MIPCOM Spotlight: Daro Film Distribution

October 7, 2012 World Screen Top Stories

CANNES: This year brings much cause for celebration at Daro Film Distribution, as the company is celebrating its 30th birthday.

 

Its founder, Pierre André Rochat, who serves as president, says that the company puts great care into amassing titles that cater to both the local and the global market simultaneously. “We buy worldwide products on the one hand and look after the needs of individual territories on the other,” he says.
 
Among the titles in the company’s catalogue is the hit Hollywood film The Shawshank Redemption, which is part of Daro’s Cecchi Gori Pictures library acquisition, under which it has the European rights. “This has been an incredibly popular movie for over ten years now, and is still number one on IMDb’s top 250 ratings,” Rochat says. Taken Back: Finding Haley is a female-led thriller produced for Lifetime. The plot centers on a woman in jeopardy. “There is a great demand for this genre of film,” Rochat says.
 
For buyers after holiday fare, the company offers A Christmas Wedding Date. Rochat calls the film “fun and uplifting.”