At the Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine, Italy, Mitsuhiro Mihara’s Takano Tofu clinched the Golden Mulberry prize, the top honor at the festival’s audience awards.
24.04.2024 - 15:43 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: AWA Studios, the three-year-old film and television division of Artists, Writers & Artisans, is stepping up in the world of film financing by appointing industry veteran Victoria Rossellini as a senior strategic advisor.
Rossellini brings a deep well of experience to her new role at the studio that specializes in graphic novel adaptations. She has collaborated with filmmakers, studios and financiers to structure the business end of blockbusters like James Cameron’s Avatar franchise and Titanic as well as Ang Lee’s Life of Pi. Over nearly three decades at 20th Century Fox, Rossellini rose to President of Worldwide Business & Legal Affairs and Strategic Financing, working on numerous titles from the main studio as well as Fox 2000, and Fox Searchlight. She also helped craft business and finance arrangements with Dune Entertainment, Lightstorm and TSG Entertainment.
In her new post, Rossellini will work closely with AWA’s senior leadership team, including Co-Chair Jon Miller, Co-Chair & President Matthew Anderson, Studio Head Zach Studin, and General Counsel Bob Cohen. Their main priority will be securing strategic financing and partnerships for feature film production and distribution, as well as to maximize other parts of a film’s life cycle.
The advisory nature of the position would enable Rossellini to work on projects outside of AWA Studios, but given the anticipated pedigree of those opportunities, the parties view that arrangement as mutually beneficial.
“Vicki’s entertainment business expertise, her network of collaborators, and her skill in developing strategic partnerships are unparalleled within the industry and we know she will be an incredible asset to our team as we accelerate our feature film
At the Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine, Italy, Mitsuhiro Mihara’s Takano Tofu clinched the Golden Mulberry prize, the top honor at the festival’s audience awards.
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