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  • Studiocanal sells ‘Midnight Sun’ to international broadcasters

    Studiocanal sells ‘Midnight Sun’ to international broadcasters

    CANNES: Europe’s leader in production, rights acquisition, distribution and international sales of TV series and feature films, Studiocanal has sold breakthrough Swedish-French drama Midnight Sun, a CANAL+/SVT/Filmpool Nordcoproduction, to a host of international broadcasters, it was announced today.

    Produced by Atlantique Productions and Nice Drama, the 8 x 1 hour thriller series has been secured ahead of its premiere by ZDF in Germany, SBS in Australia, HOT in Israel,NRK in Norway, DR in Denmark, RUV in Iceland, MTV3 in Finland, VRT in Belgium, and Lumière in Benelux.

    Starring Leïla Bekhti (The Prophet) and Gustaf Hammarsten (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), Midnight Sun will first air on 23 October on SVT and later this year on CANAL+ under the Création Originale brand.

    ZDF executive director, feature films and international co-productions, Susanne Mueller, says: “Midnight Sun is a wonderfully crafted, nail-biting thriller series and will be an absolute highlight in our 2017 schedule. It is a perfect fit for our Sunday late night crime slot, where we air the finest European crime drama. Midnight Sun is the next big Scandi-series with a twist after our successful coproductions like The Bridge, Modusand also the upcoming Springtide.”

    SBS director of television and online content, Marshall Heald, commented: “Midnight Sun is Nordic Noir at its finest, delivering a thriller that will keep audiences on the edge of their seat to the very last. This truly international series offers sweeping scenery, compelling storytelling and stunning performances, and is an exciting addition to our program offering as we continue to showcase the very best in world drama.”

    Lumière head of acquisitions & coproductions for TV series, Marike Muselaers, says: “We have been following Midnight Sun from a very early stage and we are thrilled to start working with Studiocanal on this topical, gripping and beautiful drama/thriller series. As both Studiocanal and Lumière specialize in bringing high-end quality TV series to the public, we are sure this will be the start of a long and fruitful partnership. Soon the Midnight Sun will shine everywhere in Benelux!”

    Studiocanal EVP sales and marketing Katrina Neylon, added, “Midnight Sun is a beautifully shot, absorbing drama series which also raises real and current issues such as racism and damage to our environment. The series has hit a nerve with buyers internationally already ahead of its premiere, appealing to both Free and Pay TV networks and we’re in advanced negotiations to close additional sales in the coming months.”

    Created by Mårlind & Stein (Bron/Broen), based on an idea by Henrik Jansson-Schweizer and Patrick Nebout, Midnight Sun is a high concept thriller set in a small mining community in remote northern Sweden where a series of brutal murders – which contrast starkly against the beauty of the landscape and the ethereal daylight – conceal a secret conspiracy. Midnight Sun received the Audience Award at SeriesMania in Paris in April.

    Visit Studiocanal at MIPCOM 2016 at stand P1.A1.

    Image available here: https://we.tl/el7UsG1pfg

    ZDF German Television is Germany’s national public television broadcaster and one of Europe’s leading public television corporations. It is run as an independent non-profit corporation under the authority of the 16 federal states that make up the Federal Republic of Germany.

    With a background as Australia’s multicultural broadcaster, SBS holds a unique place in the Australian media landscape. As described in the SBS Charter, SBS’s principal function is to provide multilingual, multicultural and Indigenous radio, television and digital media services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians, reflecting Australia’s diverse society.

    The Lumière Group is an all rights / all media Benelux distribution and production company, with offices in Ghent and Amsterdam and cinemas in Bruges and Antwerp. Lumière is known for bringing Scandinavian drama to the Benelux and has been among the first to pick up shows like The Bridge, Wallander, The Killing, Borgen, Springtide, Modus, The Legacy, Follow The Money, Occupied and many more.

    Studiocanal is Europe’s leader in production, rights acquisition, distribution and international sales of feature films and TV series. Operating directly in all three major European markets, France, the United Kingdom and Germany, as well as in Australia and New Zealand, Studiocanal has fully-financed recent box office hits such as Paddington, Shaun the Sheep and Non-Stop. Upcoming films backed by Studiocanal include The Commuter featuring Liam Neeson, and Nick Park’s stop-motion movie Early Man, with Aardman Studios.

  • Studiocanal sells ‘Midnight Sun’ to international broadcasters

    Studiocanal sells ‘Midnight Sun’ to international broadcasters

    CANNES: Europe’s leader in production, rights acquisition, distribution and international sales of TV series and feature films, Studiocanal has sold breakthrough Swedish-French drama Midnight Sun, a CANAL+/SVT/Filmpool Nordcoproduction, to a host of international broadcasters, it was announced today.

    Produced by Atlantique Productions and Nice Drama, the 8 x 1 hour thriller series has been secured ahead of its premiere by ZDF in Germany, SBS in Australia, HOT in Israel,NRK in Norway, DR in Denmark, RUV in Iceland, MTV3 in Finland, VRT in Belgium, and Lumière in Benelux.

    Starring Leïla Bekhti (The Prophet) and Gustaf Hammarsten (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), Midnight Sun will first air on 23 October on SVT and later this year on CANAL+ under the Création Originale brand.

    ZDF executive director, feature films and international co-productions, Susanne Mueller, says: “Midnight Sun is a wonderfully crafted, nail-biting thriller series and will be an absolute highlight in our 2017 schedule. It is a perfect fit for our Sunday late night crime slot, where we air the finest European crime drama. Midnight Sun is the next big Scandi-series with a twist after our successful coproductions like The Bridge, Modusand also the upcoming Springtide.”

    SBS director of television and online content, Marshall Heald, commented: “Midnight Sun is Nordic Noir at its finest, delivering a thriller that will keep audiences on the edge of their seat to the very last. This truly international series offers sweeping scenery, compelling storytelling and stunning performances, and is an exciting addition to our program offering as we continue to showcase the very best in world drama.”

    Lumière head of acquisitions & coproductions for TV series, Marike Muselaers, says: “We have been following Midnight Sun from a very early stage and we are thrilled to start working with Studiocanal on this topical, gripping and beautiful drama/thriller series. As both Studiocanal and Lumière specialize in bringing high-end quality TV series to the public, we are sure this will be the start of a long and fruitful partnership. Soon the Midnight Sun will shine everywhere in Benelux!”

    Studiocanal EVP sales and marketing Katrina Neylon, added, “Midnight Sun is a beautifully shot, absorbing drama series which also raises real and current issues such as racism and damage to our environment. The series has hit a nerve with buyers internationally already ahead of its premiere, appealing to both Free and Pay TV networks and we’re in advanced negotiations to close additional sales in the coming months.”

    Created by Mårlind & Stein (Bron/Broen), based on an idea by Henrik Jansson-Schweizer and Patrick Nebout, Midnight Sun is a high concept thriller set in a small mining community in remote northern Sweden where a series of brutal murders – which contrast starkly against the beauty of the landscape and the ethereal daylight – conceal a secret conspiracy. Midnight Sun received the Audience Award at SeriesMania in Paris in April.

    Visit Studiocanal at MIPCOM 2016 at stand P1.A1.

    Image available here: https://we.tl/el7UsG1pfg

    ZDF German Television is Germany’s national public television broadcaster and one of Europe’s leading public television corporations. It is run as an independent non-profit corporation under the authority of the 16 federal states that make up the Federal Republic of Germany.

    With a background as Australia’s multicultural broadcaster, SBS holds a unique place in the Australian media landscape. As described in the SBS Charter, SBS’s principal function is to provide multilingual, multicultural and Indigenous radio, television and digital media services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians, reflecting Australia’s diverse society.

    The Lumière Group is an all rights / all media Benelux distribution and production company, with offices in Ghent and Amsterdam and cinemas in Bruges and Antwerp. Lumière is known for bringing Scandinavian drama to the Benelux and has been among the first to pick up shows like The Bridge, Wallander, The Killing, Borgen, Springtide, Modus, The Legacy, Follow The Money, Occupied and many more.

    Studiocanal is Europe’s leader in production, rights acquisition, distribution and international sales of feature films and TV series. Operating directly in all three major European markets, France, the United Kingdom and Germany, as well as in Australia and New Zealand, Studiocanal has fully-financed recent box office hits such as Paddington, Shaun the Sheep and Non-Stop. Upcoming films backed by Studiocanal include The Commuter featuring Liam Neeson, and Nick Park’s stop-motion movie Early Man, with Aardman Studios.

  • PVR picks up Ritesh Batra’s ‘The Sense of an Ending’ for India

    PVR picks up Ritesh Batra’s ‘The Sense of an Ending’ for India

    MUMBAI: FilmNation Entertainment, which holds the worldwide rights of Ritesh Batra’s The Sense of an Ending, has completed international sales for the movie at Berlin’s European Film Market.

    In major deals across various territories, PVR has acquired the India rights of the film from FilmNation Entertainment.

    On the other hand, Sony has acquired Latin America and Eastern Europe; Wild Bunch has closed France, Germany, Italy and Spain; Studiocanal took the UK; and Fox International Channels has acquired Pan-Asian pay TV rights.

    In other deals, Longride (Japan), Roadshow (Australia), Svensk (Scandinavia), Mediasoft (South Korea), and Lumiere (Benelux) have picked up the drama that stars the Academy Award winner Jim Broadbent along with Harriet Walter, Emily Mortimer, Michelle Dockery and Charlotte Rampling.

    Among other territories closed are Greece (Spentzos), Israel (Lev), the Middle East (Italia), Portugal (Lusomundo),Switzerland (Frenetic), Turkey (Aqua), Hong Kong (Edko), India (PVR), Indonesia (Prima Cinema), Singapore (Shaw Renters) and South Africa (Ster Kinekor).

    The movie stars Broadbent as a recluse who is forced to face the devastating legacy of his first love and revise his understanding of his own nature.

    The film is co-financed by BBC Films and produced by Origin Pictures.

    Batra says, “It’s been a real pleasure to adapt Julian Barnes’s great novel to the screen, I loved working with the writer Nick Payne and with production. These are exciting times as the film has sold all over the World, I do believe that it is a matter of time before we make Indian stories with great Indian actors that will travel more than or as much as English language cinema does.”

    Batra’s previous film, the critically acclaimed hit The Lunchbox, starring Irrfan Khan, and Nimrat Kaur, was BAFTA nominated and won the Viewers’ Choice Award at the 2014 Cannes Festival.

  • PVR picks up Ritesh Batra’s ‘The Sense of an Ending’ for India

    PVR picks up Ritesh Batra’s ‘The Sense of an Ending’ for India

    MUMBAI: FilmNation Entertainment, which holds the worldwide rights of Ritesh Batra’s The Sense of an Ending, has completed international sales for the movie at Berlin’s European Film Market.

    In major deals across various territories, PVR has acquired the India rights of the film from FilmNation Entertainment.

    On the other hand, Sony has acquired Latin America and Eastern Europe; Wild Bunch has closed France, Germany, Italy and Spain; Studiocanal took the UK; and Fox International Channels has acquired Pan-Asian pay TV rights.

    In other deals, Longride (Japan), Roadshow (Australia), Svensk (Scandinavia), Mediasoft (South Korea), and Lumiere (Benelux) have picked up the drama that stars the Academy Award winner Jim Broadbent along with Harriet Walter, Emily Mortimer, Michelle Dockery and Charlotte Rampling.

    Among other territories closed are Greece (Spentzos), Israel (Lev), the Middle East (Italia), Portugal (Lusomundo),Switzerland (Frenetic), Turkey (Aqua), Hong Kong (Edko), India (PVR), Indonesia (Prima Cinema), Singapore (Shaw Renters) and South Africa (Ster Kinekor).

    The movie stars Broadbent as a recluse who is forced to face the devastating legacy of his first love and revise his understanding of his own nature.

    The film is co-financed by BBC Films and produced by Origin Pictures.

    Batra says, “It’s been a real pleasure to adapt Julian Barnes’s great novel to the screen, I loved working with the writer Nick Payne and with production. These are exciting times as the film has sold all over the World, I do believe that it is a matter of time before we make Indian stories with great Indian actors that will travel more than or as much as English language cinema does.”

    Batra’s previous film, the critically acclaimed hit The Lunchbox, starring Irrfan Khan, and Nimrat Kaur, was BAFTA nominated and won the Viewers’ Choice Award at the 2014 Cannes Festival.

  • StudioCanal makes key hires in TV business unit

    StudioCanal makes key hires in TV business unit

    MUMBAI: StudioCanal has made several key appointments in the London office of the studio’s television business unit.

    Beatriz Campos, vice president of sales and Elise Woolfe, sales manager, have joined the company’s sales staff as StudioCanal continues to expand its global television footprint with the acquisitions of production companies, as well as enlarging its catalogue of third party distribution titles.

    “Beatriz and Elise are the perfect fit in context of the overall strategy of StudioCanal’s global sales staff,” says StudioCanal president international marketing and distribution for films, library and TV series Rodolphe Buet. “The steady growth of our television business unit has enabled the expansion of the international sales team, reflecting the strong increase of StudioCanal’s premium TV content.”

    “We are excited to have Beatriz and Elise join our London sales team,” says StudioCanal executive vice president sales and marketing Katrina Neylon. “Their backgrounds, knowledge and expertise of the international television market are an asset as sales representatives for StudioCanal’s high quality drama worldwide.”

    As head of television sales in the Scandinavian and Southern European territories at StudioCanal, Campos brings impressive industry experience. She previously held the position of Sales Director Middle East, Israel and Africa at Endemol Shine International where she was in charge of a wide range of both finished tape and format sales. She brokered the first digital packages in Spain, Italy and the Middle East, which included premium scripted European series. Additionally, Campos worked for over five years on the international sales team at ITV.

    Woolfe will be in charge of direct sales covering major Central Eastern Europe territories along with Israel and Benelux. Prior to joining StudioCanal, Woolfe worked at All3Media International where she handled finished program sales of many premium and award-winning scripted titles.

    Another recent addition to the London sales team, Sarah Mottershead, senior sales coordinator, is responsible for sales administration processes and non-theatrical sales in all territories except where StudioCanal already operates. She previously was employed by FremantleMedia.

    Mirela Nastase, sales manager, formerly based in the company’s Munich office, has relocated to the London office where she will continue her responsibilities covering the Latin American territories. Nastase has been with the company for four years.

  • StudioCanal makes key hires in TV business unit

    StudioCanal makes key hires in TV business unit

    MUMBAI: StudioCanal has made several key appointments in the London office of the studio’s television business unit.

    Beatriz Campos, vice president of sales and Elise Woolfe, sales manager, have joined the company’s sales staff as StudioCanal continues to expand its global television footprint with the acquisitions of production companies, as well as enlarging its catalogue of third party distribution titles.

    “Beatriz and Elise are the perfect fit in context of the overall strategy of StudioCanal’s global sales staff,” says StudioCanal president international marketing and distribution for films, library and TV series Rodolphe Buet. “The steady growth of our television business unit has enabled the expansion of the international sales team, reflecting the strong increase of StudioCanal’s premium TV content.”

    “We are excited to have Beatriz and Elise join our London sales team,” says StudioCanal executive vice president sales and marketing Katrina Neylon. “Their backgrounds, knowledge and expertise of the international television market are an asset as sales representatives for StudioCanal’s high quality drama worldwide.”

    As head of television sales in the Scandinavian and Southern European territories at StudioCanal, Campos brings impressive industry experience. She previously held the position of Sales Director Middle East, Israel and Africa at Endemol Shine International where she was in charge of a wide range of both finished tape and format sales. She brokered the first digital packages in Spain, Italy and the Middle East, which included premium scripted European series. Additionally, Campos worked for over five years on the international sales team at ITV.

    Woolfe will be in charge of direct sales covering major Central Eastern Europe territories along with Israel and Benelux. Prior to joining StudioCanal, Woolfe worked at All3Media International where she handled finished program sales of many premium and award-winning scripted titles.

    Another recent addition to the London sales team, Sarah Mottershead, senior sales coordinator, is responsible for sales administration processes and non-theatrical sales in all territories except where StudioCanal already operates. She previously was employed by FremantleMedia.

    Mirela Nastase, sales manager, formerly based in the company’s Munich office, has relocated to the London office where she will continue her responsibilities covering the Latin American territories. Nastase has been with the company for four years.

  • StudioCanal sells ‘Spotless’ drama to Directv Latin America

    StudioCanal sells ‘Spotless’ drama to Directv Latin America

    MUMBAI: Spotless, the dark, irreverent and edgy one-hour drama series, has been acquired by Directv Latin America. The sale was handled by StudioCanal.

     

    Spotless stars César-Award winning Marc-André Grondin, Denis Ménochet, Miranda Raison and Brendan Coyle. Produced by Tandem Productions, Spotless, a Canal+ Création Original, comprises 10 season one episodes and is co-created by BAFTA Award-winner Ed McCardie (Shameless) and Academy Award-winner Corinne Marrinan. Worldwide distribution is by StudioCanal.

     

    “On Directv, our exclusive entertainment channel, has become a top performing channel among our subscribers by showcasing the very best in international premium series,” said Directv general manager Willard Tressel. “Spotless nicely fits our channel vision with a winning combination of a great cast, smart writing and stylish direction.”

     

    “Latin American audiences will be enthralled by Spotless with its complex storyline, high drama and multi-layered characters. Provocative, flirtatious and enticing, this is an exceptional quality series extolled by the media during its recent run on NBCUniversal’s Esquire Network in the US market,” added StudioCanal executive vice president – sales and marketing Katrina Neylon.