Ariane Buhl is a Paris-based passionate film industry executive, with a 15 years experience in international film promotion, sales and festivals strategy.
For Gaumont, she has been desigining and leading the execution of the festival strategy for the films produced & distributed by the Studio. She also created and developed the digital sales line of business for the French Studio, with library management & curation.
Working as an independent festival manager since 2023, she is now building and implementing festival strategies for independent films.
With The Right Ones, she accompanied about 20 films so far, with more than 130 selections overall, including new works by Jaime Rosales, Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel, or David Baute among others. Led by her desire to showcase the debut films of talented filmmakers, she also brought "Paul & Paulette Take a Bath" by Jethro Massey to La Settimana Della Critica (Venice - Audience Prize Winner 2024), "King Baby" by Kit Redstone & Arran Shearing to the IFFR (Rotterdam) and more.