MEDIA RELEASE: Cineflix Rights unveils factual slate for MIPCOM 2024
Cineflix Rights has unveiled its MIPCOM 2024 factual slate spanning new lifestyle, renovation and food and travel franchises, and blue-chip history and science documentaries from some of the world’s most creative producers alongside new seasons of hit brands.
A New Life in the Sun (Seasons 1-9, 295×60’, A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now?, Seasons 1-6, 75×60’, and A New Life in the Sun: Road Trip, Season 1, 10×60’, all produced by True North for Channel 4, UK) delivers real-life adventure in postcard-perfect locations, following intrepid expats as they start new lives and businesses in dazzling dream locations across Europe.
Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive & Kids (10×60’, Wise Owl Films for Channel 4, UK) rejoins the UK’s favourite sheep-herding family as they put everything on the line to transform an abandoned stone barn and cottage into a 40-acre hub that’s all their own.
Featuring exclusive access to unseen archives and artifacts, Titanic: Our Secret Histories (1×60’, Afro Mic Productions for Channel 4, UK) tells the emotional stories from the everyday people who made, sailed, and worked on the legendary ship and were at the heart of the disaster.
Building Bad (10×60’, Shark Teeth Films, for Crave, Canada) combines engineering, science and crime to reveal the ingenuity and twisted genius of enterprising criminals who walk the dark side of scientific invention.
Alien Corridors (8×60’, Go Button Media for Super Channel, Canada and Hearst Networks, EMEA) is a gripping investigative series that examines the world’s hotspots of intergalactic visitation and attempts to explain what extraterrestrial life is doing here.
An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet (6×60’, Cream Productions for Crave, Canada and Bloomberg, International), hosted by explorer and Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, is a round-the-world adventure on the brighter side of climate change.
Cold Case Cops (10×60’, Peninsula Television for CBS Reality, and CBS Justice, UK) follows the detectives who step in, rebuild a case from ground zero, and finally deliver justice to victims and their families.
Spring Break Murders (20×60’, Hearst Media EMEA, Bell Media, Canada) combines first-hand accounts and reenactments with the text messages, CCTV, and camera phone videos to take viewers beyond the headlines to experience the bone-chilling stories of youthful adventures that ended in tragedy.
Summer Qamp (Cineflix Productions, presented by Bright West Entertainment and produced in association with Hello Friend, Steve Robillard and Super Channel) is a critically acclaimed documentary following a group of LGBTQ+ youth at an idyllic lakeside camp in Alberta, Canada, where they enjoy the traditional summer camp experience in a safe, affirming environment and deepen their connections with their community and themselves.
Alongside these new series and features, Cineflix Rights’ MIPCOM slate includes returning seasons of hit brands including Château DIY, Tempting Fortune, Inside Taronga Zoo, and The Yorkshire Auction House.
Tim Mutimer, CEO, Cineflix Rights, said: “We’re delighted to welcome the A New Life in the Sun franchise to Cineflix Rights. It’s a great addition to our slate and sits perfectly alongside our other entertaining lifestyle franchises, the very best of gripping true crime stories, must-have home and renovation, food and travel and fascinating blue-chip history and science documentaries. Our MIPCOM 2024 factual slate offers quality and volume to buyers looking for new content to fit every platform and scheduling need.”
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