Cecile Cau - Penavayre

Within Zodiak International, I am in charge of the sales of formats, finished programmes in French and Spanish speaking territories. More particularly, I am in charge of the sales of our new drama catalogue including the successfull Cinema and TV adaptation of Stieg Larsson's trilogy MILLENIUM (1.6 million books sold in France...).

Zodiak International is a leading international commercial distributor, representing more than 10,000 hours of quality television programming across all genres. We distribute formats, finished programmes, scripted formats, funny video clips, mobile and IPTV content.

But we aren’t just distributors. We are actively involved in the development, co-production funding, and distribution of our partners’ products internationally.

In a nutshell, we buy the best and distribute it to the world. As a result, Zodiak International is setting new standards for tomorrow’s international TV viewing.

We are a leading provider of formats and one of the world’s biggest distributors of funny home video clips. Our programming includes high rating entertainment formats, factual entertainment, multi-platform game shows, high-profile documentaries, and critically acclaimed dramas. See our list of our Award-winning titles.

Zodiak International is the commercial hub of the Zodiak Television Group (AB), now the largest and most successful Nordic player in television production. Today Zodiak Television AB comprises a wide range of television brands based throughout Northern and Eastern Europe, UK and US, including well-known brands such as Mastiff, Jarowskij, T&T Broadcasters, Diverse Production, Bullseye TV and Social Club Productions.

To ensure we have an extensive catalogue of up-and-coming formats to choose from, we take pride in partnering with other leading creative companies around the world. Today, our global partnership network includes Easy Film, Ice Cube, Koncern TV, Monster Media, Nordisk Film, TV2 Norway, Vin Di Bona, Wheeler Sussman and many more.

Through this network we provide our clients with the best television programming possible, and are at the forefront of international programming, format development, and production.

Bullseye Television is a dynamic and innovative independent production and distribution company.
Recently named as the fastest-growing distributor in the UK, Bullseye has a strong reputation in the UK and an enviable presence in the international television market.
From Development to Distribution Bullseye aims to create programming that is sharp, stylish and on-the-money; programming that responds to the needs of broadcasters and the ever-changing creative, commercial and technological challenges of now and future TV.

I am currently the account manager for the following territories: Western Europe - including France, Spain, Italy and Netherlands -Central and South America, Middle-East, Africa and Inflight. Use of my personal buyers and contacts database and research of new clients.
i am also in charge of the Marketing, PR and market organisation for the distribution department.

ONOMA is a co-production and international sales company, for both feature films and documentaries.
My tasks were marketing and selling films and documentaries; creating adverstising tools with specialised agencies; managing the film prints and video masters stocks; keeping accountancy books for each title and sending quarterly sales reports for the producers. I also collected dates for files constitution to get public subsidies and private financial support for productions and I also use to read scripts and write analysis of the structure and commercial potential of the scenario.

Created by the law of 25 October 1946, the Centre national de la cinématographie (CNC) is a public administrative organization, set up as a separate and financially independent entity.
The centre comes under the authority of the ministry of culture and communication and Véronique Cayla is its director general.
The principal missions of the CNC are :
-regulatory
- support for the film, broadcast, video, multimedia and technical industries,
- promotion of film and television for distribution to all audiences
- preservation and development of the film heritage

As an intern I had to manage a process designed for foreign distributors from emerging countries to promote French cinema in their territories in partnership with international sales teams.