EXCLUSIVE: London-based company Dogwoof has secured a number of international deals for Jason Kohn’s documentary on the diamond industry. Nothing is forever and the film debut of Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing midwives on the first day of the IDFA Forum 2022.
Produced by Kilo Films for Showtime and directed by Kohn (Love means zero), Nothing is forever was sold to VPRO (Netherlands), SVT (Sweden), NRK (Norway), DR (Denmark), Movistar/Telefonica (Spain and Andorra), VRT (Belgium) and Madman (Australia and New Zealand).
Other deals include NOS Lusomundo (Portugal and PALOP), HOT8 and Yesdocu (Israel), RTBF (Belgium – French speaking), PTS (Taiwan), PCCW (Hong Kong and Macau) and RUV (Iceland). Showtime has North American rights.
The doctor’s producers include Amanda Branson Gill, Jared Ian Goldman and Jason Kohn. Executive producers are Vinnie Malhotra for Showtime and associate producers are Kimberley Hassett, Jonathan Gribetz and Heloisa Passos.
Hnin Ei Hlaing’s snow midwives was awarded to NHK (Japan), CBC (Canada), France TV (France), VRT (Belgium), Al Jazeera (MENA), Madman, (Australia and New Zealand), PCCW (Hong Kong, Macau), LRT ( Lithuania) ). Previously announced sales include BBC (UK), SVT (Sweden), VG TV (Norway), DR (Denmark) and RUV (Iceland), with POV holding the rights for North America.
The documentary is an EyeSteel film, Ama film, Snow Films production, edited and produced by Mila Aung-Thwin and Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing, produced by Ulla Lehmann and Bob Moore in co-production with POV Documentary Films.
The two bubbly Docs enjoyed long festival runs, with Nothing is forever Premiere at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, followed by a North American premiere at SXSW. midwives premiered at the World Cinema Documentary Competition in Sundance 2022, where it received the special jury award “Excellence In Verité Filmmaking World Cinema Documentary”.
made in ten years Nothing is forever follows director Jason Kohn as he infiltrates the secretive diamond industry to uncover a black market in synthetic diamonds, a business that can threaten the value of any legitimate diamond.
The synopsis continues: It’s about more than monetary values, it’s about the universal symbol of love and commitment – the engagement ring. Featuring some of the most colorful and powerful insiders in the industry, including Dusan Simic, Aja Raden, Martin Rappaport, Stephen Lussier and Chandu Sheta, Nothing is forever immerses the viewer deep into a criminal investigation and forces us to rethink value creation itself.
Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing’s debut follows two midwives, one Buddhist and one Muslim, who, despite strict ethnic segregation, provide medical care to the Rohingya people of Rakhine state side by side in a makeshift clinic in the west of Myanmar. For five years we have witnessed their struggles, hopes and dreams in an environment of ever-increasing chaos and violence.
The synopsis is: midwives is a gentle, quiet look at a country torn by conflict and religious division. Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing’s impartial gaze lets the brave women’s actions speak volumes, emphasizing their strength and unity. midwives is an authentic insight into a country long banished and mythologised.
Author: Zac Ntim
Source: Deadline
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