Estelle de Araujo (France)
Co-Head of Sales
The Party Film Sales

Since April 2023 Estelle co-heads the Party Film Sales.

After a master’s degree in cultural event and media development, Estelle started working for the French Academy of Cinema as project manager for a short film project. In 2016, she decided to focus on the documentary industry and joined the production and sales company Upside as festival & marketing manager. She joined Doc & Film International in 2018 as Sales Manager. In 2019, Doc & Film International was bought out by distribution company Jour2Fête. Estelle became head of TV sales and TV acquisitions for the newly born sales company: The Party Film Sales. 


Company Bio

Our slate includes both fiction and documentary films, our recent successes are films by Frederick Wiseman, Kaouther Ben Hania (Four Daughters) and Runar Runarsson (Opening film in Cannes this year). 

This year we also launched This Life Of Mine by Sophie Fillières (Opening 2024 Directors’ Fortnight), and 2 second films in Venice – Orizzonti: Mistress Dispeller by Elizabeth LO and Aicha by Mehdi M. Barsaoui. 

Our line-up also includes noteworthy works such as Papicha by Mounia Meddour, Félicité by Alain Gomis, Two of Us by Filippo Meneghetti, and the Golden Bear winner Touch Me Not by Adina Pintilie.

We also have a TV Doc department with 52′ or doc series.