Draft Press Announcement 2/7/01

FILMFESTIVALS.COM APPOINTS PATRICK DE BOKAY TO HEAD NEW LOS ANGELES OFFICE

LOS ANGELES, March 12, 2001 - Filmfestivals.com, the leading online server for film festivals around the world, has appointed experienced industry executive Patrick de Bokay as Vice-President, Worldwide Sales & Marketing, and to head up the company's new Los Angeles office, it is announced by company President, Malo Girod de l'Ain and COO Bruno Chatelin.

De Bokay has more than ten years experience in the film industry, first as Director of Marketing for Twentieth Century Fox Theatrical in Paris and subsequently as Vice-President, International Marketing, for Turner Pictures Worldwide Distribution based in Los Angeles. Prior to that, he worked for some ten years in European international marketing and advertising with the Ted Bates Advertising Group based both in Paris and New York.

De Bokay received his MBA equivalent in marketing and international business from the University of Paris IX Dauphine.

For the past three years, de Bokay has been operating his own worldwide sales and marketing consultancy, Golya Entertainment, in Los Angeles and Paris.

Stated Malo Girod de l'Ain: "The time is right for us to open our operations in Los Angeles and we are fortunate to have someone with Patrick's experience and knowledge of the industry available to join us. He will play a leading role as we step up our sales and marketing activities worldwide."

De Bokay stated: "I have been following the progress made by Filmfestivals.com as it has grown over the past few years and have been very impressed by what they have achieved. I am looking forward to being a part of their continued expansion as they grow their interactive online world premieres and their monthly syndicated film festivals television show."

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Bruno Chatelin, who was formerly Managing Director of UGC/Fox Distribution in Paris, added: "I have known Patrick since his days at UGC/Fox and his capabilities will be an exact fit for the sales and marketing job we need to be done. He has the right contacts in Los Angeles and is the person to move our Hollywood office forward.
Patrick will expand our partnerships with rights holders, Studios and Independants.""

Filmfestivals.com, which recently launched the online world premieres of six feature-length films for broadband users, is headquartered in Paris with offices also in the U.K., Italy and the USA. The company was founded by Malo Girod de l'Ain, president, in 1995 when it created the first website for the Cannes International Film Festival. The site now lists more than 1,000 film festivals worldwide, and has extensive online tools to help festival organizers, filmmakers, producers, distributors in such areas as marketing, film registration, web presence and ticket sales. FilmfestivalsTV was launched at last year's Berlin Film Festival with video coverage of major festivals. FilmfestivalsTV produces a monthly television show, Non Stop Film Festivals, for worldwide syndication.
The latest show, in January, covers the Palm Springs, Sundance and Rotterdam festivals.

Patrick de Bokay can be contacted at pdb@filmfestivals.com