Tracking the movements and insights of film sales agents – especially in the indie market – is about as inside baseball as it gets in Hollywood. They are hardline negotiators, wining and dining, cajoling and haggling to get filmmakers and producers the best deal possible.

Those agents also happen to be some of the most press-averse figures in the industry (it’s always about the client). But Variety managed to pin down Rena Ronson , who has led UTA ’s premium indie sales outfit for almost two decades, for an expansive chat as she launches multiple titles at the Marche du Film – including Jordan Firstman’s “Club Kid,” the confessional Bruce Dern doc “Dernise,” Asghar Farhadi’s “Parallel Tales” and the Seth Rogen-backed animated film “Tangles.”

Here she discusses a wild few decades in selling movies, gender equity in show business and a wave of entrepreneurial filmmakers taking control.

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