Marketing & Distribution Intern at Parallax Films (2025-07 – Present)
International sales company representing Asian cinema globally; titles include Kogonada's 'Zi' (Sundance 2026) and Sofia Ye Chen's 'From Dawn to Dawn' (Visions du Réel 2026 Grand Jury Prize), Neo Sora's 'A Very Straight Neck' (Locarno 2025 Best Auteur Short Film), among other Cannes, Berlinale, Venice, TIFF selections.
- Managed film assets and distribution materials, including secure screener and technical metadata verification (synopses, cast lists, trailers, stills), ensuring accuracy across festival submissions and market presentations.
- Expanded B2B network by pitching to festival programmers, distributors, and streaming platforms at the Clermont-Ferrand Intl' Short Film Market, while facilitating meetings and managing talent interview logistics on-site at Cannes Marché du Film and Berlinale EFM; Conducted market and competitive research on comparable titles, festivals, distributors, and streaming platforms to support sales strategies.
- Contributed to the acquisition pipeline for features and shorts by writing evaluations and leveraging production networks to add the Cannes La Cinef award-winning short Our Secrets to the sales slate.
- Managed social media presence (@parallaxfilms_sales) and led the visual rebranding and marketing strategy; created marketing assets through Adobe Creative Suite and Canva, including title campaigns, laurel templates, trailer edits, promotional assets, press reviews; grew the account from 3K to 7K+ followers.
- Analyzed digital reach and edited high-pacing video assets for geo-targeted campaigns timed to festival premieres, generating 5K+ likes for Now I Met Her (IFFR 2026) and outperforming the account's average baseline by over 2,000%.
- Designed comprehensive pitch decks and compiled submission materials for premier co-production markets (including Berlinale Co-Production Market, IFFR CineMart, and Busan ACFM) to support distribution strategies for the second feature by director Geng Zihan (A Song Sung Blue, Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2023); provided key script feedback during early project development.
- Represented the WIP feature Fuxi by director Qiu Jiongjiong (A New Old Play, Locarno 2021 Grand Jury Prize) at Doha Film Institute's Qumra and on-site at Cannes, managing meetings with sales agents, programmers, and distributors to advance market positioning.
Talent Coordinator at Narval Films (2024-12 – 2025-04)
Los Angeles-based Asian American production company specializing in domestic and international co-productions.
- Managed cross-cultural talent relations for a ByteDance international production, bridging workflow gaps between the US cast and Chinese crew by enforcing SAG-AFTRA regulations, including 12-hour turnarounds and intimacy protections.
- Resolved breach-of-contract threats, preventing a cast walkout by reviewing agency voice-licensing clauses, sourcing emergency sound crew, and leading mediation meetings to eliminate production risks.
- Oversaw daily on-site production logistics and scheduling, cross-checking bilingual call sheets and scripts while tracking continuity, catering, and transport grids to maximize efficiency.
