Today we sit down with Sola Fasehun. Sola works in Film/TV sales, distribution, producing, music, and event planning in NYC. She graduated undergrad with college and university honors from Carnegie MellonUniversitywithaBHA degree.AfterCMU, Sola moved toLA and worked under Academy Award-winning producer Michael Phillips (Taxi Driver, The Sting) in Beverly Hills. She also began an independent film company: Fasehun Films. In NY, Sola was an Associate Producer on the first Broadway revival of Godspell (starring Orange is the New Black’s Uzo Aduba) and was one of the producers of Broken Badge which was executive produced by AcademyAwardnominatedMichaelHausman(GangsofNewYork, BrokebackMountain). SolahasanMFA degree inCreativeFilmProducingfrom Columbia University. For several years, Sola was a Sales & Distribution consultant at Submarine Entertainment / Deluxe (Winter’s Bone, Tangerine). Sola’s Production Company: Fasehun Films, was hired by Submarine to consult on many feature films. During Sola’s time at Submarine the following movies that Submarine has repped, received Academy Awards: Citizen Four, 20 Feet From Stardom, and Searching For Sugarman. Another Submarine film, Life Animated,wasnominatedfora2017AcademyAward. Thelastfouryearsinarow(2015–2018) Submarine’s films have won the Grand Jury Prize at The Sundance Film Festival: Wolfpack, Weiner, Dina, Kailash. Sola is a Co-Producer on the feature film: Fire Music, which will soon be released in collaboration with Submarine Entertainment. For a few years, Sola worked at United Talent Agency (UTA) where she was part of the Leadership Team and in charge of programming for the Multi-Cultural Diversity and Inclusion Group within the New York office. In addition, Sola is an ASCAP writer and Executive for Danceaholic Records/Noizy Neighbors (distributed by Universal Music Group). She produces music videos, writes music, plans events, and advises on TV & movie music deals for the label. Recently, Sola is the founder of The Distribution Collective (TDC). TDC has a heavy emphasis on diversity, inclusion, and mentorship. The goal is to provide sales and distribution consulting services for Independent Films. In addition, another goal is to connect various colleagues in sales, distribution, and other indie film careers with each other. TDC is working with the 30 Under 30 Film Festival to present a diversity and inclusion film festival (DIFF) at Lincoln Center. Currently, Sola is an agent at Buchwald where she is helping to develop Buchwald’s first MP Lit and Indie Film divisions. Sola recently packaged Buchwald’s first feature film under the Indie Film division and the same film participated in the 2020 Cannes Virtual Market.
