Editorial Comment: Elspeth Tavares
Documentaries: The Blurring Of All The Platforms Is
Seamless & Complete Between Content & The Consumer

 

 

Audiences around the world continue to be eager for socially conscious and engaging programming and are propelling the ongoing appetite for the documentary genre on both the small and big screen to a new level. A selected review by TBOF of the offering available at the 2015 edition of MIPDoc covers some very interesting programmes that intersect on a daily basis with our global lives: from subjects such as the race for and to interplanetary life, fracking and its effect on communities, to the cruel and forgotten atrocities of WW11 covered in the documentary Forgotten Sex Slaves - Comfort Women In The Philippines showcased above.

The landscape of documentary content abounds with a richness of content. However the challenge remains: how to reach the audience democratically, effectively, and economically - and have it be rewarding both financially and emotionally for the producers of the content. The genre, depending on the subject matter, is arguably the hardest to get financed.

While the MIPDoc event primarily promotes documentaries (features, series and factual), it also screens a variety of programming available for full screening, including animation, formats and the potpourri of programming that make up the world's television and media platforms.

A First For ZDF Enterprises With The Sponsorship
Of The MIPDoc Pitch Event For Factual Content

For the first time, ZDF Enterprises are sponsors of the MIPDoc Co-Production Pitch 2015 which takes place today (April 11th). Ralf Ruckauer, VP for ZDFE.factual, said: “We are proud to sponsor this event for the first time this year. As one of the leading... click for full story

Iron Man: Armored Adventures Secures
A New Raft Of Global Licensing Deals

Philippe Soutter, International Brand Manager, PGS Entertainment has announced a raft of global media licensing agreements for Iron Man: Armored Adventures (52x30’ with CSC Pop (UK & Ireland), YEP! (Germany), TV 2 (Norway), e-Junior (United Arab.... click for full story

Upside Distribution Premieres Ø Gravity
& Announces Three Strategic Agreements

Upside Distribution will open its offerings for MIPDoc 2015 with the world premiere of Ø Gravity, the first documentary shot by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst (Germany) and NASA astronaut Gregory Reid Wiseman (USA), on their first trip to space... click for full story

Women Of A Certain Age Render Tchaikovsky's
Swan Lake With Enthusiasm Energy And Beer

Wide House has available at MIPDoc its latest acquisition Czech Swan on which the company holds worldwide rights excluding Poland, Czech Republic & Slovakia. Czech Swan, directed by Aleksandra Terpinska, written by Marcin Laskawiec and Danuta Gegotek... click for full story

Known As Comfort Women Nine Philippine Survivors
Demand Justice From Japan For The WW2 Atrocity

Ginger Foot Film Distribution headed by Bjorn Jensen based in Munich holds distribution rights on Forgotten Sex Slaves - Comfort Women In The Philippines. This poignant film tells the story of nine comfort women in the Philippines and follows their efforts to find justice... click for full story

Nelvana To Develop New Animated Preschool TV Series

Corus Entertainment's Nelvana Enterprises, a leading international producer and distributor of children's animated content, is partnering with internationally renowned actress and author Julie Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton to develop a new animated girls preschool TV series... click for full story

Tim Pastore Of National Geographic Channels
Keynote Speaker Today At MIPDoc
Where He Sees The Future Of Factual

Tim Pastore, President, Original Programming & Production, National Geographic Channels U.S., today will share his insights on the group's flourishing content development activities at MIPDoc... click for full story

Zodiak Kids Sets Up Zodiak Kids Studios &
Creates Single Pipeline Of Content For Kids

Zodiak Kids have created Zodiak Kids Studios to encompass all of its production across the UK and France. The new entity will consist of French production companies Marathon Media and Tele Images Productions and UK-based The Foundation. Current... click for full story

Patricia Scarlett Establishes A New Paradigm In Media
Training With The Media Business Institute (MB!) Based
At The Centre For Social Innovation (CSI) Annex In Toronto

Media Business Institute (MBI) - a new private education and training organization focused on the business aspects of television, film and digital media brings the first of its students to MIP TV 2015, as... click for full story