Sarah Mosses on Creating Impact and Building Optimised Systems in Distribution

09/07/23 • 45 min

The Movie Marketing & Distribution Podcast

In this podcast episode, Sarah Mosses, the founder and CEO of Together Films, shares her unique perspective on film marketing and distribution.

Sarah discusses her Impact based approach to film distribution, using films as a tool for community mobilization, citing her strategy of rallying passionate individuals, partnering with NGOs and influential platforms to create impactful releases. Sarah also discusses the evolution and growth of Together Films and how they managed to grow during the Pandemic as well as highlighting how efficient systems enable them to operate on a large scale with a small team.

Sarah also shares highly valuable and practical advice on implementing a well-managed project management system and customer relationship management (CRM) into film base operations. Tis episode is packed full of insights and tips for

This episode is dedicated to Sarah's mentor Jess Search who very sadly passed away recently. Jess was the Founder of Doc Society, an industry leader and inspiration to many and she will be sorely missed.

Sarah Mosses is the Founder & CEO of Together Films, a marketing, distribution, and technology company serving the international film community from our offices in London & NYC. She has acted as the Head of Marketing for leading Film Festivals including Sheffield DocFest (Sheffield, UK), DOC NYC (NYC, US), Human Rights Watch Film Festival (London, UK & NYC, US), and the Athena Film Festival (NYC, US). She is passionate about serving filmmakers to increase their social impact, reach, and revenue for multi-award-winning titles like For Sama, Unrest, The Tale & Roll Red Roll. She also helps a variety of industry and brand clients to optimize their business performance through technology and operational support, such as Sony & Patagonia. Sarah recently graduated from the prestigious Inside Pictures film leadership course and was selected for the Mayor of London's International Growth Programme (including trade visits to NYC & LA). Together Films are expanding into international sales in 2023.

In this podcast episode, Sarah Mosses, the founder and CEO of Together Films, shares her unique perspective on film marketing and distribution.

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