The Movie Marketing & Distribution Podcast

John Donnelly has 32 years of experience in the cinema industry. He launched the first UCI Cinemas multiplexes in Ireland in the 1990s before moving to Poland to establish multiplexes under the Multikino brand as Managing Director. In 2004, he became Managing Director of UCI Kinowelt in Germany heading up the turnaround of the company's operations in Germany. Following the acquisition of UCI/Odeon...

Nikki Stier Justice is an independent producer and seasoned entertainment executive with a background in film production and distribution. In 2014, she moved to start-up production company Good Deed Entertainment (GDE), where she helped grow the company into a multi-million dollar studio. As Chief Operating Officer she oversaw development, financing, production, distribution, corporate branding an...

Michael Matrenza is a senior marketer with over fourteen years of experience working in distribution in Australia. Having previously worked at Roadshow Films and on Melbourne International Film Festival, Michael has worked in the marketing team at Madman Entertainment since 2011, currently heading up marketing for the business across theatrical, home entertainment and streaming platform DocPlay. W...

Patrick O'Neill is Founder and Managing Director of Wildcard, Ireland's leading film distributor working across Theatrical, Video on Demand, and TV in Ireland and the UK. Wildcard projects include The Young Offenders, Bobby Sands: 66 Days, Cardboard Gangsters, Black 47, The Hole in the Ground, Wolfwalkers , and Deadly Cuts . Wildcard regularly manage Irish distribution campaigns on behalf of UK Di...

Dorothee  Pfistner spearheads acquisitions, TV sales as well as distribution strategies at Neue Visionen Filmverleih since 2014, a leading independent Berlin based film distributor, after several years at France's production and sales outfit MK2.   Neue Visionen was founded in 1997 by Torsten Frehse and Wulf Sörgel and has been under the joint management of Torsten Frehse and Sylvia Müller since 2...

For seven years Nicholas Camacho has been director of marketing for the boutique distributor Oscilloscope Laboratories and has worked on theatrical, VOD, and home video releases for dozens of acclaimed and cult favorite films including  Embrace of the Serpent, Kedi, The Love Witch, Buzzard,  and  Saint Frances.  His branding and film marketing efforts aim to position Oscilloscope as an outspoken c...

Roxanne Avent Taylor is emerging as one of Hollywood's most prolific and successful independent producers as well as the driving force behind several social justice and youth advocacy initiatives. As co-founder of Hidden Empire Film Group with husband director Deon Taylor, Ms. Taylor has developed, packaged and produced an impressive slate of films. Her most recent, Lionsgate's "Fatale," stars two...

Niels Alberg is CEO and co-founder of  PUBLIKUM.io . For the past 20 years, Niels has worked in applied research, strategy and creative business development. Niels specializes in designing innovative research methods for a large number of clients in projects that combine human insight and business strategy with the goal of developing new, creative connections between companies, organisations and p...

DiNapoli serves as President of Marketing for Bleecker Street where he oversees media, research and brand strategy for the NYC based film studio. He has been with the company since its inception and worked on 50+ Bleecker Street films including: THE ASSISTANT, LOGAN LUCKY, HOTEL MUMBAI, CAPTAIN FANTASTIC (Academy Award Nominated), DISOBEDIENCE, TRUMBO (Academy Award Nominated), LEAVE NO TRACE and...

Bill Guentzler joined Gravitas Ventures as Senior Director of Acquisitions in 2021. After spending a summer studying in Berlin in 1998, Bill joined the Cleveland International Film Festival as an intern and grew with the organization, ultimately being named Artistic Director in 2005, a position he held for 15 years. During his time at CIFF, he was part of the team making the festival one of the la...

Starting out with BA Hon's in both art and business David has established a unique career & network combining entrepreneurialism with creativity. Excelling in product creation and trend spotting within film and cinema. David is currently a Barbican Trust board member and co-founder of award winning agency elevenfiftyfive. Career highlights include key roles in the development of iconic Orange Wedn...

Sanne Juncker Pedersen is Head of the initiative ´Closer to the Audience´ launched by The Danish Film Institute in 2020. Backed by the funding scheme AudienceFocus she has worked closely with the Danish film industry and new partners to create innovation and progress within the field of audience research and audience awareness in development stage and pre-production. The Danish Film Institute has...

Recorded live on stage at the Cannes Film Festival 2022, this special conversation features a stellar lineup of senior leaders from national film organisations from across the world: Kjersti Mo, Director of the Norwegian Film Institute (NFI) Teresa McGrane, Deputy Chief Executive at Screen Ireland  Francesca Accinelli, VP Promotion, Communications & International Relations at Telefilm Canada Annet...

With over 25 years' experience, Mark Hirzberger-Taylor has worked for major studios including Paramount, Universal, Disney and MGM in territories as varied as Austria, Indonesia and Turkey. Since March 2019 Mark is CEO of Park Circus Group, a worldwide film distributor and sales agent representing all major Hollywood and British studios with offices in Glasgow, London, LA and Paris. Mark is also a...

"Especially in the independent space, the most successful distributors are the ones that have a data-driven approach" James Shapiro, Executive Vice President, US Distribution XYZ Films James Emanuel Shapiro is an entertainment executive veteran for twenty years and has been the COO of both Drafthouse Films and NEON where we helped build both distribution companies from the ground up. He's worked o...

Alex was President, International, Film and Managing Director of Entertainment One UK. Since joining eOne in 2008, Alex spearheaded eOne UK's film business, with full overall responsibility for acquiring and exploiting through all media an extensive range of feature films, including Twilight, 12 Years a Slave, Dallas Buyers Club, Stan & Ollie and Green Book. With his vast industry experience and p...

Moses Babatope has over 20 years of experience in cinema operations management, film production and film distribution, gained from several locations around the world, including the UK and Nigeria. He is currently the deputy managing director of Filmhouse Group and Managing Director of FilmOne Entertainment, Nigeria. FilmOne Entertainment and Filmhouse Cinemas have a combined workforce of over 500...

Avtar Panesar is VP Special Projects at Yash Raj Films and a n industry veteran with rare experience of helming international film and home entertainment markets for Indian cinema overseas. He has developed sustainable relationships in the complex space of international film distribution and contributed towards building the YRF brand both within the diaspora as well as non-traditional markets acro...

Nick Savva is the General Manager for Giant Pictures, a digital distribution label placing movies, documentaries and episodic TV on VOD and streaming platforms in North America and worldwide. Based in New York, Nick began his film career at BBC Films in his native London and later worked at Tribeca Films. He has specialized in digital distribution for independent movies and documentaries for the p...

Lia Devlin is Managing Director of Altitude Film Distribution and has been with the company since its inception in 2014 releasing over 150 films ranging from the Academy and BAFTA Award Winners MOONLIGHT, ROCKS, MINARI, 20 FEET FROM STARDOM, AMY and critically acclaimed THE FLORIDA PROJECT, DIEGO MARADONA, LADY MACBETH and more. Prior to that Lia specialised in Marketing for both independent and s...

Nicknamed "the doctor of audience-ology," Kevin Goetz has been at the center of what Hollywood calls the movie research industry for more than thirty years. His firm, Screen Engine/ASI, conducts research for a majority of all movies that are widely released in America and around the world. With decades of experience, Goetz has worked alongside all of the major film studio chiefs, network and strea...

Karol is an Austrian-born American entrepreneur and media industry innovator with a broad motion picture, Internet, blockchain, broadcast, publishing and event backgrounds. He has produced over a dozen award-winning films and his career spans two decades including leadership in the American independent film industry. Karol is Partner & COO of global media distribution and marketing company Abramor...

Jakob Abrahamsson is coowner and CEO of Nordic and Baltic upmarket distributor NonStop Entertainment and Bio & Bistro Capitol, an Electric/Everyman style cinema in Stockholm. He is an alumni of Inside Pictures and serves on the board of the Swedish Distributor's Association. He has a background as a freelance writer and programmer for the Stockholm Int Film Festival. NonStop Entertainment acquires...

'Things that are hits are big hits now because everyone is talking about them on social media - the spread of information is quicker, it snowballs', states Jake, Head of Distribution Strategy and Group Publicity at Curzon, during a new podcast encounter with Alex Stolz. Jake Garriock joined Curzon in 2008, as Head of Distribution Strategy and Group Publicity, leading numerous in-house PR and award...