By Jesús Silva We caught up with Corinne Rossi, CEO of Praesens, to talk about the particular traits of the Swiss market for independent distribution, such as the multilingual nature of the territory, often linked with differences in terms of audience taste and trends. Rossi also opened up about the measures implemented by the…
Independent film publishers
Interview with Thomas Verkaeren, General Manager of O’Brother, BENELUX
By Joachim Soudan Thomas Verkaeren, O’Brother‘s General Manager, discusses for us a line-up built on taking care of specific Belgian producers’ films rather than on acquiring quantities of films on the markets. He walks us through the complexities and challenges of the Benelux, a multiple and divided territory, partly dependent on France, and speaks…
Interview with Jakub Mróz, President of Tongariro Releasing, Poland
By Jesús Silva We caught up with Jakub Mróz, President of Poland’s Tongariro Releasing, an independent distribution company specialised on LGBT films. Mróz opened up about his role as a film distributor and the recent trends in the Polish market. Thanks to a diversified business model and a strong presence online, the company managed…
Interview with Sarah Chazelle and Etienne Ollagnier, Founders and Managers of Jour2Fête, France
By Joachim Soudan Sarah Chazelle and Etienne Ollagnier, founders of Jour2Fête, develop for us their points of view over independent film publishing in France and over the struggle against the effects of the pandemic. Through ongoing discussions with the government and between all the actors of the cinema industry, France has put in place…
