Who are all the active International Film Sales Agents?

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a/o 08.08.26

I have shared with you the US Distributors list I made, as well as ones for financiers, US theatrical bookers, US Film Publicists, and Fiscal Sponsors. It is about time I gave you a list of International Sales agents, yes? And please let me know what’s needed next too, okay?

My first company Good Machine had an arm that was a sales agency. Way back when, when James Schamus made a film that no one wanted to rep, we sold — or rather licensed — it ourselves. That film had the highest ROI percentage to budget of any film in the world that year, and we didn’t even really know what we were doing. We knew just enough to recognize there was a business there, and it then only took about two years to convince David Linde to leave the #2 spot at Miramax to become our #1. Good fun.

In those days you could pre-sell American execution-dependent authored cinema to international distributors, and David and his team were really good at it. We could greenlight movies without actually investment; Linde just need to get 120% of the cost in on paper, ideally leaving the US open. We financed about fourty-four films that way, half of which we owned with the filmmakers.

Ah…. those were such different days than where we are now, eh?

Somewhere along the line, the role of the sales agent shifted a great deal too. They often became the person strategizing the financing with the producer. They became expert in bank lending of all sorts. What kind of tax credit was it? Did you need another tranche? Mezz level? What about a bridge loan? Not always, as the larger production companies brought those shenanigans in house too, all the better to figure out how to fee it properly, right?

And of course pre-sales for the sort of films I love sort of keeled over and died. Again not always, but generally speaking. Their estimates sheet became the permissions basis. What they thought you could get, if and when you delivered it, was what the whole financing puzzle was constructed around. So we went through a few cycles there too. Some over inflated the estimates, all the better to get that budget bigger — even if it bit you on the way out. Then they grew overly conservative, so they’d be best recognized for keeping their word — a rare quality in any town. But that also shrank the quality of more than a few films, as if you don’t have what you need, how are you going to give the customers what they feed on?

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The global media consolidation driven first and foremost by the global streaming platforms pursuit of all customers killed off many of the territorial buyers, limiting the financing options for each and every film. The days of the buyers picking up an unknown film — like Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet, the Berlin Golden Bear winner that Schamus and I sold out of our backpacks way back when — for virtual peanuts are long gone. They generally demand either well known actors or big prizes from one of the top fests if they are going to pick it up.

Coming around to today, the role the sales agents plays, is determined by who you choose to hire for that role. They do things their way, and you best know upfront what that is in each and every case. Luckily you have ways to ask the questions still. These Q’s I wrote back in the Producer’s Rep Era (maybe it’s time to bring that back), but they hold up alright.

And there are always problems of one sort or another. Simple fixes… that never get done. Maybe one day there will be an entity for our industry focused on problem solving… until then I can just take it upon myself to spot some problems challenges.

So who’s who? I tried to go wide. In the SC-Indie land of America, we’ve always shown a bias to the US, UK, and EU-based sales folks, and I think those days are over, so I included the ones through out Asia, to the best of my knowledge and search. I included some of the lists I drew from at the end. And yeah I asked Chat to name who was in charge where, so I am sure I have some inaccuracies. And things change very fast in this field. Companies come and go, with executives being even faster. This, like ourselves, is only a work-in-progress.

But it is interesting that there are so many. Just like there are so many US theatrical distributors. When you are trying to get your film made, you’d think with so many options, you’d be able to find someone that was a better than average fit for your project. Sure, the finance teams at the different agencies all have their favorites — or rather their three favorites — but we all can’t go to the same usual suspects, can we? You’d think there would be at least twenty stellar companies if there was so much business to be had. I don’t mean to cast any shade on any of these companies, but why aren’t more shining these days?

I started with a list of about one hundred such companies, but as I looked across the different resources I kept finding more and more… ones I knew of but forgot, ones I knew executives at but from another company. They just keep sprouting up like rabbits.

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I didn’t separate out the specialist, but listed where I know they focus on documentaries or animation. I suppose next pass I could name the genre specialists?

Also, why I have your attention, I have some specifics I’d like to build into this list if anyone wants to help. I share some of those details at the end too to show how. And if you spot any inaccuracies just DM me on Substack and I will update it. Thanks.

175+ Active International Film Sales Agents, 2026

1. 13 Films (Los Angeles, USA) — Tannaz Anisi, founder/president

2. 193 (Los Angeles, USA) — Patrick Wachsberger, Founder/CEO, Wendy Reeds, Executive Vice President ( a division of Legendary)

3. 30WEST (Santa Monica, USA) — Satinder Chhokar

4. Afterlight International (Indonesia) — Nadia Iswara

5. AGC International / AGC Studios (Los Angeles, USA) — Stuart Ford;

6. Alief (Paris, France) — Miguel Angel Govea

7. Alliance Media Partners / AMP (London, UK) — Anthony Buckner; James Norrie; Nina Kolokouri

8. Alpha Violet (Paris, France) — Virginie Devesa; Keiko Funato

9. Altitude Film Sales (London, UK) — Mike Runagall

10. Anton (London, UK) — Sébastien Raybaud, Founder/CEO;

11. Architect (London, UK) — Max Pirkis

12. Arclight Films (Sydney / Los Angeles, Australia / USA) — Gary Hamilton

13. Autlook Filmsales (Vienna, Austria) — Stephanie Fuchs; Eve Rawlings DOCUMENTARIES

14. BAC Films (Paris, France) — Clémentine Hugot, International Sales Executive; Franka Schwabe, Festivals & Sales

15. Bankside Films (London, UK) — Phil Hunt, founder; Stephen Kelliher; Sophie Green; Abdi Ali

16. Barunson E&A (Seoul, South Korea) —

17. Be For Films (Brussels / Paris, Belgium / France) — Pamela Leu, CEO & Head of Sales; Matthieu Eberhardt, Sales Coordinator.

18. Beijing Hugoeast Media (Beijing, China) — Pamela Lingyan Bai, Bruce D. Lee

19. Bendita Film Sales (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain) — Luis Renart, CEO – Sales & Acquisitions; Jorge Blanch, Festivals Manager & Acquisitions

20. Best Friend Forever / BFF (Brussels, Belgium) — Martin Gondre; Charles Bin

21. Beta Cinema (Munich / Oberhaching, Germany) — Thorsten Ritter; Tassilo Hallbauer; Olga Deecke

22. Bitters End (Tokyo, Japan) — Yuji Sadai, Founder/CEO

23. Black Bear International (Los Angeles / London, USA / UK) — Teddy Schwarzman, Founder/CEO

24. Black Mandala (Auckland, New Zealand) — Nicolás Onetti; Michael Kraetzer

25. Bleiberg Entertainment (Beverly Hills, USA) — Ehud Bleiberg, Founder/CEO; Danny Dimbort, Chairman; Ariel Bleiberg, Head of Acquisitions & Development

26. Blue Finch Films (London, UK) — Mike Chapman

27. Blue Fox Entertainment (Los Angeles, USA) — Lisa Gutberlet

28. Bridge Independent (New York, USA) — Bill Straus

29. Canoe Film (Canada) —

30. Capstone Pictures / Capstone Global (Beverly Hills, USA) — Christian Mercuri;

31. Carnaby International Sales & Distribution (London, UK) — Andrew Loveday and Sean O’Kelly, Joint CEOs

32. CAT&Docs (Paris, France) — Catherine Le Clef DOCUMENTARIES

33. Celsius Entertainment (London, UK) — Henriette Wollmann

34. Cercamon (Dubai, UAE) — Sebastien Chesneau

35. Charades (Paris, France) — Carole Baraton; Pierre Mazars; Yohann Comte; Constantin Briest

36. Cinefrance International (Paris, France) — Renan Artukmaç

37. Cinema Management Group / CMG (Los Angeles, USA) — Edward Noeltner

38. Cinephil (Tel Aviv, Israel) — Shoshi Korman; Suzanne Nodale

39. Cinetic Media (New York / Los Angeles, USA) — John Sloss; Jason Ishikawa; Eric Sloss; Zach Magid; Libby Williams; Alexis Galfas; Rupeshi Shah; Jocelyn Blockinger

40. Circus Road Films (Los Angeles, USA) — Glen Reynolds

41. CJ ENM (Seoul, South Korea) — Mia Park, Head of International Sales & Distribution; Namyoung Kim, International Sales; James Seo, International Sales

42. Concourse Media (Los Angeles, USA) — Jack Sheehan

43. Contents Panda / NEW (Seoul, South Korea) — Danny Lee: Senior Manager of International Business and head of the international sales division

44. Coproduction Office (Paris / Berlin) — Nadine Rothschild, Head of Sales; Maya Barenstein, Sales Executive; Adam Ibourk, Sales & Marketing; Philippe Bober, CEO/Producer

45. Cornerstone Films (London, UK) — Alison Thompson; Mark Gooder; Carla Quarto di Palo

46. The Coven (Los Angeles, USA) — Anelle Dehghani, Head of Sales; Priscilla Smith

47. Creative Artists Agency / CAA Media Finance (Los Angeles, USA) — Roeg Sutherland

48. Dogwoof (London, UK) — Katie Bench; Anna Godas; Oli Harbottle DOCUMENTARIES

49. East Village Entertainment (New York, USA) — Diana Holtzberg

50. Edko Films (Hong Kong) — Jason Ieong, Manager, International Sales

51. Elle Driver (Paris, France) — Adeline Fontan Tessaur

52. Embankment Films (London, UK) — Tim Haslam; Hugo Grumbar; Toby Hill

53. Epic Pictures (Los Angeles, USA) — Patrick Ewald, CEO; Caroline Couret-Delègue, President of Sales & Content; Maju Iudice and Tata Pemova, Senior Sales Managers

54. Epsilon Film (Munich / Oberhaching, Germany) — Matthias Ziegler

55. Evolution Pictures (Los Angeles, USA) — Fred Hedman; international sales team

56. FeelSales (Madrid, Spain) — Luis Collar, Managing Director; Yeniffer Fasciani, Sales & Acquisitions; José Gil, Festivals & Acquisitions; Mónica Echevarría, Sales & Materials

57. Fifth Season (Los Angeles, USA) — Jennifer Ebell, Head/EVP Television Distribution; David Wilcox, SVP Sales EMEA; Alistair Jennings, SVP APAC Sales & Partnerships; Travis Webb, SVP Americas & Global Home Entertainment/Digital Distribution

58. Film Bridge International (Santa Monica, USA) — Ellen Wander, Founder/CEO; Michaela Johnson-Carroll, VP Worldwide Sales & Distribution; Adam Wright, Sales Consultant

59. Film Factory Entertainment (Barcelona, Spain) — Vicente Canales

60. Film Mode Entertainment (Los Angeles, USA) — Clay Epstein; Henry Finer

61. Film Seekers (London, UK) — Caroline Couret-Delegue; Ethan Cross

62. Filmax (Barcelona, Spain) —

63. FilmNation Entertainment (New York / Los Angeles, USA) — Glen Basner, founder;

64. Films Boutique (Berlin, Germany) — Gabor Greiner

65. Finecut (Seoul, South Korea) — Suh Young-joo;

66. Gaga Corporation / Gaga International (Tokyo, Japan) —

67. Galloping Entertainment (Brisbane, Australia) — Carlos Alperin

68. Gaumont (Paris, France) — Alexis Cassanet; Anne-Sophie Martel; Adeline Falampin

69. GFM Animation (London/Surbiton, UK) — Fred Hedman, Head of Sales; Harry Alderson, Senior Sales Executive; Amanda Kerridge, Joint COO/Head of Marketing. ANIMATION

70. Giant Pictures (New York / Los Angeles, USA) — Nick Savva; Bill Sondheim; Tom Bairstow

71. Global Constellation (Munich / London, Germany / UK) — Fabien Westerhoff; Martin Schneider; Ulrike Schroder

72. Go2Films (Jerusalem, Israel) — Nur Hadas, Head of International Sales

73. Goalpost Film (London, UK) — Tristan Whalley

74. Goodfellas (Paris, France) — Vincent Maraval; Brahim Chioua; Eva Diederix; Flavien Eripret

75. HanWay Films (London, UK) — Gabrielle Stewart; Genevieve Segall

76. Heretic (Athens, Greece) — Emma Braun; sales team

77. Highland Film Group (Los Angeles, USA) — Todd Olsson as President of International Sales, Arianne Fraser, CEO; Delphine Perrier, COO; Todd Olsson, President of International Sales; Laura Voros, EVP Sales

78. Independent Entertainment (London, UK) — Sarah Lebutsch

79. Indie Sales (Paris, France) — Nicolas Eschbach; sales team

80. Indigo Entertainment (UK) — Emma Collin

81. K-Movie Entertainment (Seoul, South Korea) — Evan Jun, International Sales Manager; Yun Hyuk Choi, International Sales & Festivals.

82. Kaleidoscope Film Distribution (London, UK) — Spencer Pollard

83. Kinology (Paris, France) — Gregoire Melin; Hugo Revello

84. KT Alpha (Seoul, South Korea) — Sungho Chun: Lead Content Sales Agent

85. Latido Films (Madrid, Spain) — Antonio Saura

86. Le Pacte (Paris, France) — Romain Rancurel

87. Les Films du Losange (Paris, France) — Alice Lesort;

88. LevelK (Copenhagen, Denmark) — Tine Klint;

89. Lightdox (Paris / Switzerland) — Anna Berthollet, Founder & CEO; Raluca Iacob, Distribution & Sales Executive; Rohan Berry Crickmar, sales

90. Lionsgate International (Los Angeles / London, USA / UK) — Jennifer Fattell; Jake Riley-Hunte;

91. Logical Pictures International (Paris, France) — Andrei Kamarowsky

92. Lotte Entertainment (Seoul, South Korea) — Hugh Cha, Head of Global Partnerships and Head of Global Sales and Strategy

93. Lucky Number (Paris, France) — Ola Byszuk, Head of Sales & Co-Founder; Olivier Barbier, Head of Acquisitions & Co-Founder; Lenny Porte, CEO & Co-Founder

94. Luxbox (Paris, France) — Fiorella Moretti

95. MAD World (Egypt / MENA) — Abdelrahman Amin

96. Media Asia (Hong Kong) — Vanessa Lo,Vice President of Sales and Distribution

97. Mediawan Rights (London, UK / Paris, France / Los Angeles, USA) — Sally Habbershaw, Chief Distribution Officer; Glen Hansen, SVP Distribution – APAC; Dan Selig, SVP Distribution – Americas; Robyn Hurd, SVP Distribution – UK & Scandinavia; Ulrich Lagriffoul, SVP Distribution – Europe & MENA

98. MetFilm Sales (London, UK) — Zak Brilliant, Head of Distribution and Sales; DOCUMENTARIES

99. Metro International Entertainment (London, UK) — Will Machin; Michael Yates; Sam Parker

100. Mister Smith Entertainment (London, UK) — David Garrett; Dave Mepham; Shane Kelly

101. MK2 Films (Paris, France) — Fionnuala Jamison, Managing Director; Emmanuel Pisarra, Head of Acquisitions; Elise Cochin, International Sales; Quentin Bohanna, International Sales; Francisco Zambrano, Sales & Business Affairs

102. Moviehouse Entertainment (London / Alton, UK) — Gary Phillips; Mark Vennis

103. MPI Media Group (Chicago, USA) — Greg Newman

104. MPM Premium (Paris, France) — Quentin Worthington

105. MultiVisionnaire Pictures (Los Angeles, USA) — Sean Haley; Erika Kao-Haley

106. Myriad Pictures (Los Angeles, USA) — Kirk D’Amico; Scott Bendo

107. NEON International (Los Angeles / New York, USA) — Tom Quinn, Founder/CEO

108. New Europe Film Sales (Warsaw, Poland) — Jan Naszewski

109. Nikkatsu (Tokyo, Japan) — Umi Yamamoto, Emico Kawai and Taku Kato

110. Noora Films (Los Angeles / international) — Pia Patatian, Founder

111. Odin’s Eye Entertainment (Sydney, Australia) — Michael Favelle

112. One Cool Pictures (Hong Kong) — Christy Choi;

113. Outsider Pictures (Los Angeles, USA) — Paul Hudson

114. Palisades Park Pictures (Los Angeles, USA) — Tamara Birkemoe, CEO; Hannah Atlas, VP International Sales & Distribution

115. Paradise City Sales (Paris, France) — Emilie Georges; Alexandre Moreau;

116. Pathe International (Paris, France) — Agathe Theodore;

117. Picture Tree International (Berlin, Germany) — Andreas Rothbauer; Yuanyuan Rothbauer

118. Pink Parrot Media (Montreal / Madrid, Canada / Spain) — Marie-Claude Beauchamp, President; Tania Pinto Da Cunha, Vice-President / Partner / Head of International Sales & Acquisitions; Aurélien Piris, Senior Sales Manager; Begoña Esteban, Head of International TV Sales & Acquisitions. ANIMATION

119. Playtime (Paris, France) — Sebastien Beffa;

120. Plus M Entertainment (Seoul, South Korea) — Dana Kim; Eugene Kim, Head of Content and Content Director

121. Pluto Film (Berlin, Germany) — Daniela Colle

122. Premiere Entertainment Group (Los Angeles, USA) — Elias Axume, CEO; Devin Carter, SVP Sales & International Distribution; Gabriela Axume, VP Sales & Operations; Lizzy O. Gonzalez, Director Development & Acquisitions

123. Protagonist Pictures (London, UK) — Dave Bishop; sales/acquisitions team

124. Pyramide International (Paris, France) — Eric Lagesse; Agathe Mauruc

125. Radiant Films International (Los Angeles, USA) — Mimi Steinbauer, President & CEO

126. Rai Cinema International Distribution (Rome, Italy) — Fulvio Firrito;

127. Range Select (Santa Monica, USA) — Spencer Firestone

128. Rapid Eye Movies World Sales (Cologne, Germany) — Stephan Holl;

129. Rapt Films International (UK) — Russell Webber

130. Rocket Science (London, UK) — Thorsten Schumacher;

131. ROCO Films (Sausalito, USA) — Annie Roney DOCUMENTARIES

132. Salaud Morisset (Paris, France) — Paul Jullien

133. SBS International (Paris, France) — Kevin Chneiweiss, Production & Sales / Producer; Saïd Ben Saïd, Founder & CEO

134. SC Films International (London, UK) — Simon Crowe

135. Shochiku (Tokyo, Japan) — Kunio Yamada

136. Shoreline Entertainment (Los Angeles, USA) — Sam Eigen; Morris Ruskin; sales team

137. Showbox (Seoul, South Korea) — Joy Kim, International Sales Manager

138. Skyline Media (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) — Hang Trinh, Founder

139. Sola Media (Stuttgart, Germany) — Solveig Langeland; Moritz Peters; Johannes Busse, Head of Sales

140. Studio 100 Film (Munich, Germany) — Thorsten Wegener; Lorena Booth

141. StudioCanal International (Paris, France) — Chloé Marquet, Head of International Sales for Films & TV; Céline Lin, SVP International Sales

142. Submarine Entertainment (New York, USA) — Josh Braun; Dan Braun; Ben Braun; Matt Burke; Ben Schwartz; Joe Tufano; Val Dowd; Olivia Cook DOCUMENTARIES

143. Surprise H (Sydney, Australia) — Derek Lui, Founder

144. The Festival Agency (Paris, France) — Leslie Vuchot

145. The Film Sales Company (New York, USA) — Andrew Herwitz

146. The Match Factory (Cologne, Germany) — Michael Weber; Claudia Solano; ( a division of MUBI)

147. The Party Film Sales (Paris, France) — Samuel Blanc, Co-Head of International Sales; Mathilde Colle, Sales & Marketing; Théo Lionel, Sales & Festival Manager; and Melen Bouetard, TV & Inflight Sales

148. The Playmaker Munich (Munich, Germany) — Christian Ehrling, Managing Director; Sylvia Edelmann, Head of Sales; Ramona Sehr, Head of Acquisitions; Gamze Celik, Sales & Acquisitions Manager; Lea Fleischer, Sales & Marketing Manager

149. The Yellow Affair (Espoo / London, Finland / UK) — Steven Bestwick;

150. Toei Company (Tokyo, Japan) — Fumio Yoshimura, President and CEO

151. Together Films (London, UK) — Hannah Cesarani; Jess Reilly; Immy Sutton DOCUMENTARIES

152. Toho (Tokyo, Japan) — Hiro Matsuoka, President & CEO; Koji Ueda, Executive Officer in charge of International / President of TOHO Global; Minami Ichikawa, Chief Motion Picture Officer

153. Totem Films (Paris, France) — Bérénice Vincent, CEO; Salomé Rizk, Festivals & International Sales; Paul Mercier, International Sales & Festivals; Anna Durand, Business Affairs & Acquisitions.

154. TPC / Three Point Capital (Los Angeles / El Segundo, USA) — Scott Bedno, Managing Director of Sales & Acquisitions, David Gendron, CEO

155. TrustNordisk (Copenhagen / Hvidovre, Denmark) — Susan Wendt

156. Ultimate Media Group / Lakeshore Entertainment (Manhattan Beach, USA) — Jason Buckley

157. United Talent Agency / UTA Independent Film Group (Los Angeles / New York, USA) — Rena Ronson;

158. Urban Sales (Paris, France) — Frederic Corvez

159. Vision Films (USA) — Lise Romanoff, Managing Director/CEO Worldwide Distribution; Scott Kamins, Executive Director International Sales & Strategic Partnerships; Andres Santos, International Sales Consultant

160. Visit Films (New York, USA) — Ryan Kampe

161. VMI Worldwide (Los Angeles, USA) — Andre Relis, CEO; Lucile Bouez, Sales & Marketing Manager.

162. Voltage Pictures (Los Angeles, USA) — Alexandra Cocean; sales team

163. WestEnd Films (London, UK) — Sofia Neves; Toby Hill; Noemie Becache; Daisy Allsop

164. WIDE Management (Paris, France) — Loic Magneron; Marco Urizzi; Maxime Montagne

165. WTFilms (Paris, France) — Maxime Duchateau;

166. XYZ Films (Los Angeles, USA) — Nate Bolotin;

167. Yellow Veil Pictures (New York, USA) — Joe Yanick; Justin Timms; Hugues Barbier

If you’d like to help…

We can make this better. I’d love it if someone wanted to fill out the basic details for us to expand to my prior format:

• Principals: names

• Contact:

• Focus: what they excel at

• Model: types of releases

• Known for: recent releases

• Highlights: what differentiates them from others

And what else?

Hot links to the company website would be good too. Or to articles about them.

Did I miss anyone?

Please let me know if I did. Just leave a comment below.

Want some useful reference back up?

I used these lists in building out these lists beyond what I had.

• American Film Market (AFM) Exhibitor Directory

• Cinando: (run by the Marché du Film @ Cannes Film Market)

• CineEuropa Sales Agent List

• Europa International

• European Film Market (EFM / Berlinale) Exhibitor Guide

• European Film Promotion (EFP) World Sales Guide

• IMDbPro

• Screen Australia 2026 list.

• 2024 Sundance Sales Agent List

If you know of another good one, please share.

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