Produced by Vilda Bomben Film and directed by Karin Wegsjö, the film had its world premiere at the Göteborg Film Festival in January and is being released theatrically in Sweden this September, with deals already closed with SVT in Sweden and YLE in Finland.

David Cornwall, managing director of Scorpion TV, commented: “This is the kind of film that puts a human face to macro-level shifts happening around the world. Through the lives of Amber, Jingya and Tingting, viewers get an incredibly powerful, personal look into what it means to be a young woman in a world of growing pressures and shifting ideals.”

Scorpion TV also announced deals on several other titles on its slate. Oppenheimer: After Trinity, produced by First Light Productions, has been acquired by Deutsche Welle (Germany), SBS (Australia), Proximus (Belgium) and LTV (Latvia). Jazz UK: Spitting Fire was acquired by Sky (New Zealand). ORF in Austria opted for The World’s Biggest Family from Big Family Productions. VGTV (Norway) opted for Theaters of War, Against All Enemies and Designer Shit. Scorpion TV also licensed the kids’ adventure series Siyaya: Come Wild With Us to Happy Kids and Can Hypnosis Fix Your Life? to Gaia. Planete Poland licensed two science-themed documentaries, and Stellar acquired three films for Air India.

From https://worldscreen.com/tvreal/scorpion-lands-my-five-year-plan/#:~:text=My%20Five%2DYear%20Plan%2C%20a,global%20distribution%20by%20Scorpion%20TV.

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The 1×60′ doc, presented by disability rights activist and actor Liz Carr, was originally commissioned by the UK pubcaster for BBC One and iPlayer.

The deals were announced by London-based distributor Scorpion TV, which also revealed further content sales.

Military doc feature Theatres of War (1×88′, Chiasmus Films) has been snapped up by Proximus, Planete Poland, RTVE in Spain and Al Jazeera in the Middle East, while Holocaust-focused The Lesson (1×60′, Open Citadel) has been taken by Portugal’s RTP, AMMO in the US and Planete.

AMMO and New Zealand’s Rialto have acquired A President, Europe & War (1×115′, Elephant et Cie), which examines French president Emmanuel Macron’s attempts to prevent Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Nature doc New England’s Wildlife Wonders (1×52′, Equilibrio Films), meanwhile, has been bought by RTVE and Shine in China.

Another military doc, Against All Enemies (1×106′, Mighty Pictures), has been taken by RTP, Proximus and Canada’s SRC; police corruption exposé I Got a Monster (1×90′, Alpine Labs) is heading to Rialto and France’s Canal+; and all-female motorcycle club doc Dakar Sistaz (1×52′, Frame Films) has found a new home at France’s Mediawan.

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Directed by Paul Saltzman and narrated by actor Morgan Freeman, the 1×89’ film revisits 1968 when Saltzman spent time with the fab four on a spiritual retreat under the mentorship of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

The deals were done by London-based distributor Scorpion TV, which has also sold political documentary feature A President, Europe and War to VRPO in the Netherlands and YLE in Finland. The 1×115’ documentary is a fly-on-the-wall account of French president Emmanuel Macron’s handling of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Other sales have seen Arte in France pick up wildlife doc The Forest Within Us (1×52’); while Poland’s TVR and Sweden’s Ur have acquired Under Cover (1×58’), about homelessness in Australia.

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Prima TV in the Czech Republic, AMC in Spain and SBS Australia have picked up a string of titles from UK-based distributor Scorpion TV.

Prima has acquired a 32-hour package comprising 22 single documentaries and series including Scorpion’s Search for… ‘art mystery’ strand with titles like The Search for the Last Supper and The Search for the Mona Lisa. RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera in Switzerland has also licensed some of these shows.

AMC in Spain acquired Ocean Secrets (1×50′), which follows underwater cinematographer Mauricio Handler’s exploration of the creatures that live in the world’s oceans. The 4K HD documentary has also gone to SVT Sweden.

Meanwhile, SF8 (8×52′), the first scripted series on Scorpion’s books, has been bought by SBS Australia. The anthology show is a Korean sci-fi drama compared to acclaimed UK drama Black Mirror.

In related news, Scorpion has secured distribution rights to three high-end documentary titles: CBC Canada’s In Your Face (1x 51′); The Musical Animal (1×47′); and You, Myself and Art (8×30′), the latest project from award-winning French filmmaker, actor and writer Thomas Deshays.

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UKTV secured Children’s Ward for the entertainment channel W. The heart-warming series shares stories from one of the busiest children’s wards in Wales.

In Germany, ZDF picked up Fake: Searching for Truth in the Age of Misinformation, which looks into how fake information spreads, and Football Fans Under Their Skin, which is presented by Robbie Lyle, a lifelong fan of U.K. Premiership club Arsenal. German TV channel Bild obtained Fortune Fights, a series that examines the careers, personal lives, and legal battles of the biggest stars.

NRK in Norway and SRF in Switzerland both acquired The World’s Biggest Family (pictured), a documentary about the world of anonymous sperm donation.

VoD platform Waterbear also secured The World’s Biggest Family, as well as The True Cost and Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth.

David Cornwall, founder and CEO of Scorpion TV, commented, “It’s extremely gratifying to see the careful time and consideration that goes into curating a slate of quality documentary is recognized by some of the most established broadcasters in the world. Their exacting standards and need for a diverse range are reflected in these deals as well as the needs of exciting new platforms with purpose like Waterbear. From fixed rig docuseries, stories of injustice in our sports and unique stories like Seahorse, we’re proud to have built a catalogue that meets the needs of modern buyers under pressure.”

From https://www.videoageinternational.net/2021/09/23/news/scorpion-tv-scores-doc-and-factual-sales/

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Aiming to meet what it calls ‘surging’ demand London-based independent content distributor Scorpion TV has added a slate of what it calls landmark documentaries to its catalogue following representation deals with four producers of premium factual content in the US and the UK.

At the head of the new slate is 2019 BBC Storyville documentary Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth (1 x 89’; pictured). Produced by Grain Media, the film tells the story of Freddy, a gay transgender man, who decides the carry his own baby. To Freddy, it feels like a pragmatic decision; to the many others, however, it feels confusing, confrontational and offensive. Made with unprecedented levels of access over a three-year period, Seahorse is an intimate, audacious and lyrical story about family, gender and love.

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VoD platform Azoomee has acquired two children’s wildlife series from distributor Scorpion TV for its subscribers in the UK and the US.

Siyaya: Come Wild With Us (26×30′) and Siyaya: Wildest Cape (13×30′), produced by Francois Odendaal Productions in South Africa, will be available on Azoomee.

The service specialises in entertaining educational content for kids aged four and above and recently expanded into the Netherlands, in partnership with TV2Z.

Meanwhile, Scorpion TV has concluded a number of other deals with broadcasters including TVP in Poland.

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UK-based distributor Scorpion TV has added current affairs documentaries tackling hate crime, the UK’s black market and the removal of Confederate monuments to its library.

Scorpion has picked up Britain: A Year of Hate Crime (1×45′), produced by Century Films for Channel 4, which charts the rise in hate crimes against Muslims across the UK in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing in May 2017.

It has also added Inside Britain’s Black Market (1×30′), produced by TI Productions for BBC3, which explores shady dealings both on the UK’s streets and online.

The firm will also distribute BBC3 doc Inside the Real Saudi Arabia: Why I Had to Leave (1×45′), again from TI Productions, which is a subsidiary of magazine publisher TI Media.

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Dead Man’s Line looks well placed to help meet high broadcaster and streamer demand for feature length, true crime documentaries. It’s the story of a shocking kidnapping that gripped the US in 1977, when Tony Kiritsis, who had fallen behind on mortgage payments, took Indianapolis mortgage broker Dick Hall hostage by wiring a sawed-off shotgun to his head and holding him prisoner while the drama played out on national radio and television. Kiritsis’s case also triggered changes in US law around using insanity as a defence.

Dead Man’s Line is also something of a personal story for producer Alan Berry – the case happened in his hometown during his childhood. What really sets it apart from most crime docs, says David Cornwall, MD of Scorpion TV, is that all of Kiritsis’s crime was caught on camera or audio.

“Scorpion TV is hoping to ride the wave of interest in true crime documentaries worldwide,” he says. “This unique and very visual film gets inside the mind of a criminal like no other.”

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Escalated demand for travel content has seen London-based independent content distributor Scorpion TV announce its first deals for Landmarks Live in Concert featuring world-famous bands performing in iconic venues.

The first season of the 7 x 60’ live-music docu-travel series has been sold to Brazil’s TV Globo, as well as airlines in the US, the UK and Italy via deals with inflight specialist Spafax.

Produced by City Drive Group, Landmarks Live in Concert is hosted by Red Hot Chilli Peppers drummer Chad Smith who delivers a mix of musical knowledge, personal stories and insights into the history, art and culture of the locations. Among the series-one highlights are Foo Fighters playing at the Acropolis of Athens and Alicia Keys performing her anthemic Empire State of Mind in front of the Statue of Liberty. Andrea Bocelli at Palazzio Vecchio in Florence, Will.i.am and The Black Eyed Peas at London’s Royal Albert Hall, The Kings of Leon at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, Prophets of Rage at The Stone Pony in New Jersey and Braid Paisley at West Virginia University complete the line-up.

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