IFC-Sundance Promotes Arianna Bocco to EVP of Acquisitions and Production
IFC Films and Sundance Selects, the independent film distributors owned by AMC Networks, have promoted Arianna Bocco to executive vice president of acqusitions and production.
Bocco has been in charge of acquisitions for IFC, Sundance and IFC Midnight since 2006, snagging the rights to films such as “The Trip” series from Michael Winterbottom, Cannes Grand Jury Prize winner “Gomorrah” and Elyse Steinberg’s “Weiner,” a documentary about the sexting congressman that won the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize.
“Arianna is one of the most talented and experienced executives in independent film,” Jonathan Sehring and Lisa Schwartz, co-presidents of IFC Films and Sundance Selects, said in a statement.
Prior to joining IFC/Sundance, Bocco headed the independent feature packaging division of the Gersh Agency in New York City, and she previously worked as senior vice president of acquisitions at Miramax Films, where she acquired Zach Braff‘s “Garden State,” among others.
Bocco is currently a board member of BAFTA New York and was recently invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
