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Matthew Sanders is a London-based film and TV publicity consultant who specialises in coordinating international press campaigns, festivals and junkets. Matthew has over twenty five years’ experience of creating effective strategies to achieve successful press coverage, tailored to each film’s unique requirements. His expertise includes:
Strong knowledge of European festivals to help filmmakers navigate their way to a successful project launch
Building excellent relationships with filmmakers, international distributors, journalists and festival organisers
Generating significant festival buzz to ensure that new films stand out in a crowded field
Creating polished press junkets to ensure high quality interviews for distributors’ campaigns
Assembling an expert team to manage all clients' needs, including festival logistics, junket production crews and photography
Since becoming a freelance consultant in 2010 he has worked in partnership with Charles McDonald and Manlin Sterner as International Rescue at each of the major European film festivals, Cannes, Venice and Berlin:
In recent years Matthew has coordinated the international publicity campaigns for TV series including Luca Guadagnino's WE ARE WHO WE ARE, Paolo Sorrentino's THE NEW POPE and THE YOUNG POPE, Park Cahn-wook's THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL and the Fremantle/Amazon Prime Video series AMERICAN GODS. International film campaigns include Andrew Dominik's THIS MUCH I KNOW TO BE TRUE, Paolo Sorrentino's THE HAND OF GOD, Sofia Coppola's ON THE ROCKS, Luca Guadagnino's A BIGGER SPLASH, Anton Corbijn's LIFE, Cedric Clapisch's CHINESE PUZZLE, Michel Gondry's MOOD INDIGO, Lynne Ramsey's WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN and Joe Cornish's ATTACK THE BLOCK as well as UK press consultancy on Sofia Coppola's ON THE ROCKS, Paolo Sorrentino's THE NEW POPE and Saverio Costanzo's MY BRILLIANT FRIEND.
Cannes titles include David Cronenberg's CRIMES OF THE FUTURE and MAPS TO THE STARS, Pedro Almodovar's PAIN AND GLORY, JULIETA and THE SKIN I LIVE IN, Jim Jarmusch's THE DEAD DON'T DIE, PATERSON, GIMME DANGER and ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE, Pawel Pawlikowski's COLD WAR, John Cameron Mitchell's HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES, Justin Kurzel's MACBETH and SNOWTOWN, Sofia Coppola's THE BLING RING, Lynne Ramsay's WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, Ruairi Robinson’s THE LAST DAYS ON MARS, Walter Salles' ON THE ROAD and Michel Gondry’s THE WE AND THE I .
Venice titles include Luca Guadagnino's BONES AND ALL and A BIGGER SPLASH, Paolo Sorrentino's THE HAND OF GOD, THE NEW POPE and THE YOUNG POPE, Stefano Sollima's ZEROZEROZERO, Saverio Costanzo's MY BRILLIANT FRIEND, Andrew Haigh's LEAN ON PETE, Andrea Pallaoro's HANNAH, David Oelhoffen’s LOIN DES HOMMES, Errol Morris’s THE UNKNOWN KNOWN, Lukas Moodysson’s WE ARE THE BEST!, Mira Nair’s THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST, Tobias Lindholm’s A WAR and A HIJACKING, David Cronenberg's A DANGEROUS METHOD, Andrea Arnold's WUTHERING HEIGHTS, Sofia Coppola's SOMEWHERE and Casey Affleck's I'M STILL HERE.
Berlin titles include Rolf de Heer's THE SURVIVAL OF KINDNESS, Andrew Dominik's THIS MUCH I KNOW TO BE TRUE, Sally Potter's THE ROADS NOT TAKEN and THE PARTY, Nanette Burstein's TV series HILLARY, Giorgio Diritti's HIDDEN AWAY, Claudio Giovannesi's LA PARANZA DEI BAMBINI, Erik Poppe's U-JULY 22, Pernille Fischer Christensen's BECOMING ASTRID, Etienne Comar's DJANGO, Susanne Bier's TV series THE NIGHT MANAGER, Rosemary Myers' GIRL ASLEEP, Anton Corbijn’s LIFE, Andrew Haigh’s 45 YEARS, Malgoska Szumowska's IN THE NAME OF, Kim Mordaunt's THE ROCKET, Wim Wenders' PINA, Barnaby Southcombe’s I, ANNA and Joshua Marston's THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD.
Matthew also works as a Unit Publicist. His production credits include John Cameron Mitchell's HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES, Sally Potter’s GINGER & ROSA, Roger Michell’s HYDE PARK ON HUDSON, VENUS and ENDURING LOVE, Bernard Rose’s MR NICE, Nicholas Hytner’s THE HISTORY BOYS, Debbie Isitt’s CONFETTI and David Mackenzie’s HALLAM FOE.
Matthew began his career in the London office of Miramax Films where he worked in International Publicity from 1995 to 2000. Films worked on during his time at Miramax include Anthony Minghella’s THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY and THE ENGLISH PATIENT, Gus Van Sant’s GOOD WILL HUNTING, Jane Campion’s HOLY SMOKE, Roberto Benigni’s LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, Lasse Hallstrom’s THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, Julian Schnabel’s BASQUIAT, John Madden’s MRS BROWN, Robert Rodriguez’s’ THE FACULTY and Wes Craven’s SCREAM TRILOGY.
Matthew joined publicity agency McDonald & Rutter (M&R) in 2001 and became Senior Account Director when the company was incorporated into Premier PR in 2006. At M&R and Premier he handled the international publicity on a wide range of films including Walter Salles’ THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, Sofia Coppola’s LOST IN TRANSLATION, Davis Guggenheim’s AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, Fernando Meirelles’ THE CONSTANT GARDENER and BLINDNESS, Robert Altman’s GOSFORD PARK, Michel Gondry’s BE KIND REWIND and Anthony Minghella’s COLD MOUNTAIN.
Alongside his publicity work, Matthew delivers interactive art history workshops, mainly for the educational charity he runs, Magic Lantern.