Bomanbridge Media, Singapore’s leading independent content distribution and production company, warms up for ATF with a slate of factual sales in Asia, driven by its strong wildlife programming and recent collaboration on Autentic Distribution’s catalogue, which includes renowned Terra Mater Studios productions.
The sales slate is headed by an 11-hour package with Warner Bros. Discovery for its Discovery Asia channel in Southeast Asia, Mongolia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, which includes 2022 BAFTA winner My Childhood, My Country: 20 Years in Afghanistan(1x60’) directed by Phil Grabsky and Shoaib Shari.
Also included are 2-parter In Search of the Snow Leopards – Chasing Shadows from Bedi Films / Autentic Distribution, and Urak Lawoi: Brothers of the Sea (1x60’) from Rea?lma / El Cañonazo Multimedia that tells the incredible story of a community that continues to practice an ancient and risky underwater fishing technique, unique in the world.
Bomanbridge’s strong ties with KBS continue with the South Korean pubcaster picking up a handful of nature titles, including multi award-winning The Hummingbird Effect (1x60’), a co-production of Terra Mater Studios and THIRTEEN Productions LLC in association with PBS, CPB and WNET produced by Cone?ower Films Studios, together with The View From On High (1x60’) from Terra Mater Studios, and Thailand’s Wild Cats (1x60’ from West One International).
Terra Mater Studios productions are also behind the 38-hour package with Thailand’s TPBS that includes Jackson Wild award winner Once Upon a Time in Tsavo (2x60’), New York Festival 2023 TV and Media award winner Canada – Surviving the Wild North (1x60’) and International Wildlife Film Festival Nominee Horse Power – American Legacies (1x60').
Bomanbridge also secured sales for Terra Mater Studios, in Taiwan, where PTS also acquired the first two titles, as well as Hippo King (1x60’), a New York Festival TV and Media award winner.
In the Philippines, GMA acquired a 21-hour wildlife package that includes Terra Mater Studios films The Loco- Motion Picture (1x60’) and Reasons to Love (1x60’), together with Wild Kingdoms (3x60’ from West One International) and Wild Family Ties (4x60’ from Wild Stories).
Wild Family Ties was also acquired by NHK Enterprises in Japan.
Mediacorp in Singapore secured a 72-hour Natural History deal for its meWatch platform that includes Wild and Wonderful Denmark (5x60’ from DR), Wild Latam (9x60’ from Wild Stories), Wild Dynasties (3x60’ from West One International) and Epic Yellowstone (4x60’ from Earth Touch).
Finally, Bomanbridge secured two package deals in Hong Kong.
TVB acquired a 12-hour Arts package that includes Tokyo Stories (1x60’) and Pissarro: The Father of Impressionism (1x60’), both from award-winning Seventh Art Productions’ successful Exhibition On Screen franchise.
Meanwhile, I, Claude Monet (1x90’) and Young Picasso (1x90’) - two other Seventh Art productions - are part of a 30-hour package with PCCW that highlights the demand for feature docs. It also includes the premium docu feature, A Game of Secrets that looks at the fall-out of the publication of secret documents on the Football Leaks website (1x90’ produced by DRIVE and Wingman for DR, SVT, NRK and RTS), as well as the real-life uncover thriller and multi award-winner The Mole: Undercover in North Korea (1x120’ from Piraya Film, Wingman Media co-produced with BBC, DR, SVT and NRK).
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