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INDEPENDENT FILM & TELEVISION ALLIANCE® PRESIDENT & CEO JEAN PREWITT TO STEP DOWN AFTER 25 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP
Prewitt to Depart at Finish of 2025 Following the American Movie Market’s Extremely Anticipated Return to Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA – September 3, 2025 — The Impartial Movie & Tv Alliance® (IFTA®), the worldwide commerce affiliation of the impartial {industry} and producer of the American Movie Market® (AFM®), introduced at present that President & CEO Jean Prewitt will step down at year-end following a 25-year tenure with the group.
IFTA retained the agency McCormack + Kristel to assist its seek for Prewitt’s successor. This transition has been thoughtfully thought-about with Prewitt and the IFTA Board for a number of months. She dedicated to proceed in her position till AFM was firmly relocated again to Los Angeles and to steer the IFTA workforce by the 2025 Market. She’s going to work with the group’s subsequent chief, as soon as appointed, to assist a clean transition.
All through her tenure, Prewitt has guided IFTA and AFM by a quickly evolving world market, giving the impartial sector a seat at decision-making tables and advocating for its distinctive wants. She championed Independents’ entry to new markets and their skill to compete in a consolidating {industry}, whereas strengthening AFM’s position as a premier vacation spot for the worldwide neighborhood to conduct enterprise. Underneath her course, IFTA solidified its standing because the definitive voice for Independents and superior its coverage work on points very important to the sector within the U.S. and world wide, together with copyright protections, eradicating commerce obstacles, tax incentives, royalty collections, and modifications in licensing practices.
“Jean’s imaginative and prescient and dedication have been instrumental in shaping each IFTA and AFM into the worldwide pillars of our {industry} they’re at present,” mentioned Clay Epstein, IFTA Chairperson and President of Movie Mode Leisure. “Her management has navigated profound challenges whereas making certain that impartial movie and tv firms have a strong voice and the assets to thrive in a continuously evolving enterprise. It is going to be tough to match her impression, however we’re excited concerning the future for IFTA she has set in movement.”
“It has been a privilege to serve IFTA and the impartial sector for the previous 25 years,” mentioned Prewitt. “Driving IFTA by current transitions — together with AFM’s return to Los Angeles in 2025 and strengthening the impartial {industry}’s capability to fulfill change — has been immensely rewarding. This seems like the suitable second to cross the torch because the Alliance prepares for its subsequent chapter. I’m pleased with what we’ve got completed collectively and optimistic concerning the alternatives that lie forward for the Independents.”
In regards to the Impartial Movie & Tv Alliance® (IFTA®)
IFTA is the worldwide commerce affiliation for impartial movie and tv manufacturing, finance, distribution, and gross sales firms. The group represents the impartial sector earlier than governments and worldwide our bodies and supplies important leisure {industry} companies to its member firms in additional than 20 international locations consisting of impartial manufacturing and distribution firms, gross sales brokers, and monetary establishments engaged in manufacturing finance. Every November, it produces the American Movie Market, the world’s largest movement image occasion, drawing hundreds of {industry} leaders from 80 international locations and resulting in greater than $1 Billion in distribution and movie financing offers. IFTA additionally develops and publishes the IFTA Mannequin Agreements which articulate the industry-wide requirements and key definitions for licensing worldwide rights in movement footage and tv programming and are reviewed and revised usually to maintain tempo with the evolving worldwide movie and tv {industry}. For extra data on IFTA, go to www.IFTA-online.org.
McCormack + Kristel
For extra data on the corporate, please go to https: www.mccormackkristel.com
Media Contact:
Jennifer Garnick | VP, Communications
Impartial Movie & Tv Alliance
jgarnick@ifta-online.org, 310-446-1006
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