The View from Sunny Side

Last summer, during Sunny Side of the Doc, news broke of storied factual producer and distributor Off the Fence’s bankruptcy proceedings; a year later, the company, led by CEO Bo Stehmeier, is part of World Storytelling Media Group (WSMG), where…

TVF International lands in La Rochelle with a wealth of deals signed across Western Europe.

Sunny Side of the Doc will relocate from its longtime home in La Rochelle to Strasbourg next June, Gaëtan Bruel, president of the CNC, revealed as the doc market kicked off today.

Autentic has bought the boutique factual distributor Albatross World Sales, adding more than 600 hours of factual content to its slate, with Anne Olzmann remaining as MD of the outfit.

A recap of all of our coverage—interviews, podcasts, trend stories, and news bits—from Dubrovnik, Bali, La Rochelle, Annecy, and Denver. 

Premium history and wildlife lead ZDF Studios' lineup for Sunny Side of the Doc next week.

Sphere Abacus (SA) has announced a raft of deals on its slate of history docs, including the six-part docudrama 1776: American Independence, produced by Dash Pictures for National Geographic.

Limonero Films has picked up from Finland's Parad Media the distribution rights to the four-part true-crime series Bock Saga, with the show launching at Sunny Side of the Doc this week.

From pursuing treaty co-production deals to securing the distribution rights to a curated slate of projects from third-party studios, Serial Maven Studios, led by CEO Solange Attwood, is exploring new models for development, financing, production, distribution, and monetization.

On the heels of Autentic's acquisition of Albatross World Sales, Mirjam Strasser, director of sales and acquisitions, tells ScreenMDM about the importance of scale, the need for authenticity, and the other major trends reshaping the business of factual in the…