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  • GoQuest Media to distribute Ukrainian dramas

    GoQuest Media to distribute Ukrainian dramas

    MUMBAI: US-based network provider Olympusat has acquired exclusive TV and digital rights for Latin America, Puerto Rico, the US and Canada for three Ukrainian romance dramas produced by Media Group Ukraine, following a deal with global distributor GoQuest Media.

    The deal sees Eclipse (8 x 45-minutes), Secrets (95 x 45-minutes) and Rainflower (8 x 45-minutes) all picked up by the US company.

    Produced by Tri-ya-da production (Ukraine), Secrets explores hidden family secrets that tests the love and strength of Katya and Mykola, who have known and loved each other since childhood.

    Eclipse, meanwhile, follows Sergie’s one-sided love as it turns to obsession when he meets his childhood crush, Svetlana, after 20 years. The series is directed by Anton Azarov and produced by Irina Zarya.

    Rainflower is an adaptation of the Korean drama Tree of Heaven. Produced by Mamas Film Production (Ukraine) it is a coming-of-age adolescent tale of two stepsiblings, Nina and Andrey, who fall deeply and passionately in love with each other.

    GoQuest Media Europe and North America head Paula McHarg said, “These compelling Ukrainian romance dramas explore themes of love, romance, and optimism — underscored by tragic components — which makes them out of the ordinary and inspiring. We are thrilled to conclude our first package deal with Olympusat and bring these diverse stories to brand new audiences.”

    “Our mission in creating Olympusat TV platforms has always been to deliver the best of the best in entertainment content, and we are excited to add these three series, featuring dramatic characters that are proven winners and that audiences will love,” added Olympusat content acquisitions & strategy VP John Baghdassarian.

  • GoQuest Media signs international distribution rights for RATS

    GoQuest Media signs international distribution rights for RATS

    MUMBAI: Global independent content distributor GoQuest Media has partnered with Czech production company Heaven’s Gate to take the international distribution rights for the gripping crime thriller RATS (6 x 55') – a bold, hard-hitting drama about the Czech drug trade.

    Based on true stories and made in collaboration with the national anti-drug centre of the Czech Republic (DEA), RATS was created and written by talented young Czech screenwriter Miro Šifra (Rédl) and directed by multi-award-winning Viktor Tauš (Vodnik, Clownwise, Dom) of Heaven’s Gate and Matěj Chlupáček (Terapie) of Barletta productions in association with Czech TV and MD4. RATS aired in spring 2020, during primetime on Ceska Televize to unprecedented critical acclaim and multi-generational ratings success.

    RATS is set in the evolving world of the Czech-Vietnamese meth syndicates which are led by an immigrant mafia, funded by cryptocurrency and monitored by the DEA, who have to change their traditional tactics in order to adapt to the new order.  But change begets mistakes, which often cost lives and nobody wants to end up as a rat for the DEA, but David (Cyril Dobrý) didn’t have a choice.  After cracking under the interrogation of Major Jan Blažek (Václav Neužil), spilling the secrets of the syndicate and betraying his best friend, becoming an informant might be his best chance to survive.

    Only now he’s being targeted by the police and the mafia, with only the ambitious police analyst Petra Vávrová (Lenka Krobotová) to back him up.  In a world where nobody trusts him and he can trust nobody, David is learning to make up the rules as he goes along.

    Boasting a stellar Czech cast including Cyril Dobrý (Das Boot, Ulice) Lenka Krobotová (Díra u Hanušovic), Václav Neužil (Bába z ledu) and new-comer Miloslav Pechácek, RATS will screen at numerous festivals this autumn including Serial Killer, Odessa and the International Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) where it has been nominated for the Golden Eye for Best International TV Series.

    GoQuest Media Europe and north America head Paula McHarg said, “From the first frame of RATS until its gripping conclusion we were nothing short of transfixed.  Globally launching such an outstanding series from a region that’s currently bubbling over with potential is truly an honor and we have no doubt that the international marketplace will respond with as much enthusiasm as we have.”

    Heaven's Gate CEO Viktor Taus added, “I believe that part of the reason for the global resonance is, paradoxically, the local specificity.  Besides its thrilling content, a crime mini-series in 2020 also has to be an authentic report of the state of the world when the story takes place.  RATS is like that.  This is the world we live in.  I’ve never met with such a deep interest to understand the story, its heroes, and the meaning of the storytelling visuality as with Paula and her team at GoQuest Media.  Through them RATS has been awarded a distributor with the same passion as the team we told the story with.”
     

  • GoQuest media ventures appoints Paula Mcharg as head of Europe and North America

    GoQuest media ventures appoints Paula Mcharg as head of Europe and North America

    MUMBAI: Independent distributor GoQuest Media Ventures has appointed Paula McHarg as Head of Europe and North America.

    Reporting to Vivek Lath, Managing Director, GoQuest Media Ventures, Paula will lead business development and operations in Europe and North America as an integral part of the Company’s strategic expansion into the regions.  Leveraging the Company’s successful distribution business in Southeast Asia, Middle East and Africa, Paula will play a key role in bolstering the Company’s expansion and presence in Europe and North America.  She will oversee the distribution strategy of the existing catalog as well as continue to drive the aggressive acquisition strategy that GoQuest has successfully implemented to date.

    Based out of Tel Aviv, Paula comes with a rich distribution background and experience across all genres in both format and finished program sales, with a specialization in foreign language program sales.  She previously led the European expansion of fledgling, boutique Israeli content house yesStudios (the producer and distributor of the hit series Fauda) as well as served a five-year tenure at Keshet International during its meteoric rise globally.

    “Paula comes with an unparalleled depth of experience in the content landscape.  We welcome her to the GoQuest family to spearhead our ambitions to become an important player in the development and distribution of the scripted business,” said Vivek Lath.

    Paula McHarg added, “I’ve been continually impressed over the years with GoQuest’s successful expansion and diversification of their business and especially as they've grown into the European market.  I’m thrilled to now help lead that strategy with such a forward-thinking and dynamic company”.