We are thrilled to welcome Rebeca Conget, our new Director of Distribution, to the MediaStorm team. Rebeca will play a key role ensuring that MediaStorm’s work continues to gain widespread distribution and reaches–and inspires–an ever growing audience.

Rebeca Conget, a native Spaniard, is a veteran independent film industry professional, having worked in acquisitions, distribution and programming for the past 19 years. As VP of Theatrical Distribution at New Yorker Films, she was instrumental in the release strategy of various box office record breaking documentaries, including Trembling Before G-d and the Oscar-nominated My Architect. During the 8 years she was VP of Acquisitions and Distribution at Film Movement, she introduced North American audiences to dozens of first-time international filmmakers that went on to develop successful and critically acclaimed careers. Conget holds an M.A. in Cinema Studies from NYU, and has participated as an expert panelist and jury member in over 20 film festivals worldwide. She is currently a senior programmer of the Bogota International Film Festival in Colombia.

On joining the team Rebeca says:

“It is with great excitement, enthusiasm and energy that I join the talented MediaStorm family. My whole professional life I have aspired to share visual stories and art that matter with the largest possible audience, and to support those filmmakers and artists that create them. MediaStorm has been incredibly successful at exactly that for over a decade, and I am honored to be given the opportunity to work with the team to help the company and its impact grow even further.”