Speaker Kathleen Préfontaine

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Kathleen Préfontaine

Director, Distribution & Development

Aetios Productions Inc.

Kathleen has a BFA in Design Art from Concordia University and a Minor in Marketing Management from HEC Montréal.  In 2006, she began her career in the television format distribution business at Distraction Formats as the Director of Marketing.  She then migrated to various Quebec production companies where she established the new distribution department.

She has participated in the international sales of the shows: Les Parent (France, Greece, Israel, Poland, Russia and Air Transat), En direct de l’univers (France and Lebanon).  She joined Aetios in 2016, where she manages all aspects of distribution and participates in the development of new series.  She has notably concluded sales for the adaptation of 30 Lives in France (France 2) and the acquisition of District 31 in its original format in Latin America, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania & Ex-Yugoslavia.


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