Espen Aukan graduated from the Norwegian National Film School in 2008 and has a BA in film and theatre studies from the University of Trondheim. He has written stage plays, short and feature films, worked on documentaries, and on television series such as Elias: Rescue Team Adventures (2015) and the award-winning The Games (2013). In 2010 he was nominated for the National Ibsen Award for his modern take on the classic brothers Grimm fairytale Snow White. For the stage he has also adapted H.C. Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling, and the family musical Syver & Beatrice – A Summer Mystery! based on a popular series of children’s books from the small town of Kristiansund where he grew up. His short film screenplays include the horror comedy Baby Boom (2022) and Wettlaufer’s Widow (2017). He co-wrote Norway’s first werewolf movie Viking Wolf (2022), and penned the screenplay for Roar Uthaug’s blockbuster Troll (2022) which is still the most viewed Non-English language Netflix production to date, and its sequel Troll 2 (2025). He is currently in development on several projects, amongst them the horror movie Amara with director Roar Uthaug.

Noëmie Devide joined the sales department of Goodfellas (formerly Wild Bunch) in 2011 and now serves as the company’s Head of Acquisitions & Co-productions, helping shape its bold, auteur-driven slate. Alongside her work at Goodfellas, she co-founded the production label Getaway Films with Vincent Maraval and Brahim Chioua, producing and co-producing films by Hanna Bergholm (Nightborn), Michel Hazanavicius (Final Cut!), Dario Argento (Dark Glasses) and Alexandre Aja (Oxygen). This dual vantage point, as both acquirer and producer, informs her sharp editorial instincts and her ability to connect distinctive creative projects with global audiences

Roar Uthaug graduated from the Norwegian National Film School in 2002. His graduation film, The Martin Administration, was nominated for a Student Academy Award.

He broke out with COLD PREY (2006), a massive box office hit in Norway that sold to more than 40 countries and launched two sequels, followed by the medieval action film ESCAPE (2012), which sold to 70+ territories and put him on Variety’s “10 Euro Directors to Watch”. His fourth feature THE WAVE (2015), Scandinavia’s first disaster movie, was Norway’s highest-grossing film that year and its official Academy Award entry. His films have travelled extensively on the international festival circuit, and he has directed award-winning commercials worldwide.

In 2018 he made his Hollywood debut with TOMB RAIDER, starring Academy Award winner Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft. In 2022 he directed TROLL for Netflix, which became the most-watched non-English-language film in the platform’s history, and followed it with TROLL 2 (2025), the largest Scandinavian movie ever made.

Arnaud is the founder of the Paris-based sales agency B-Rated International. A graduate of INSAS – Institut Supérieur des Arts in Brussels, he previously worked as a sales executive at Mediawan.

He has recently handled international sales on titles including Ulya (Un Certain Regard), Buzzheart by Dennis Iliadis, and Motherwitch by Minos Papas.

B-Rated International is also active in the co-production of genre films, working with filmmakers and producers to develop distinctive, internationally oriented projects. The company combines a strong focus on genre cinema with an international sales approach, bringing ambitious independent films to distributors and audiences worldwide.

Mike Runagall has been an Executive in the film industry for over 20 years, having started his career at Film4 before joining Pathe, where he ran their UK sales arm for 7 years. During his tenure, he oversaw the worldwide distribution of films including THE DESCENT, THE QUEEN, THE IRON LADY and SLUMDOG
MILLIONAIRE.
In 2012, he joined Will Clarke and Andy Mayson to co-found Altitude Film Entertainment, a vertically integrated company comprising Production, International Sales and UK distribution. Altitude handles international sales and distribution for all in-house productions, as well as third party films.
Altitude productions include Owen Harris’ KILL YOUR FRIENDS, based on John Niven’s novel starring Nicholas Hoult, Jalmari Helander’s BIG GAME starring Samuel L Jackson, Ray Stevenson and Jim Broadbent and SAS: RED NOTICE starring Sam Heughan, Ruby Rose, Tom Wilkinson and Andy Serkis. Upcoming
productions include Mackenzie Crook’s MARS EXPRESS, starring Toby Jones.
Third party sales titles include Julius Avery’s SON OF A GUN, starring Ewan McGregor, Johannes Roberts’ worldwide hit 47 METERS DOWN, Anthony Hayes’ GOLD starring Zac Efron, Angel Gomez Hernadez’ CRAWLERS starring Matilda Lutz and hit documentary BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN.

Hailing from the great city of Philadelphia, Sydney is a growing force in the film industry. Thus far in her career she’s best described as bridging the worlds of independent filmmaking and the larger studio system.  As an independent producer, Sydney first broke onto the scene with the popular short horror film Portrait of God (2022) which has accrued over 100M views across platforms. Since then, she’s continued to work in the low-budget horror space, most notably on projects like Storytime (2023), Blood Star (2024) , and Fiend (2025). 

Most recently she produced the short horror film Blister which had its world premiere at the Overlook Film Festival before playing at the Final Frame Horror Short Competition, the HorrOrigins Film Festival, and the Oscar qualifying film festival Indy Shorts. Currently she plays a crucial role on Searchlight Pictures’ small but mighty acquisitions team. In her role she covers titles at festivals like Sundance and TIFF. Most recently she championed the acquisition of the horror film Monitor out of SXSW.   

Before joining Searchlight Pictures, she lent her talents and honed her skills at XYZ Films and the genre giant Blumhouse Productions.

Ryan Wickers is Head of Investment & Acquisitions at Logical Pictures, where he leads the sourcing and evaluation of film investment and acquisition opportunities, with a particular focus on elevated commercial genre. He works with filmmakers and partners from around the world on projects from development and financing through to release, and currently serves as a producer or executive producer on upcoming projects including FAITH (Paul Andrew Williams – TIFF 2026 Special Presentations), FOXFINDER (Aoife McArdle – in production), and THE WORST (Simon Woods – in post-production).

Prior to Logical, Ryan was Manager, European Studio Film at Netflix in London, where he helped launch a new team and build a slate of international genre films for a global audience. Before Netflix, he was an independent producer in Los Angeles after serving as VP of Production/Development at EuropaCorp, helping oversee its English-language slate and establish its LA office from the ground up. Earlier in his career, he worked in international sales at Annapurna Pictures and in production/development and theatrical marketing at Lionsgate.

BAFTA nominated and BIFA award winning producer Camille Gatin just completed HELD, a feature film by San Sebastian award winning writer/director Paxton Winters, executive produced by Cherien Dabis, Darren Aronofsky and Ronan Farrow, starring Garrett Hedlund.
Camille premiered THE LESSON in TriBeCa, Alice Troughton’s directorial debut starring Oscar nominees Richard E. Grant and Julie Delpy, and Daryl McCormack. Camille’s feature debut, THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS , earned her a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding Debut, and earned her a win with the BIFA Breakthrough Producer. Girl went on to open Locarno, as well as Toronto, Sitges, and Gérardmer.