Java lands Australian, Irish deals for Arte’s Venezuela documentary
Multi-cultural public broadcaster SBS in Australia and TG4 in Ireland have picked up a documentary about the million children abandoned in Venezuela after their parents fled the failed state.
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Euro broadcasters listen to Russian Voices from Bizarre Productions
RTS in Switzerland, RTBF in Belgium, Spain’s TV3 and Portugal’s CNN have acquired a documentary following people in Russia affected by the war in Ukraine. CTRL Z: Russian Voices is the first film from Bizarre Productions, a new prodco launched by Gaspard Lamunière, former commissioning editor at RTS.
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Java Films gets distribution rights to Cryptoqueen – The OneCoin Scam
MIPCOM: Independent French documentary distributor Java Films has acquired the rights to Cryptoqueen – The OneCoin Scam, which focuses on fugitive Ruja Ignatova. The production, available as a single film and/or miniseries, offers exclusive access to close friends and colleagues of Ignatova, who disappeared after stealing up to US$15bn from investors in her cryptocurrency OneCoin, which turned out to be a Ponzi scheme.
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