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Tania is a distribution and film business expert. She has held leading roles on sales teams for UK based indies and Executive Produced their original productions. Most recently she spearheaded all the feature film buying for MGM Studios across Europe, Middle East and Africa.
- How to Get Distribution and Speak The Language of Executives
- Hot Sauce For Film: The Story Behind The Name
- What It’S Like to Be Director of Acquisitions For MGM
- Helping Up-And-Coming Filmmakers and Making The Film Industry More Accessible
- Top Tips For Creating A Successful Pitch Deck
- How to Comp A Film
- Hot Sauce For Film Success Stories
- Global Women in Film Club: A Lifeline During The Pandemic
- What Draws An Executive Producer to A Film?
FF [Richard]: So, you’re the creator of Hot Sauce For Film. Can you tell us what Hot Sauce is all about, why you started it, and why the name? TS: All really good questions. I guess I’ll take a step back. My background is in film distribution, I’ve worked as a global sales agent and studio buyer for the last 12 years. I got to work with amazing big...
All of that combined to create Hot Sauce, which I launched in October 2020 and it’s been received so well. I just feel so blessed to have the positive response that I’ve had to it. The name is a bit…it actually came from a Beyonce song, where she says, ‘I got a hot sauce in my bag, swag’. I was thinking about names for a company and what it is when...
FF [Richard]: According to your LinkedIn profile, you spearheaded all the feature film buying for MGM Studios across Europe, Middle East and Africa in recent years. Can you give us an insight into your role as a former studio exec at MGM? I think our listeners, readers and watchers will find that really interesting. TS: Yeah. Well, when it comes to...
FF [Aiysha]: What different services do you offer, and what’s included in that? TS: Yeah, gosh, there’s so much that I offer. I just want to say that what I offer is for people, no matter where they are in their career. You don’t have to be a filmmaker with five films under your belt to come to me, or even two, most of the people I work with are fi...
FF [Aiysha]: One of the things that you talk about a lot on your social media, and we’ve spoken about privately as well, is the importance of pitching and how to make a good pitch deck. And you gave away a fantastic free resource as a PDF to give people a little bit guidance on that. If you were to give your top three tips, what would they be in re...
FF [Richard]: For those who don’t know, what do you mean by comps? TS: Okay, comps are also known as comparable films. Comp is just a short form term that the industry uses. Comparable films are films which are comparable on different levels. There are comparable films from a story level, so if you’re making a movie that’s based on some sort of mon...
FF [Richard]: Have you had any feedback from creative students, actors, directors, writers who’ve taken your course or workshop, and then after that they secured a role or something’s happened for them in their career? TS: It’s actually the most fulfilling part of my job, when I get emails from people that I’ve worked with. There was one producer w...
During the Covid-19 pandemic, you co-founded the Global Women in Film Club to offer women in the film industry networking opportunities. Can you tell us a little bit about that? TS: Yeah, so that’s actually just a little side thing that I did with a couple of my girlfriends who also work in film. One is a director, the other one is a producer and a...
FF [Aiysha]: You mentioned that you’re heavily involved in four films at the moment. Could you just expand on that a little bit and also maybe let us know what it is that attracts you to certain films that makes you want to be involved to that degree? TS: Yeah. So as we were talking before, I started Hot Sauce with two streams of business. One was ...
Tania Sarra - Hot Sauce For Film | LinkedIn. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 2K followers 500+ connections. View mutual connections with Tania. Welcome back. About. A senior executive with over a...
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Mar 15, 2023 · Tania Sarra has been making waves as a top executive in the film industry for over a decade. She is the Founder of Hot Sauce - a boutique consulting firm specializing in Producing, Executive Production and Creative Direction for major film and television projects.
As a first-time filmmaker, I've found Tania's work on our short film project to be absolutely invaluable. She injected momentum, strategy and creative clarity from day one, with excellent notes on script development and a truly collaborative style of working.
Founder at Hot Sauce For Film. 1h. Introducing Sauce Studios...! So thrilled to be working with this amazing team led by the immensely talented Justin Oakey and our wicked cast....
Tania Sarra has worked as an executive in the film industry for over 12 years. Her vast media background, which began in PR, grew to senior roles across the film industry, breathing life into feature films through international rights sales and acquisitions.
