It was a very good night for Michael J. Fox Apple TV+’s Davis Guggenheim-directed documentary on the star’s life and battle with Parkinsons Disease won in all five categories for which it was nominated at the 8th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards. It swept the board for Best Documentary Feature, Best Director, Editing for Michael Harte, Narration for Fox himself, and Biographical Documentary.The Critics Choice Documentary Awards, held tonight at the Edison Hotel in New York City and live streamed, recognizes the year’s finest achievements in documentaries released in theaters, on TV and on major digital platforms, as determined by the voting of qualified CCA members. 20 Days in Mariupol winning for Best First Documentary for director Msyyslav Chernov and Best Political Documentary picked up a pair of wins as did Netflix’s docus American Symphony, and The Deepest Breath which each took home two awards. Jon Batiste was the subject of American Symphony which had a leading six nominations and won a prize as Best Music Documentary as well as for Batiste’s score. The Deepest Breath prevailed as Best Sports Documentary and for its Cinematography.
Directors Michael Noer and Frederik Louis Hviid Talk ‘Prisoner’ as DR Sales Close With the BBC, Canal+: ‘Everything in This Show Could have Happened, Has Happened or Will (EXCLUSIVE)
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Marta Balaga DR Sales has been racking up sales for Danish drama series “Prisoner.” Starring Sofie Gråbøl, David Dencik, Youssef Wayne Hvidtfeldt and Charlotte Fich, it has been picked up by BBC (UK and Ireland), Canal+ Group’s channel Polar+ (France), MHz Networks (U.S.), SBS (Australia), NPO (Netherlands) and BeTV (French-speaking Belgium). Revolving around four desperate prison guards, forced to deal with everything from rampant drug trade to their personal problems and imminent closure of the prison, the show was created by Kim Fupz Aakeson.
“‘Prisoner’ is an authentic, complex and compelling portrait of the harsh realities of life in prison, where it isn’t only the inmates who are trapped,” said Sue Deeks, head of program acquisitions at BBC, with NPO’s Evelien Bloemena adding: “It’s about people with good intentions forced into difficult situations. A series with a great cast and a good fit for us as a public broadcaster.” Produced by Rikke Tørholm Kofoed for DR Drama, it was made in collaboration with NRK, SVT, Yle and RUV, as part of the drama partnership Nordic 12.
“It was all about being inspired by real prisons, real guards and real inmates,” noted Michael Noer, who co-created and co-directed the show with Frederik Louis Hviid. “It’s a portrait of a certain system where ‘the house always wins,’ but also of human beings inside of it.” “We did extensive research, listening to their stories.
You could tell that sometimes, they felt embarrassed admitting to certain things, but they had to give in to the prison order to make sure the place didn’t erupt,” added Hviid. “It also adds this socio-political aspect because, as Michael always says, you can judge a country by how they treat their elderly and their
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WBD Unveils European Launch Details For Max Streamer Including In France As International Boss Gerhard Zeiler Talks Up Synergies: “We Are On The Way To $5B And Who Knows Where We Will End Up?” – Mipcom Cannes
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