Saturday 18 April, 1:00pm – £6.00

Moderated by Wendy Mitchell

This event is live captioned | 45m

John Sloss is founder and CEO of Cinetic, and partner in Sloss Eckhouse Dasti Haynes LawCo. Through Cinetic, John produces motion pictures and television, provides various content sales and corporate advisory services, and presides over a rapidly growing talent management division. He has produced or executive produced over 80 films including Richard Linklater’s Academy Award-winning Boyhood, Blue Moon, Nouvelle Vague, and Before series, Todd Haynes’s The Velvet Underground, Wonderstruck and I’m Not There, Peter Farrelly’s Academy Award-winning Green Book, Errol Morris’s Academy Award-winning The Fog of War, Kimberly Peirce’s Academy Award-winning Boys Don’t Cry, Jennifer Westfeldt’s Friends With Kids, and Ethan Hawke’s Blaze.

John has handled the sale of more than 600 films including Napoleon Dynamite, Little Miss Sunshine, The Kids Are Alright, Precious, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Amy, Knock Down the House, Super/Man, Summer of Soul, and many of the most iconic independent films of the past 30 years. In addition, he advises a range of corporate entertainment clients across film and television to shape business strategies and support the growth of production, distribution, and marketing capabilities.

A regular attendee and long-term supporter of Sands, John joins us to share insights from his remarkable career and decades at the heart of independent filmmaking.

Wendy Mitchell is a journalist, curator and consultant for Cannes Marche and Berlinale EFM. She is a Contributing Editor of Screen International and hosts The Screen Podcast. She serves as the Nordic and UK delegate for the San Sebastian International Film Festival. She also hosts the podcasts Nordic Film Talks and Adventures In Producing.