helping hand. When they find out what Mrs. D'Abondo is afraid of, FURI hatches a scheme to bring... The Spirit of the Forest to life. </span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> &nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> <br /> &nbsp;<br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span> <span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/MovieDetails.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="window.open('http://www.fantasticfilmsinternational.com'); popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divAD5');" />&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/CloseWindow.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divAD5');" />&nbsp; </span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="divAD6" style="display: none; background-color: White; width: 400px; height: 500px; display: none; position: absolute; z-index: 10; top: 20%; left: 40%;"> <table height="500" width="400"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="text-align: left;"> <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/DogGone_Poster.gif" style="border-right: white 4px solid; font-size: 8pt; float: left; font-family: Arial" /><p> <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"></span>&nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"> &nbsp;</p> <strong><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-family: Arial"> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> SYNOPSIS</span><br /> </span></strong><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> A notorious diamond thief and two dim-witted accomplices think they have found the perfect suburban neighborhood to hide out and the perfect place to stash $5 million in stolen diamonds  on a golden retriever. But Owen, a clever young boy, falls in love with the dog and discovers their secret. He immediately takes action and a la HOME ALONE, a terrific battle ensues between man s best friend and America s most wanted. </span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> &nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> <br /> &nbsp;<br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span> <span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/MovieDetails.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="window.open('http://www.visionfilms.net/index.php'); popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divAD6');" />&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/CloseWindow.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divAD6');" />&nbsp; </span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="divAD7" style="display: none; background-color: White; width: 400px; height: 500px; display: none; position: absolute; z-index: 10; top: 20%; left: 40%;"> <table height="500" width="400"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="text-align: left;"> <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/Poster_CatAussie.jpg" style="border-right: white 4px solid; font-size: 8pt; float: left; font-family: Arial" /><p> <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"></span>&nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"> &nbsp;</p> <strong><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-family: Arial"> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> SYNOPSIS</span><br /> </span></strong><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> Aussie, a lovable mutt, embarks on a mission to return his young owner's very special teddy bear. </span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> &nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> <br /> &nbsp;<br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span> <span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/MovieDetails.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="window.open('http://cinetelfilms.com/'); popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divAD7');" />&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/CloseWindow.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popDiv('divGray'); popDiv('divAD7');" />&nbsp; </span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="divAD8" style="display: none; background-color: White; width: 400px; height: 500px; display: none; position: absolute; z-index: 10; top: 20%; left: 40%;"> <table height="500" width="400"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="text-align: left;"> <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/Poster_CatAussie.jpg" style="border-right: white 4px solid; font-size: 8pt; float: left; font-family: Arial" /><p> <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"></span>&nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"> &nbsp;</p> <strong><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-family: Arial"> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> SYNOPSIS</span><br /> </span></strong><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> Aussie, a lovable mutt, embarks on a mission to return his young owner's very special teddy bear. </span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> &nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial"> <br /> &nbsp;<br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span> <span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/MovieDetails.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="window.open('http://cinetelfilms.com/'); 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color: #000000">Source  Select  Download©&nbsp;<br /> AFM 2008 @ your<br /> &nbsp;Fingertips from the<br /> Nov 5th - 12th 2008</span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="font-weight: bold"> <tr> <td style="width: 10px"> </td> <td bgcolor="#000000" style="text-align: left"> <span style="color: #FFFFFF"> <span style="color: #FFFFFF; font-family: Arial; " class="style16"> A Different Perspective On The News Daily @ AFM 2008</span><span style="color: #58AB27; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/afm2008/Images/Bullet_G.gif" /> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><a href="mailto: elspeth@thebusinessoffilm.com" style="color: #FFFFFF"> elspeth@thebusinessoffilm.com</a></span></span></span></td> </tr> </table> <table width="650"> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="430"> <!-- S1 --> <tr> <td style="text-align: left; font-weight: 700;"> <span class="style17"> <span class="style3"> <span class="style19">Editorial Comment <br /> Elspeth Tavares</span></span><br /> <span class="style20">&nbsp;</span><br /> The Real Picture &amp; The Obama Factor</span><span class="style18"><font size="2"><br class="style17" /> <br class="style17" /> <span class="style17">The reluctance to say the market was very, very slow was evident in the controlled words generally expressed. With an air of optimism as a direct result of the Obama Factor, there was an unwillingness to pinpoint the real problems and a tendency to skirt around all the  old adages. The fact is the slowness was a continuation of 2007. Where does the lethargy really lie?</span><br class="style17" /> <br class="style17" /> <span class="style17">Did the real picture of that continuance of 2007 emerge? There were many pictures  527 films were screened, and that is a huge amount. Is this the problem? The consensus is that the buyers were all screening these 527 pictures (the first four days of the market), but how many buyers per picture? Research by The Business of Film suggests that where were less than ten per screening, half of whom left after the first 10-15 minutes. With approximately around1000 buyers attending AFM, that simply does not compute. </span> <br class="style17" /> <br class="style17" /> <span class="style17">Let s leave the numbers statistics and look at the  overall economic climate, a thermometer that MAY be closer to the REAL picture. The fact is that the industry has been here many times before. Is this time really that different? Yes and no. Yes because the distribution mechanism available is a changed model, but that model (internet) has not yet matured, so we could argue that little has changed. Consumers have many more options on how to spend their time, gaming for one, but this is still not the factor.</span><br class="style17" /> <br class="style17" /> <span class="style17">There were many films made with equity financing and the financing is not available. We have been there before!! The industry will always find new avenues of money, exploit the bejeezus out of it, make crappy movies, and those players will eventually disappear leaving us with the entrepreneurs, that band of true individuals who at the heart of the matter, love films, know the business, and have established relationships.</span><br class="style17" /> <br class="style17" /> <span class="style17">The fact is those who didn t have a good Market were selling rubbish films the BUYERS do not want to buy and the public NO LONGER wants to see.</span><br class="style17" /> <br class="style17" /> <span class="style17">One German buyer remarked to The Business of Film,  I don t understand these sales companies. They all make the same films, and there is not one or two the same, but five or six. I go into the theatre and ten minutes later, I think I have seen this before. Might we be getting closer to that 10-15 min factor mentioned at the beginning of this article?</span><br class="style17" /> <br class="style17" /> <span class="style17">Canvassing the many companies buyers and sellers revealed three recurring points: (1) Relationships, Relationships, Relationships; (2) Product, Product, Product; and (3) Knowledge of the marketplace from both ends of the spectrum.</span><br class="style17" /> <br class="style17" /> <span class="style17">No matter what product a seller has, in the tough economy and changed environment that exists today, a buyer will go FIRST to the seller he has the solid RELATIONSHIP with, and that means not only getting a jar together, but the times the sales agent has protected the buyer when perhaps a movie has not worked as expected. Companies with good PRODUCT at all levels of the ladder sold, for instance product that had a different spin, such as 111Pictures with new acquisition Look. Companies in both hotels with good product all sold very well. No sign of a slow down there. KNOWLEDGE of the buyer s marketplace, experience and longevity were all contributing factors to the positive side of AFM 2008 despite the financial crisis.</span><br class="style17" /> <br class="style17" /> <span class="style17">The real picture on the negative side is that companies are going to have to adapt. The  organization s that is IFTA, which presents the AFM, will also need to adapt. Adapting to a world where there is a realization that  money is dictating decisions sounds simple, but it s not as simple as it sounds. If there is no deep-rooted change to the fundamental rules that existed in 1980 when the AFM was established, perhaps some no longer apply. In three years the AFM could be a market where a larger percentage than there is in 2008 are companies with just one or two films. Experienced buyers will not buy from these companies. The net result is that they won t return for a second year. Also, these companies don t know the territories; they don t know the prices. This creates an underlying problem because each year the number of these companies increases. I re-call having a conversation with AFM more than ten years ago when there were just a  few. Today there are many. Tomorrow there will be even more. One can argue, what does it matter? It matters because the companies that have invested over the years suffer. Stretch the mind and think of it in terms of the outsourcing that has occurred. The world thinks it s getting cheap labor, and it has for a while, but cheap comes back to bite you in the backside and result is that for many companies much  growth may equal little or no substance. </span> <br class="style17" /> <br class="style17" /> <span class="style17">The negative factor continues. Look at the many companies that opted to buy a badge for the buyers lounge instead of taking an office (give or take 40K all in) when THEY did not have any new product and therefore had no reason for the buyers to receive  the added interest compared to the many companies that had paid for their suites and rooms many months ago prior to the financial crunch hitting the world. The reality is that post AFM some will be able to survive, others will not, and others will simply adapt.</span><br class="style17" /> <br class="style17" /> <span class="style17">The negative factor is, as one seller concurs with what we have being saying for years, the consumers WILL NO LONGER watch rubbish. We repeat: the consumers will no long watch rubbish. So what of the hundreds of films, some of which were advertised in the daily trade press, that were rubbish depending on how you define rubbish? This is part of the real picture and many more observations too numerous to mention.</span><br class="style17" /> <br class="style17" /> </font><span class="style17"><font size="2">The Obama factor illustrated that America was ready for change, that Americans are perhaps more educated than they sometimes appear, that they can in one PROUD moment embrace REAL change, and that at the root of this change is the question of education. And that holds as true for a nation as it does for the small sector of the big picture that is the film industry. We need change, we are experiencing change, and the coming change will leave some members of the industry behind.</font></span></span><br /> </td> <!-- S2 --> <!-- End S2 --> <!-- S3 --> <!-- End S3 --> <!-- S4 --> <!-- S6 --> <!-- S6 --> <!-- S6 --> <!-- End S6 --> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"> &nbsp;</td> </tr> <!-- S5 --> </table> <hr /> <table width="430"> <tr> <td> <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/theWifts_logo.gif" /></td> <td> <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/West_Hollywood.jpg" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" /></td> <td> <img src="http://www.thebusinessoffilmdaily.com/mipcom/Images/Jean_Logo.gif" style="height: 123px" width="130" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.thewifts.com"> The Women's International <br /> Film &amp; Television Showcase<br /> PDC Dec. 4 - 7, 2008</a></span></span></td> <td valign="top"> <span style="font-size: 8pt; 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