Spring Intern - Development & Acquisitions

This is a Part Time Unpaid Internship

Job Title: Intern - Acquisitions & Development

Company: Highland Film Group & The Avenue

Full or Part Time: Part Time, Unpaid Internship

Duration: Spring 2025 Semester

City: Los Angeles, CA

Job Description: We're currently seeking interns for the Acquisitions & Development departments that has a desire to learn the innerworkings of an independent movie distributor and sales agent. Candidates will be exposed to a bustling film distribution environment and will be working on evaluating scripts, cast, developing IP internally, and tracking finished films. Along with the Highland team, you will work in concert with our production, financing and digital platform partners to assist in bringing film product through the financing and distribution pipelines.

We are looking for someone who is proactive, energetic, detail-oriented, self-sufficient, and hard-working. This is an ideal entry-level job for someone looking to enter the movie industry.

Responsibilities Include:
· Reading/Covering scripts
· Sitting in on development meetings
· Acquisitions conference calls
· Helping the team prepare for markets
· Keep the Acquisitions/Development team organized
· Interns will have the opportunity to explore a multitude of different departments
· Helping to write synopses for all our titles
· Reaching out to agencies for cast availabilities

· Assisting in the preparation of HFG events (film markets, screenings, parties…)
· Ensuring that daily Development/Acquisitions operations run smoothly.

Requirements Include:
· Proficiency in MS Office: Excel, PowerPoint and Word
· Proficiency in Adobe Acrobat
· Good verbal and written skills
· Good multitasking and organization skills
· Prior experience in the movie industry is a plus
· Must LOVE movies or entertainment!
· Bring your smile and good sense of humor, we'll provide the rest!

This internship is based in Los Angeles (6310 San Vicente Blvd, 90048) but available remotely.

Salary: Unpaid, College Credit

Interns can work a minimum of 15 hours/week and up to a maximum of 32 hours/week.

MORE ABOUT HIGHLAND FILM GROUP
Led by founding partners Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier, Highland Film Group (HFG) is an independent worldwide sales, film financing, production and distribution company. Launched in 2010, HFG has had success across a wide range of film genres and platforms, building a reputation for handling high-octane films in the action/thriller/horror space, focusing on cast, director, and filmmaker driven content.

HFG's diversified production and sales slate includes William Eubank's action thriller Land of Bad starring Russell Crowe, Liam Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth released on 1,300 screens in February 2024 and recently surged to the #1 spot on Netflix in the US; Benjamin Brewer's survival action-thriller Arcadian starring Nicolas Cage, official selection at SXSW; Adam Cooper's crime thriller Sleeping Dogs starring Russell Crowe and Karen Gillan which recently took the #1 spot on Hulu in the US; Dimitri Logothetis' actioner Gunner starring Morgan Freeman and Luke Hemsworth; Simon West's action comedy Old Guy starring Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu and Cooper Hoffman; Joe Carnahan's survival thriller Not Without Hope starring Zachary Levi and Josh Duhamel; the sci-fi thriller The Astronaut produced by Brad Fuller and starring Kate Mara and Laurence Fishburne; Allan Ungar's action comedy London Calling starring Josh Duhamel and Jeremy Ray Taylor; and the high-concept horror film Rosario starring Emeraude Toubia and David Dastmalchian.

New projects include the action crime thriller Wardriver starring Dane DeHaan and Sasha Calle; John Stalberg, Jr.'s Muzzle: City of Wolves starring Aaron Eckhart; the action crime thriller The Deputy starring Duke Nicholson, William H. Macy, Tiffany Haddish and Stephen Dorff; and Justin Chadwick's action thriller Sierra Madre starring Kiefer Sutherland.

Previous titles include Adrian Grünberg's shark actioner The Black Demon starring Josh Lucas; Joe Carnahan's Boss Level starring Naomi Watts, Mel Gibson and Frank Grillo; Lin Oeding's thriller Braven starring Jason Momoa; Scott Mann's Final Score starring Dave Bautista and Pierce Brosnan; Berlin, I Love You with Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley, Jim Sturgess, Mickey Rourke, Diego Luna and Jenna Dewan Tatum and Vaughn Stein's Terminal starring Margot Robbie and Simon Pegg.

ABOUT THE AVENUE

Launched in 2020, The Avenue is HFG's US distribution division and handles all aspects of distribution, from theatrical through home entertainment to television, SVOD and AVOD. The Avenue is dedicated to partnering with filmmakers and leading them into innovative ways of marketing and distribution so their stories can reach the widest audience. The Avenue has a partnership with Paramount Global to handle Blu-ray™, DVD, VOD, and Digital distribution. Films released under The Avenue label are a combination of film titles from Highland Film Group as well as third party acquisitions.

Upcoming titles include David Yarovesky's Locked starring Bill Skarsgård and Anthony Hopkins.

Recent releases include William Eubank's action thriller Land of Bad starring Russell Crowe, Liam Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth released on 1,300 screens in February 2024 and recently surged to the #1 spot on Netflix in the US; Adam Cooper's crime thriller Sleeping Dogs starring Russell Crowe and Karen Gillan which just took the #1 spot on Hulu in the US; Rod Blackhurst's Tribeca Film Festival and Deauville title Blood For Dust starring Scoot McNairy, Kit Harington and Josh Lucas; Rusty Cundieff's sci-fi thriller 57 Seconds starring Morgan Freeman and Josh Hutcherson; Adrian Grünberg's shark actioner The Black Demon starring Josh Lucas; and Petr Jákl's sweeping historical action epic Medieval starring Ben Foster, Sophie Lowe and Sir Michael Caine. The first feature film title released under the new stand-alone distribution banner was the martial arts sci-fi film Jiu Jitsu starring Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage and Frank Grillo, followed by Renny Harlin's The Misfits, starring Pierce Brosnan, Nick Cannon and Tim Roth.