Editorial Comment: Elspeth Tavares
The Blurring Of All The Platforms Is Now Complete

 

 

The Documentary genre continues in an unchallenged position as staple programing for audiences around the world, on both the small and big screen.
The 2016 edition of MIPDoc starting today - with an expected attendance of a record 400 global buyers - presents the unique event of the world Premiere of The Story of God, narrated by Morgan Freeman, presented by National Geographic on Sunday April 3rd.
The six-part series bows worldwide and coincides with its premiere screening in at MIPdoc in Cannes. The Story of God, produced by Revelations Entertainment and National Geographic, sees Freeman embark on an ambitious global journey to explore the five great world religions, and to understand how faith has shaped our lives. The Oscar-winning actor also acted as the show's Executive Producer.

Beast Of Burden First Official China/New Zealand
Feature Film Co-Production Animated Feature
Commences Production In Auckland

Beast of Burden, the first New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) and China Film Co-Production Corporation (CFCC) production, and the official co-production of a 3D animated family feature film between the two... click for full story

MEDIA I.M. Has Sunny Bunnies On Its
MIPTV Slate & Appoints Julia Oginska
To Manage Increased Activity In The CEE

Media I.M. is representing Belarus's Digital Light Studio for Sunny Bunnies (26 x 3.5 mins) at MIPTV. Sunny Bunnies, a non-dialogue CGI animation comedy aimed at four- to seven-year-olds, which launched on... click for full story

Autentic Distribution Presents Its Highlights At MIPTV &
MIPDoc Including The Documentary Children of Dictators

Filmmakers visited Lucia Pinochet in Chile, Jaffar Amin in Uganda, Bettina Goering in Germany and Fidel Castro's daughter in Miami for Children of Dictators (4 x 52'). What is it like to be the son or daughter of a bloodthirsty dictator? The documentary, a 4-part... click for full story

What We Teach Girls, Present Tense & Sexish
Morgan Spurlock, Keynote Speaker Today

Award-winning Morgan Spurlock (Super-Size Me) Writer, Director, Producer, President & Founder, Warrior Poets production studio, will deliver a keynote speech today (Sat 2 April), as part of MIPDoc's line-up of conferences on documentary and factual content... click for full story

Holloway: Women Behind Bars
Produced By Woodcut Media

Holloway: Women Behind Bars, which takes an in-depth look at one of Europe's largest female jails which is due to close in summer 2016, is being produced by Woodcut Media commissioned by A+E Networks UK. Using archive, reconstruction and expert views, the... click for full story

Mattel's Bob The Builder™ Secures New Deals
With European Channels For Latest Series

Mattel, Inc., the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of toys and family products, and HIT Entertainment, one of the world's leading pre-school entertainment companies and a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. saw the all-new series of Bob... click for full story

Japanese Documentary Pitching Showcase Featuring
Amagi Yukihiko Chairperson Tokyo TV Forum (NPO)
And Moderator Imamura Kenichi Executive Producer,
International Co-Production, NHK Enterprises. Inc.

In a first, MIPDoc and Tokyo Docs give selected Japanese filmmakers the opportunity to pitch their most compelling new factual and documentary projects... click for full story