2023
Alex Settle, Acquisitions Assistant / Altitude / UK: "Graduating from the NFTS in 2021, I completed my MA in Film/TV Distribution, Marketing, Sales and Exhibition where during my time I worked at Picturehouse Entertainment, Bankside, BIFA and Vertigo. I joined international sales agent, UK distributor and production company, Altitude at the start of 2022 working in Acquisitions where I identify, assess and help decide what films Altitude acquires for UK distribution and/or international sales."
Amelie Eckhardt, Acquisitions & Sales Manager / PLAION PICTURES / Germany: Amelie gained first insights into the film industry as a production intern in 2014/15 at Odeon Film in Munich. After her MA in Film Studies at the University of Kent in 2019, she discovered film distribution through an internship at Wild Bunch Germany in Acquisitions, Sales & Co-Production. In 2020, Amelie joined the Acquisitions & TV Sales team of PLAION PICTURES as a Trainee, continued as a Junior, and now works as Acquisitions & Sales Manager. [email protected] | /https://plaionpictures.com/
Francisco Zambrano, International Sales Coordinator / mk2 / France: After discovering Dogtooth (2009) at one of the last remaining arthouse movie theaters in Caracas as a teen, Francisco decided to pursue his studies in Film abroad. 5 years later and with solid experiences in production, distribution, and film programming, they joined Reel Suspects as Festival Manager where they handled the festival strategy of titles such as We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2021) and My name is Baghdad (2021). Currently they coordinate the sales department in mk2 films and works with buzzy titles like Anatomy of a Fall (Golden Palm 2023), Reality (Berlinale Panorama 2023), Alcarràs (Golden Bear 2022) and Return to Seoul (UCR 2022).
Maximilian Sachsse, Co-Founder / Nutshell / Germany: He holds a Diploma in theater directing and studied film production at the Film academy Baden Württemberg. Max has been in the film industry for nine years various roles ranging from development, producing to distribution and international sales for Picture Tree International. He is the co-founder of Nutshell a global community-based and audience-validated licensing tool for imaginary worlds. [email protected] | https://nutshell-fiction-builders.webflow.io
Michael Yates, Sales and Acquisitions Director / Metro International Entertainment / UK: Michael has worked in film for over six years. He is currently Sales & Acquisitions Director at Metro International, an independent sales & production outfit based in London, where he acquires, develops and sells features for global distribution. Recent credits include Nick Moran's CREATION STORIES (a Sky Original); Carol Morley's TYPIST ARTIST PIRATE KING, backed by BFI; Joachim Héden's THE LAST BREATH, on which he serves as an Executive Producer; and Andrew Currie's THE INVISIBLES, backed by Telefilm, on which he is also an Executive Producer. He is a BIFA voter and holds an MA in Film & Screen Media from Birkbeck, University of London.
Mirva Huusko, Sales Executive / NonStop Entertainment / Sweden: Mirva Huusko works as sales executive at NonStop Entertainment, a Stockholm based film distribution company of upmarket arthouse films, award-winning documentaries timeless classics and genre films. At Nonstop Mirva oversees TV sales, digital distribution and grant applications. Nonstop Entertainments recent releases include films such as Aftersun, Decision to Leave, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Passages and upcoming How to Have Sex. Mirva holds an International Master of Arts degree and Bachelor of Arts degree from the department of cinema studies at Stockholm University and has worked with Nonstop since 2013.
Nur Hadas, Head of International Sales / Go2Films / Israel: Nur Hadas, currently residing in Tel Aviv, is the Head of International Sales at Go2Films. She started her career in the Israeli film industry with small roles at Docaviv IFF and Haifa IFF. Prior to her current role, she worked as a Sales Executive at Go2Films. Nur holds a BA in Communications and English Literature from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. [email protected] | https://go2films.com/
Raluca Iacob, Distribution and Sales Executive / Lightdox / France: In her work Raluca cooperates with partners in the French, German, Italian speaking territories, Benelux as well as Central and Eastern Europe. Before joining Lightdox she split her time working for film festivals and as a researcher, having obtained a PhD in Film studies from University of St. Andrews in 2014. Over the last decade documentary cinema has captured her attention and in 2022 this enthusiasm for non-fiction cinema prompted her move to film sales.
2022
Abdi Ali, Acquisitions and Development, Bankside Film, UK: Graduate from Regents University London - Film Screen. Abdi started his film career as a Sales Team Assistant at Mister Smith Entertainment, Film and Literary Assistant at Michelle Kass Associates and Development Team Assistant at Wildgaze Films. Throughout his career Abdi had a long and a keen interest in the acquisitions and development side of the film industry and joined Bankside Films as Acquisitions and Development assistant in the summer of 2020. [email protected] | www.bankside-films.com
Fanny Gavelle, Sales Manager / The Festival Agency / France: Fanny Gavelle joined TFA in January 2020. She’s become Sales Manager and Business Development Coordinator. Within the company, she handles new acquisition of films and develops their international festival strategy. She is the point person for European, North American, African, and Asian festivals and she also has a focus on genre films internationally. She also coordinates activities for one-off unique projects undertaken by the company. [email protected] | https://www.thefestivalagency.com/
Marcin Łuczaj, Head of Acquisitions / New Europe Film Sales / Poland: Marcin Łuczaj – grew up in the countryside in the Eastern Poland, graduate of film studies at University of Lodz and cultural studies at University of Warsaw. He works in New Europe Film Sales dealing with acquiring new projects and coordinating their development, financing and co-production overseeing such projects like LAMB, MEDUSA DELUXE, CORPUS CHRISTI, GODLAND or THE DISCIPLE. Selected as one of the Future Leaders 2021 by Screen International. He has been cooperating with many co-production markets for years, working as a selectionner and consultant for Cinemart at Rotterdam Film Festival, Torino Film Lab Script Lab or When East Meets West. He is an expert of the Hubert Bals Fund and teaches co-production and sales at workshops such as TorinoFilmLab, EAVE and MIDPOINT. From 2020 to 2022, he was a creative consultant for Anton.Corp in London, where he was responsible for European co-production and their financing. He’s been involved with a number of projects whether as financing consultant or executive producer bringing collaborators and financiers to projects. [email protected] | https://neweuropefilmsales.com/
Martina Moudrá, Producer / Sales Manager Freelance: Martina Moudrá is producer, sales manager and public_local relations manager with main focus on film sales. For ten years she worked as Associate Producer to Director and Producer Jan Sverak who runs his own company Biograf Jan Sverak. Martina was in charge of every development and release of the company - feature films, experimental short films, live broadcast or theatre show dealing mainly with financing, completing, distribution, public_local relations and sales. She collaborated with technological film distribution start-up Artinii and was a film grant’s consultant to various producers too. [email protected]
Minh Nguyen, Acquisitions Executive / SquareOne Entertainment / Germany: Minh was born and raised in Hanau and started his career as Production Intern at Neuesuper. He discovered Sales & Distribution through internships and part-time work at K5 International, Plaion Pictures, Film Constellation, and Maxdome. After graduation, he worked in Sales at eOneGermany, Rocket Science, and The Playmaker before joining SquareOne as Acquisitions Executive in 2019. He is an alumnus of Atelier Ludwigs-Paris and CICAE Art Cinema. [email protected]
Stephan Henz, DCM Film Distribution (Acquistions) & Arthouse Kinos (Head of Programming) / Switzerland: I started my career in the film industry with an internship at the ZFF which developed into a five-year engagement. With DCM, I had the chance to get to know the distribution part of the film industry. Two years ago, DCM decided to invest in the cinema chain "Arthouse Kinos" which presented me with the exciting chance to become the head of programming for the five cinemas while continuing to work for DCM in acquisitions.
Vito Marchiano, Sales Manager / Rushlake Media / Germany: Rushlake Media creates, develops and scales streaming brands worldwide. Based on the own proprietary streaming technology, as well as on third-party platforms we address the content needs of specific target groups or niche audiences more efficiently and enable rapid deployment and profitable monetization. [email protected] | www.rushlake-media.com
Yi Hu, GFM Film Sales / Sales Manager: Yi was born and raised in Hangzhou, China. She previously worked for Wes Anderson’s stop motion film ISLE OF DOGS, where she also contributed in making origami in the art department. Before joining the GFM team she studied MA Filmmaking at Goldsmiths, University of London. Yi currently works as Sales Manager at GFM Animation and GFM Film Sales in London.
