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First name / Surname / Simonetta Polese
Address / 2, Via Galvani – 00068 Rignano Flaminio, Roma (Italy)
Telephone / +39 0761 508642 / Mobile: / +39 3394989308
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Nationality / Italian
Date of birth / April 11th, 1960
Gender / F
Work experience
Dates / 2007 – 2011
Occupation or position held / Sole Owner
Main activities and responsibilities / Horace View Distribution has been representing Italian independent Producers’ documentary programmes on the international market for 4 years. During this time, the company attended the major market trades for audiovisual product offering a catalogue of available titles and closed license agreements for transmission rights with private and public television stations worldwide. The company has been also actively supporting Producers with the funding research for new projects. As a parallel activity the company acquired transmission rights to foreign productions and licensed them to Italian media companies, among the Italian clients: RAI Television, RCS Group.
Name and address of employer / Myself
Type of business or sector / Television Distribution
Dates / 2004 – 2007
Occupation or position held / International Distribution Manager
Main activities and responsibilities / Ripley’s Film S.r.l. is an Italian company based in Rome offering a library of Italian classic movies including more than 700 titles. With regard to the international market, operational duties involved two tasks: present and promote the catalogue, establish new business relationships with the major operators on the international market: movies distributors, television networks and thematic channels, home video distributors. Supporting the legal office supplying up to date rights and availabilities reports and overseeing license agreements definition as the follow up on acquisition offers and negotiations
As an additional responsibility, I handled the acquisition of exploitation rights to foreign programmes for the Italian Home Video department, releasing quality titles on the local market under the label RHV. In this regard, I negotiatied acquisitions agreements with European and non European distributors and producers, among them some of the top film producing companies such as French Gaumont, Wim Wenders’ Road Movies Film Produktion, Werner Herzog distribution branch. Regular attendance at the main film and audiovisual markets was part of the marketing activity: Mip e Mipcom, Cannes Film Festival, Berlin European Film Market, Venice Film Festival, Rome Film Festival and others.
Name and address of employer / Ripley’s Film Srl, via Don Filippo Rinaldi, 7 – 00181 Roma
Type of business or sector / Television Distribution, Home Video Distribution
Dates / 2000 – 2003
Occupation or position held / International Distribution Manager
Main activities and responsibilities / GA&A Srl is an independent production and distribution company specialized in documentaries. During my three years collaboration I have handled international sales on ca 250 hours of programming to clients worldwide: promotion, legal negotiation, sales definition. Besides, I have been the clients’ referee on all sales related aspects including overseeing the invoicing and payments process and supplying technical support with deliveries of programming materials. I provided clients with a regular promotion service updating them on new available product and targeted new potential buyers in all interesting geographical areas reinforcing the familiarity with the company brand and its product. As a side task I developed promotional campaigns for the launch of new programmes.
Name and address of employer / GA&A Srl, P.zza Martiri di Belfiore, 2 – 00195 Roma
Dates / 1994 – 1999
Occupation or position held / Sole Owner
Main activities and responsibilities / Independent distributor for Italian audiovisual product. Collaboration with independent producers on the distribution of their products as free lance.
Attendance at the television markets in Europe.
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Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector / Myself
Television and Home Video Distribution
1990 - 1994
Sales Assistant
International sales assistant at Overseas Film Group, an US distribution company with offices in Rome. The company offered a movie catalogue by different producers to the international market. The duty involved sales assistance to clients mainly based in Middle East and Far East countries with regard to license agreements follow up and delivery of transmission materials. Daily correspondence and sales reports were exchanged and supplied to the main office in Los Angeles.
Over the same period, home video coordinator for Impact Film Group in Rome.
Overseas Film Group; Impact Film Group.
Cinema, Television, Home Video Distribution
Understanding / Speaking / Writing
European level (*) / Listening / Reading / Spoken interaction / Spoken production
English / C1 / Advanced / C1 / Advanced / C1 / Advanced / C1 / Advanced / C1 / Advanced
French / B1 / Intermediate / B1 / Intermediate / B1 / Intermediate / B1 / Intermediate / B1 / Intermediate
Dutch / B2 / Intermediate / B2 / Intermediate / B2 / Intermediate / B2 / Intermediate / B2 / Intermediate
(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Social skills and competences / Able to relate to people of different nationalities and culture thanks to an internationally oriented working career.
Based on previous work experience in distribution and sales, I’m able to interact and respond in a clear and efficient way to specific requests by clients and colleagues.
Organisational skills and competences / Can organize work tasks autonomously, defining priorities and responsibilities, meeting scheduled deadlines and goals.
Can work under stress, where immediate reaction and problem solving capacities are required.
Computer skills and competences / Good computer skills: Office suite, Word, Excel, Access, power point, Internet, email.
Other skills and competences / Lived for two years in The Netherlands before joining university studies in Rome.
Worked as receptionist and students tour leader in the UK during university studies.
After obtaining my university degree, I lived for an additional year in Amsterdam and among other activities, I teached Italian language for a private school.
My personal interests: nature and environment, travelling, culture, history and archaeology, theatre and cinema. I regularly join trekking groups on excursions across our mountains.
Driving licence / B1 ( autovehicles)
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