Speaker Details

Full Name
Sophie Green
Company
Bankside Films
Title
Head Of Acquisitions & Development
Country (Address)
United Kingdom
Biography
Sophie started her film career with producer Michael Kuhn, following a start in television with Tiger Aspect and Company Pictures. In 2009 she joined the Film/TV department of literary agency David Higham Associates. She then moved to StudioCanal UK joining the legal and business affairs team with a focus on acquisitions. In 2015 Sophie relocated to Australia to gain an insight into a foreign market. There she spent time working for funding agency ScreenWest before joining production company Ticket to Ride, part of See Pictures. Returning to the UK in 2016 Sophie joined WestEnd Films and then joined Bankside Films in 2018 as Head of Acquisitions and Development where is responsible for evaluating, negotiating and contracting a diverse slate of independent, talent driven films for international sales as well as driving the company’s in-house production and development slate. Recent successes includes Danny & Michael Philippou's Talk to Me which premiered at Sundance 2023 and sold to A24. Inside by Vasilis Katsoupis which premiered at Berlinale 2023 and pre-sold to Focus Features globally. You Won’t Be Alone from writer/director Goran Stolevski and British comedy Brian and Charles both of which premiered at Sundance 2022 and sold globally to Focus Features, as well as the Peter Strickland’s Flux Gourmet which premiere at Berlinale 2022.
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Bankside Films is driven by a passion for storytelling which challenges the status quo and prides itself on working with unique and distinctive cinematic voices capable of delivering exciting new stories for worldwide audiences.