Olivier Barbier

International sales

After completing a master’s degree at EDHEC Business School, Olivier started working in the film industry in 2012, joining Wild Bunch International as sales executive. Olivier is now Head of Acquisitions at mk2 films.

Every year, mk2 films coproduces and sells a dozen new films by established or promising directors such as Portrait of a Lady on Fire by Céline Sciamma, Atlantics by Mati Diop,The Worst Person in the World by Joachim Trier, Alcarras by Carla Simon.

Mk2 films also distributes a unique library of 800 films around the world which includes films from Charles Chaplin, François Truffaut, Abbas Kiarostami, Agnès Varda, Claude Chabrol, Krzysztof Kieślowski, David Lynch, Michael Haneke, Gus Van Sant to name a few.