TVF International are touching down in Cannes with a record MIPCOM Slate of over 160 new hours.
TVF’s trailblazing current affairs slate brings BAFTA, iEmmy and Grierson nominee Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War (1 x 70), featuring exclusive on-camera testimony from IDF soldiers, as well as Inside Iran: War and Revolution (1 x 70), both for ITV Exposure from award-winning indie, Zandland.
Cold Frontier (3 x 60), commissioned by Yle and produced by NTRNZ Creative, goes inside NATO's secretive training in the Arctic for the first time, offering an unprecedented look at how Northern Europe is preparing to defend its new frontline. Bloomberg’s long-running series Investigates catalogues the greatest scandals, crimes and crises of the modern age, from a Nigerian Mafia and a Texan preacher to an Iranian oil tycoon.
TVF are releasing new access specials China and The Iran War and Inside China’s Future Industries from Mediacorp and CNA. Also from CNA, the distributor is bringing fast turnaround doc Nepal: After the Flood (1 x 60), which follows rescue teams in the aftermath of the disaster that claimed over 1,400 lives from 30 countries.
In Science, Grifa Filmes’ Megafauna: Lost Giants of the Ice Age (3 x 60) for TV Cultura, uses CGI to recreate extinct Giant Mammals like never before and uncover ground-breaking new evidence about their mysterious extinction. Deep Sea Big Tech (4 x 60), meanwhile, dives into the race to transform the ocean into humanity’s next home, and Bloomberg’s Posthuman (4 x 30) explores the future of humanity in this age of innovation.
Headlining TVF’s history line-up is the BBC’s Queen James: Passion, Plots and Power in the Court of King James I (1 x 60) from Waddell Media, which recreates the sensational life of Britain’s first king. The distributor has also acquired RTÉ’s Ireland’s Last Witch Trial (1 x 60), The Secrets of the Cocaine Mummies (1 x 60) and Giant Shipwreck Secrets (3 x 60).
In modern history, the indie is launching Turing: The Man Who Invented AI (1 x 60)and Foxtel’s Inventions Down Under (8 x 60) which chronicles the origins of penicillin, Wi-Fi and more.Also on their slate isCNA’s War at the Gardens (2 x 60) about an unlikely collaboration between Japan and the UK in occupied Singapore, during WWII.
The distributor is tackling the environment with CNA’s A Life without Oil (4 x 60), Power to the People (8 x 60), Chasing Lava (2 x 60) and Beating the Heat (2 x 60), which explores how some of the worst-affected nations are responding to heatwaves. In health, TVF are launching TVNZ’s Sleep (1 x 60) and Bloomberg’s Longevity (4 x 30), investigating two of the most pressing questions around modern health and wellbeing.
In Wildlife, TVF is launching Arte docuseries Wild Central America (2 x 52) alongside Thai PBS’ Thailand: A Day in the Wild (9 x 60), Window into the Wild (2 x 47) as well as Diving with Great White Sharks (1 x 50).
TVF is enhancing its arts slate with three ZDF/Arte projects: Cézanne: The Struggle for Modernism (1 x 60), Hélène de Beauvoir: The Forgotten Painter (1 x 60) and Claes Oldenburg: Larger than Life (1 x 60). The distributor has also acquired Endangered Crafts (12 x 30), celebrating art heritage and ancient craftsmanship.
TVF’s travel slate features Channel 4’s A Year in Snowdonia (4 x 60), narrated by Rob Brydon, which maps the Welsh national park through the seasons for its 75th birthday. Also in their line-up is offbeat travelogue Unseen Iraq (4 x 30), and Untamed Australia: The Aerial Experience (4 x 60).
The distributor is consolidating its factual entertainment offering with the second series of high-octane Off Road Rescue (6 x 60), a fourth series of ITV’s Grand Fishing Adventure and a second series of License to Drive. In new formats TVF is announcing RTÉ’s The Big Pet Project (13 x 30), AMI’s All In: Adrenaline without Limits (8 x 30) and BYUtv’s More than a Crown (6 x 60), about the pageant for people living with disabilities.
TVF is expanding its paranormal slate with RTÉ’s Lights Above the Lake: Europe’s UFO Hotspot (1 x 60) alongside Haunted Places (4 x 60), which travels the world to reveal the true stories behind Dracula, the Beast of Gévaudan and other iconic myths.
Elsewhere, the indie is launching new seasons of Bloomberg’s Peer to Peer (37 x 30) featuring Mike Pence, Ted Sarandos and more, and a third series of Globoplay’s Life is Precious (7 x 30) about living with rare diseases.
Poppy McAlister, Managing Director, commented “We’re delighted to be bringing TVF’s largest-ever MIPCOM slate to market, with more than 160 brand new hours of ambitious and distinctive factual programming, spanning more than 50 different documentaries and series. The breadth and calibre of this line-up reflects the strength of our international partnerships with indie producers and studios, spanning major history and current affairs, science, natural history, travel and factual entertainment.”’