Francesca Breccia
Francesca Breccia
In 2002 after earning the EMAM – European Master in Au-diovisual Management from Media Programme, she worked in the development department of CATTLEYA, one of the most important Italian independent production companies and worked for UNIVERSAL NETWORKS, the thematic cine-ma channel of the film studio.In 2003 she moved to Germany to work for the international distributor MEDIA LUNA ENTERTAINMENT, first as Festival and Marketing Manager and then in the sales and acquisi-tion department.In 2006 her work in sales led her to deepen her knowledge of the market by working with buyers. She moved to Milan to work for SKY ITALIA as an Editorial coordinator of cine-ma channels. At Sky, she worked with the content selection team.In 2009 she moved back to Rome in order to work for MGM NETWORKS, the cinema channel of the METRO-GOLD-WYN-MAYER, where she was in charge of acquisition, strate-gic programming, and promotion. In 2010 she managed the channel.In 2013, she decided to merge her two skills in sales and broad-casting and founded COCCINELLE FILM SALES, a world sales company that launched a revolutionary sales business model producer-friendly that does not bind the films to dis-tribution contracts for years and that gives the producers the financial control. Coccinelle’s films travel to worldwide festivals and are theatrically released in several territories. The last acquisition has been Cat in the Wall (Bulgaria/UK/France) by Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova, premiered in Locarno 2019 selected at many festivals (to name a few Black Night, Moscow, SXSW, Valladolid) and awarded in a bunch of events (included Fipresci @Warsaw FF, Best Bulgarian Film at Sofia and now running for EFA nominations).Francesca is a European Film Academy member.