HOLLYWOOD, CA -- 11/03/09 --
Seven Arts Pictures plc (NASDAQ: SAPX)
announced the appointment of Bobby Meyers as senior adviser in a
restructuring of Seven Arts International, the international sales arm of
the Company.
Bobby joins Seven Arts as Senior Adviser to Seven Arts International in
anticipation of the upcoming American Film Market ("AFM") in Santa Monica,
CA.
Bobby has been involved in international sales of motion pictures for over
thirty years, including as President of Lorimar Motion Pictures
International, Filmways Pictures, and Orion Pictures International.
Recently Bobby acted as acquisitions consultant at Roadshow Distributors in
Australia, and presently, consults for CMG as well as for various other
territorial distributors. Bobby's numerous relationships and strong
reputation in the industry make him a perfect match for Seven Arts.
Bobby joins an excellent sales and marketing team, led by Kate Hoffman, COO
of Seven Arts Pictures plc. The duo will oversee Caroline Couret-Delègue,
Director of Development and Marketing, and Eric Min, Vice President of
Sales and Distribution, to manage the sales of the company's motion picture
titles.
Focus for this year's AFM will be on the announcement of Fyodor Bondarchuk
as director of "The Winter Queen." Bondarchuk is the director of the
highest grossing picture produced in post-communist Russia ("The 9th
Company") and the son of the Academy Award winning director of Tolstoy's
"War and Peace," Sergei Bondarchuk.
Peter Hoffman, CEO of Seven Arts, commented, "We are very much looking
forward to this year's AFM, and feel that Bobby and the Seven Arts sales
team are in a great position to have a very productive market."
About Seven Arts:
Seven Arts Pictures plc ("SAP," "7 Arts" or the "Company") was founded in
2002 as an independent motion picture production and distribution company
engaged in the development, acquisition, financing, production, and
licensing of theatrical motion pictures for exhibition in domestic (i.e.,
the United States and Canada) and foreign theatrical markets, and for
subsequent worldwide release in other forms of media, including home video
and pay and free television.
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Seven Arts Pictures plc US contact:
Patrick Garstin
+1-323-692-5002
pgarstin@7artspictures.com
Or;
Seven Arts Pictures plc UK contact:
David Bailey
+44-203-006-8225
dbailey@7artspictures.com
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