Rep Your Film! — How to Find a Sales Agent

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Rep Your Film! — How to Find a Sales Agent with Rupeshi Shah (Cinetic Media) and Anaïs Clanet (Reservoir Docs)

Have you ever gotten over the finishing line of making your film and felt burnt-out and totally overwhelmed by the thought of selling and pitching it to distributors? Consider bringing on a sales agent! In this session, we will cover how to find and work with experts who can help bring your film to streamers, broadcasters, and distributors – both domestically and internationally! Come learn from two experts in the field of film sales – Rupeshi Shah from the Sales Group at <a href="https://cineticmedia.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cinetic Media</a> (<a href="https://www.wmm.com/catalog/film/coded-bias/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Coded Bias</a>, Oscar-winner Summer of Soul, Knock Down the House) and Anaïs Clanet from <a href="https://reservoirdocs.net/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Reservoir Docs</a> (1341 Frames of Love and War, Francesca and Love, Venus de Milo: Disarming Beauty) – who have a wealth of experience and knowledge about the North American and international film markets. Learn about platform and broadcast sales, co-production, post-pandemic film festival strategy, and much more from these industry experts. T﻿his is the forth and final session in our four-part webinar series: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/574926158617" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Making Your Film Stand Out in a Crowded Market</a>

As a Junior Executive at Cinetic, Rupeshi Shah manages tracking across the company for sales, finance and talent management. In this role, Rupeshi is searching for unique stories and storytellers from around the world. Prior to Cinetic, Rupeshi worked in documentary production, with credits on HBO’s Spielberg, Jane Fonda In Five Acts and Very Ralph. She has a B.A. in Film Production and Broadcast Journalism from NYU.

Anaïs Clanet is the Partner &amp; Head of Sales and Acquisitions at <a href="https://reservoirdocs.net/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Reservoir Docs</a>. Formerly Head of Sales at Wide House, Reservoir Docs is an independent international sales company specialized in cultural, engaging and cinematic documentaries.Some of their films include Talking About Trees by Subaib Gasmelbari (Best Documentary at Berlinale 2019), Shabu directed by Shamira Raphaëla and awarded Best Youth Documentary last year in IDFA and Special Mention at the Berlinale 2022, and The Other Fellow, a first-feature directed by Matthew Bauer, a new British documentary exploring the theme of male identity through the lives, personalities, and adventures of a diverse group of men who share the same name: James Bond.Reservoir Docs took over Anais’ former catalogue including the timeless multi-awarded The Black Power Mixtape.

IMPORTANT WEBINAR REGISTRATION INFORMATION:<ul><li>If you register for this entire series, you will have access to all 4 live webinars in this series, as well as the recordings. </li><li>If you have a promo code, please enter that when selecting your ticket type BEFORE proceeding to checkout. After clicking "tickets" above, there will be ticket options and a link that says "enter promo code". You will not be able to do so at checkout.</li><li>Once registered, you will receive an order confirmation email. Please do not delete it. Your confirmation email will contain a button that says "View the Event" which will bring you to the event page. You must be logged in to Eventbrite with the email address you used to register for this to work.</li><li>Alternatively, if the button isn't working for you, please scroll down your order confirmation email to find and click the Zoom link there.</li><li>If you do not see your order confirmation email within 10mins of registering, please check your junk/spam box or promotional emails. If not in those locations, please email fsprogram@wmm.com so we can reissue the confirmation email. We receive a high volume of calls and emails in the hours before the webinar, so please make sure you have what you need in advance to avoid delays in joining the event.</li><li>If you are unable to participate live, a recording of this webinar will be emailed to all registrants and available for three months after the recording is posted.</li></ul>

Women Make Movies gratefully acknowledges the support of our funders: The National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts &amp; Sciences, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and the Jerome Foundation.

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