Studiocanal and Canal+ Group's Anna Marsh to bring a keynote at MipTV

MipTV has added CEO of Studiocanal and Deputy CEO of CANAL+ Group, Anna Marsh to its agenda for 2023. The executive will discuss the changing dynamics of content strategies in a keynote speech at the 60th anniversary edition of the Spring international content and co-production market in Cannes, France, scheduled to take place from 17-19 April. “As the European leader in film and series production and distribution, STUDIOCANAL has a responsibility to share its content with even wider and expanding international audiences," Anna Marsh said. "We have the strength, the means and above all the ambition to do so.  More than ever in 2023, we are looking to diversify our content and create the successes of tomorrow by strengthening  the significant synergies between our film and series activities.  Many of the world’s best producers, directors and actors are part of STUDIOCANAL’s illustrious group  of loyal talent which, along with our wide-ranging broadcast and platform partners, enables us to tell entertaining and illuminating  stories throughout  the world.”

As CEO of Studiocanal, Marsh oversees the leading European studio spanning both feature films and TV series for the international market. Each year, the company finances and produces around 30 films, distributes around 50 films, and produces more than 200 hours of TV series in multiple languages. It is credited with titles like "Novembre, rise, Superwho?, and Goliath."  International successes include "A Boy Called Chistmas," "Paddington 1&2." It also owns the European’s largest film library with more than 7 500 titles from 60 countries and has invested 20 million euros into the restoration of 750 classic films over  the past 5 years.

Anna Marsh has nearly two decades of experience in the entertainment industry, after graduating from the University of Otago in New Zealand and then French business school HEC and began her career working in sales at Tele Images Productions and TF1 International. Marsh first joined Studiocanal in 2008 as VP International Sales, in 2013 was appointed Head of International Distribution Strategy, and shortly after Head of International Sales. In 2017, she was appointed EVP, International Distribution at STUDIOCANAL and in March 2019, she was appointed Managing Director of STUDIOCANAL UK. Marsh was appointed CEO of STUDIOCANAL in 2019, promoted to the CANAL+ Group’s management board in 2022 and appointed Deputy CEO of the Group in October 2022. 

Studiocanal currently  operates in France, U.K., Germany, Benelux, Spain, Denmark, Australia, and New Zealand. All productions take place directly through Studiocanal entities or with its network of European production companies: STUDIOCANAL Series,  Lailaps Films, Red Production Company, Urban Myth Films, Bambu Producciones, Studiocanal Original, and 2e Bureau in France, Benedict Cumberbatch’s company Sunnymarch TV in the UK; Sam Productions – Søren Sveistrup and Adam Price in Denmark and DINGIE acquired in 2022 in Benelux. “The current ecosystem is a fertile ground for fresh thinking. STUDIOCANAL have both film and TV at their heart and have consistently challenged the conventions around production and distribution models for each internationally. Anna is uniquely and ideally placed to help navigate the changing landscape and illustrate the opportunities within and between both," RX France Entertainment Division Director & Director of MIPTV, Lucy Smith said.