French worldwide gross sales veteran Agathe Valentin has joined The Match Factory within the newly created position of Gross sales Director with speedy impact.
She’s going to report back to the Germany-based movie gross sales and manufacturing firm’s long-time VP Worldwide Gross sales Thania Dimitrakopoulou.
Understanding of Brussels, Valentin’s remit is to be a key driver in executing initiatives that broaden the group’s worldwide footprint and meet its targets, the corporate stated.
Valentin has racked up gross sales expertise at various high gross sales firms over the course of her two-decade profession, engaged on a bunch of award-winning movies within the course of.
She was Head of Gross sales at Les Movies du Losange for eight years, promoting titles akin to Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or winners The White Ribbon and Amour, which additionally received the Greatest Overseas Language Movie of the Yr Oscar in 2013.
She headed to Pyramide in the identical position in 2015, the place she sorted movies akin to John Trengove’s The Wound and Hubert Charuel’s French breakout Blood Milk.
In 2018, she co-founded Paris-based gross sales and manufacturing firm Totem Movies, the place highlights included Juho Kuosmanen’s Cannes Grand Prix winner Compartment N°6.
Most just lately, Valentin served as Director of Gross sales at UK-based worldwide gross sales firm HanWay Movies.
“Welcoming Agathe to our crew marks an thrilling step ahead for our worldwide gross sales efforts,” stated Dimitrakopoulou. “Agathe’s business experience and love for cinema might be instrumental in driving progress. I stay up for collaborating intently as we proceed to broaden our footprint and produce distinctive work of cinema.”
The appointment comes as The Match Manufacturing unit gears up for Sundance, the place the corporate will premiere Magic Farm by Amalia Ulman and Cherien Dabis’ All That’s Left of You, adopted by the Berlinale, the place it’ll showcase a number of movies.
