TV Real June 2022 - Sunny Side of the Doc Edition

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JUNE 2022/SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC EDITION

ZDF Studios’ Ralf Rückauer / Autentic’s Patrick Hörl Premiere: Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars

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Back to Business After two years of online editions, Sunny Side of the Doc is returning to its beloved home in La Rochelle this month, firmly focused on enabling attendees to meet face-to-face and chart new business opportunities.

Ricardo Seguin Guise Publisher Anna Carugati Group Editorial Director Mansha Daswani Editor Kristin Brzoznowski Executive Editor Chelsea Regan Managing Editor Jamie Stalcup Associate Editor David Diehl Production & Design Director Simon Weaver Online Director Dana Mattison Sales & Marketing Director Genovick Acevedo Sales & Marketing Coordinator Andrea Moreno Business Affairs Manager

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As Mathieu Béjot, director of strategy and development at Sunny Side of the Doc, told my colleague Chelsea Regan recently, New Voices is the overarching theme of the event. In addition to the traditional pitching sessions around topics like wildlife, science and history, there will be an Immersive Experiences session as well as the Digital Na(rra)tive Stories segment, which will include “nonlinear documentaries produced for YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, etc.,” explains Béjot. “The idea is to explore new types of storytelling.” Béjot and his team are also putting a focus on diversity and inclusion, a trend he saw emerge as one of the silver linings of the pandemic as producers, unable to travel, sought out talented filmmakers worldwide. “It’s really accelerated the movement that was kickstarted by the ideas of diversity and inclusion, to make sure that there are more local voices involved.” And that shift is proving to be a boon to the industry, he says: “It’s generating new, fresh looks at some of the existing stories that are already well-known.”

—Mansha Daswani

GET DAILY NEWS ON FACTUAL TV

PREMIERE: GORDON RAMSAY’S FUTURE FOOD STARS Lisa Edwards, chief creative officer at Studio Ramsay Global, talks about the genesis of the celebrity chef’s latest competition series, on offer from All3Media International.

ZDF STUDIOS’ RALF RÜCKAUER Ralf Rückauer, VP Unscripted at ZDF Studios, discusses the latest trends in factual and explains how the company works with producers to develop and fund projects for the global market.

AUTENTIC’S DR. PATRICK HÖRL Dr. Patrick Hörl, managing director of Autentic, discusses the company’s positioning and weighs in on the shift to premium factual.

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All3Media International Who is Ghislaine Maxwell? / Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars / The Simpler Life All3Media International’s factual catalog includes Who is Ghislaine Maxwell?, featuring exclusive interviews and never-before-seen testimony to reveal Maxwell’s full story. Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars sees food and drink entrepreneurs compete to win investment from the chef and restaurateur. “International viewers love Gordon Ramsay’s no-nonsense style, and this latest series is Ramsay at his very best,” says Rachel Job, senior VP of non-scripted. In The Simpler Life, a group of people attempt to live by the principles of the Amish.

The Simpler Life

“As always, we continue to build on our excellent producer partnerships and cultivate new ones.”

—Rachel Job

Autentic Distribution Wild Prairie Man / Qatar—Between Boomtown and Burqa / Tren Atlantico Among Autentic Distribution’s highlights, Wild Prairie Man is centered on wildlife photographer James R. Page and his fascination with Grasslands National Park. In time for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Qatar—Between Boomtown and Burqa is on offer. It demonstrates that “Qatar is not only this filthy-rich emirate full of forced labor, which we all have heard about by now, but it is also a very open and progressive country,” says Mirjam Strasser, head of sales and acquisitions. Tren Atlantico shows the rugged sides of Portugal and Spain.

Qatar—Between Boomtown and Burqa

“We are very excited to offer ready-made projects in our summer slate.”

—Mirjam Strasser

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Terra Mater Studios All You Need is Love / The Secret Crown / Birds in Paradise—Hummingbirds of Costa Rica All You Need is Love, which tops Terra Mater Studios’ highlights, spotlights relationships in the wild. “The animal kingdom—where gender is fluid, roles can be reversed and homosexual behavior is common—has a lot of fascinating stories in store,” says Sabine Holzer, head of specialist factual. An underwater exploration, The Secret Crown tells the story of a newly discovered reef and the race to conserve it. Birds in Paradise—Hummingbirds of Costa Rica takes audiences on a journey with the hummingbirds to explore the country’s landscape and animals.

All You Need is Love

“We’re happy to talk about presale options regarding each of these projects.”

—Sabine Holzer

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Gordon Ramsay ’s Future Food Stars

By Kristin Brzoznowski

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multi-Michelin starred chef, Gordon Ramsay has become a fixture in the TV food genre. In Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars, which comes from Studio Ramsay Global and is distributed by All3Media International, Ramsay steps out of the kitchen to showcase his business savvy.

The new business competition sees the world-famous chef on the hunt for the most exciting and innovative food and drink entrepreneurs, and he is prepared to back the winner with a life-changing investment. The competing

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entrepreneurs have big ambitions for their unique food ideas, including mussel popcorn, apple cider vinegar tonics, bottled Indian sauces and zero-waste restaurants, but their success depends on how they manage over eight weeks of extensive and extreme culinary and physical challenges. From cliff jumping, delivering hot meals at 1,000 feet in the air to foraging to create a feast, the contestants will have to show Ramsay that they have the raw ingredients to succeed, survive and win.

“We wanted to show the many sides of Gordon Ramsay,” says Lisa Edwards, chief creative officer at Studio Ramsay Global. “He’s so much more than a chef. Food is always going to be in the DNA of who he is, but he is also the global CEO of a huge business corporation—whether that’s from his restaurants, his wine brand, his gin brand or Studio Ramsay. He’s an amazing businessman.”

“We wanted to show the many sides of Gordon Ramsay.”

—Lisa Edwards

All3Media International is also offering the show as a format, and Edwards sees potential to bring the franchise into many different areas. “As long as your ‘Gordon’ is at the top of their game in whatever field or genre you are designing this format around, then it works!” she says. “We developed this as a competition format that could expand across a number of genres.”

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Ralf Rückauer ZDF Studios

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ounded nearly 30 years ago, ZDF Enterprises rebranded earlier this year as ZDF Studios to better reflect the company it has evolved into—one that produces in addition to distributing and that has grown to have nearly 30 subsidiaries, including the factual producer and distributor Off the Fence. ZDF Studios works with subsidiaries such as Off the Fence, as well as factual indies, from the development stage of a project to financing and distribution, explains Ralf Rückauer, VP Unscripted at ZDF Studios, who spoke to Anna Carugati, World Screen’s group editorial director.

As the global media industry has changed over the years, so too have the ways and means of collaborating with companies for co-productions. “The co-production

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game is getting more and more complicated because, in ancient dinosaur times, we used to collaborate with U.S. networks—the likes of Discovery and National Geographic, A&E, Smithsonian—but these times are definitely over,” says

“We have had so many big events over the last couple of years that people are getting more interested in factual and news.”

Rückauer, who explains that the shift is due to companies now demanding worldwide rights for their own platforms instead of just for one or two markets.

In part because of the new challenges, ZDF Studios “decided to create shows more on our own and become more of a production company,” says Rückauer. And the company still manages to find co-pro opportunities, particularly with partners in Europe. “We just launched Africa from Above. It’s a co-production between ARTE, ORF, ZDF and UKTV. Things like that are still doable.”

Another reason for those in the factual space to remain optimistic is consumer demand. “We have had so many big events over the last couple of years that people are getting more and more interested in factual and news,” says Rückauer, who sees the biggest growth in demand for wildlife, science and history titles. “This is also what the industry, broadcasters and streamers, are telling us.”

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Dr. Patrick Hörl Autentic

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unich-based Autentic has sought to bring topquality factual content to the German and international markets—from development to distribution—since its founding in 2008, while also operating its own channels and VOD services. Amid the ongoing proliferation of digital platforms and the global pandemic, there has been a boost in demand for content that has been a boon for Autentic’s distribution business.

Dr. Patrick Hörl, managing director of Autentic, tells Anna Carugati, World Screen’s group editorial director, about partnering with producers and the trends he’s seeing in factual, and reveals what Autentic looks for in its potential collaborators.

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