Mediawan Rights, the distribution arm of the wider media group, manages scripted, unscripted, format and feature documentary sales, keying European content onto international airwaves. And if initially heritage titles, foreign-language fare and time-tested perennials made up much of the catalogue, the group’s expanding footprint and well-capitalized partnerships promise a new yield of premium fare developed in-house and marked by global ambitions.
“We’ve seen a radical shift,” says Mediawan Rights CEO Valérie Vleeschhouwer. “Our catalogue from six years ago has little in common with that of today. We really wanted to move upmarket, to increase our own creative output in both fiction and documentary distribution to better respond to global demand. [In doing so] we’ve gone from being a local player to a truly international one.”
As distribution titles like the Emmy-winning doc “Kubrick by Kubrick” and the Dutch thriller “The Golden Hour” travel far and wide – with the former selling...
“We’ve seen a radical shift,” says Mediawan Rights CEO Valérie Vleeschhouwer. “Our catalogue from six years ago has little in common with that of today. We really wanted to move upmarket, to increase our own creative output in both fiction and documentary distribution to better respond to global demand. [In doing so] we’ve gone from being a local player to a truly international one.”
As distribution titles like the Emmy-winning doc “Kubrick by Kubrick” and the Dutch thriller “The Golden Hour” travel far and wide – with the former selling...
- 5/16/2024
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Golden Bachelor contestants Susan Noles and Kathy Swarts break silence on the news that Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist are divorcing. Keep reading to find out what the two think of the surprising announcement.
Gerry Turner, Theresa Nist End Marriage
Gerry Turner was ABC’s first Golden Bachelor. He started the season with twenty-two women hoping to find love with the retiree. Gerry thought he finally found the one in Theresa Nist. They got engaged during the November 2023 season finale.
The couple didn’t want to wait long to get married and exchanged vows just weeks later. The Golden Wedding aired on the alphabet network on January 4, 2024.
Theresa Nist, Susan Noles, and Gerry Turner/Credit: ABC YouTube
Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist announced on April 12 that they were divorcing after less than four months of marriage. They shared the news in a joint interview on Good Morning America. “Theresa and...
Gerry Turner, Theresa Nist End Marriage
Gerry Turner was ABC’s first Golden Bachelor. He started the season with twenty-two women hoping to find love with the retiree. Gerry thought he finally found the one in Theresa Nist. They got engaged during the November 2023 season finale.
The couple didn’t want to wait long to get married and exchanged vows just weeks later. The Golden Wedding aired on the alphabet network on January 4, 2024.
Theresa Nist, Susan Noles, and Gerry Turner/Credit: ABC YouTube
Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist announced on April 12 that they were divorcing after less than four months of marriage. They shared the news in a joint interview on Good Morning America. “Theresa and...
- 4/12/2024
- by Jennifer Havener
- TV Shows Ace
Well Go USA has landed North American rights for Dutch action thriller Invasion about a daring military operation in the wake of a hostile attack on the Caribbean islands of Aruba and Curacao.
Studiocanal, which is handling international rights, said it was also in the process of closing deals to Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
The movie is a co-produced by Amsterdam-based Storytellers and Studiocanal company Dutch Film Works.
Director Bobby Boermans (Mocro Maffia, Goldon Hour) reunites with Storytellers having previously collaborated on the drama series High-Flyers teaming up with The Royal Dutch Airforce.
The drama unfolds in the wake of an unexpected attack on the Dutch overseas territories of Curaçao and Aruba by a neighbouring dictatorship.
As the conflict rapidly escalates, the barracks in Aruba come under fire and the airspace is closed, but the Dutch ambassador is yet to be evacuated. Three young marines...
Studiocanal, which is handling international rights, said it was also in the process of closing deals to Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
The movie is a co-produced by Amsterdam-based Storytellers and Studiocanal company Dutch Film Works.
Director Bobby Boermans (Mocro Maffia, Goldon Hour) reunites with Storytellers having previously collaborated on the drama series High-Flyers teaming up with The Royal Dutch Airforce.
The drama unfolds in the wake of an unexpected attack on the Dutch overseas territories of Curaçao and Aruba by a neighbouring dictatorship.
As the conflict rapidly escalates, the barracks in Aruba come under fire and the airspace is closed, but the Dutch ambassador is yet to be evacuated. Three young marines...
- 4/10/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Selection also includes seven projects from Ukrainian production companies.
Projects from Agnieszka Holland, Tomas Vengris and Dzintars Dreibergs are among 24 being pitched at a new co-production forum focusing on filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe at Warsaw’s Heart of Europe international festival from November 15-17.
Holland’s six-part series Emma, is inspired by the true story of Emma Altrichterová, the first female colonel in the Czech Army who embarked on a dangerous mission to save 40 children from advancing German troops during the Second World War.
It is being produced by Jan Maxa, director of content and new media at Czech TV,...
Projects from Agnieszka Holland, Tomas Vengris and Dzintars Dreibergs are among 24 being pitched at a new co-production forum focusing on filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe at Warsaw’s Heart of Europe international festival from November 15-17.
Holland’s six-part series Emma, is inspired by the true story of Emma Altrichterová, the first female colonel in the Czech Army who embarked on a dangerous mission to save 40 children from advancing German troops during the Second World War.
It is being produced by Jan Maxa, director of content and new media at Czech TV,...
- 11/7/2022
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
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