Sophie Toumazis
Founder and Director
We have a particular specialism in documentary and independent film PR as well as extensive experience in publishing, arts festivals, awards, live venues and cultural promotion.
We have worked with some of the world's most outstanding documentary filmmakers. Among these are Nick Broomfeild, Kim Longinotto, Morgan Matthews, Brian Woods and Angus Macqueen. Working with award-winning companies such as Dartmouth Films, we have created impactful campaigns for films distributed in a number of ways from TV, cinematic, online, YouTube and VOD and understand how to create campaigns to fit different distribution models.
We have worked closely with commissioners and filmmakers at Channel 4, the BBC and major independent production companies for nearly two decades. We have successfully launched a broad range of cutting-edge drama, factual, arts and current affairs programming, including Top Boy, The Undateables, All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry, No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka and films for BBC Storyville and Channel 4's Unreported World.
We have carried out multiple impactful PR campaigns for books and publishing projects including Wildflowers for the Queen (Hugo Rittson Thomas) and The André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards – which we have promoted for the last six years. We understand how to create engaging publishing PR campaigns to both drive sales and engage in relevant debates.
We have represented some of the world's most influential and creative broadcast, media and arts organisations. These include Associated Press, Reuters and Doc Society. More recently, we have led the communications for the King's Head Theatre, London's first pub theatre, and Union Chapel, the iconic music venue, supporting them through the Covid‐19 crisis ensuring they have a voice.
We have managed the PR for Raindance – Europe's largest independent film festival – and represented dozens of films on the international festival circuit including the BFI London Film Festival, BFI Flare, Sheffield Doc/Fest and IDFA. tpr proudly sponsors the new SMART film festival – London's first international festival for smartphone filmmaking and also launched the science and culture festival – The Great Exhibition Road Festival in 2019.
Alongside media relations, our team has the experience and expertise to support your project with a wide range of marketing tools:
Ronan Bennett, writer, Top Boy
"tpr did a brilliant job promoting Top Boy and made a big contribution to the success it turned out to be."
Neil Crombie, director, All in the Best Possible Taste According to Grayson Perry
"tpr put their all into promoting the series and got us everywhere from the Sun to Start the Week, helping make these the most talked about tapestries since Bayeux."
David Pearson, Director, Screenwriters’ Festival
"A PR agency with passion, excitement and commitment."
Emma Wakefield, Managing Director, Lambent Productions
"Sophie and her team at tpr are extraordinary. Their insight, dedication, determination and sheer passion gave our film the boost we all felt it deserved and never thought we could achieve. It was an absolute joy working with them and the results speak for themselves."
Elliot Grove, Director, Raindance Independent Film Festival
"The tpr team totally understood what we were trying to do, took our message and amplified it. We have never had so much useful coverage."
Angus Macqueen, Director and Executive Producer, Ronachan Films
"tpr are the right place to go to make sure an audience knows about a film."
Nick Broomfield, award-winning director
"I loved working with tpr and we achieved amazing publicity."
Sue Summers, Finestripe Productions
"We got the kind of coverage that factual producers would kill for."
Jon Snow, anchor, Channel 4 News
"tpr are brilliant, original and manage to obtain coverage and promotional opportunities in unexpected quarters."
Jan Younghusband, Commissioning Editor, BBC Music & events
"tpr are extremely dynamic and work sensitively with top artists. Brilliant coverage."
Peter Kosminsky, award - winning director
"tpr did a wonderful job on the publicity campaign for Britz – among the most comprehensive I have known. I can recommend them without reservation."
Tim Albone, Co - director, Out of the Ashes
"Wonderful people and wonderful PR.If you want huge coverage for your film you need tpr. It was, without a doubt, some of the most important money we spent on the film.They did an amazing job and are a complete joy to work with."
Roger Graef, Roger Graef Productions
"The best media relations I’ve had in years..."
Eammon Matthews, Managing Director, Quicksilver Media
"tpr’s press campaigns were instrumental in ensuring not just solid audience figures but also the commissioning of future series."
Brian Hill, Managing Director, Century Films
"tpr are the best people around at getting press coverage for productions."
Fran Silman, Justice for Health
"tpr media ensured we got our message out, in a way that we felt was truthful and honest.They helped us to work out how to explain what was a complex nuanced legal argument to the public, and we thank them for all their hard work and absolute commitment to the project."
Andy Glynne, Managing Director, Mosaic Films
"Passion, dedication and professionalism combined with excellent results, visibility and coverage. I wholeheartedly recommend tpr."
David Brindley, Head of Popular Factual and Factual Entertainment, BBC
"I’ve worked with Sophie on several big series. She and her team provide attention to detail and you feel your films are very carefully and looked after in her hands. I’m looking forward to continuing to work with tpr media on many future projects."
Christopher Hird, Founder/Managing Director, Dartmouth Films
"It is always a great challenge to get media attention for an independent documentary. The key is strategically focusing on the coverage which gets the attention of your target audience. tpr excel at this, helping to fill cinemas for us."
Paul Elson, CEO, Brave New Media
"I have worked with Sophie and tpr media for four years now, and by choice would not work with anyone else. Sophie has the experience which gives me confidence not only that a campaign will go well, but that she will go above and beyond what a normal PR agency does to make sure the campaign is a success."