France’s Apc (About Premium Content) has acquired international sales rights to “Blackport,” an Icelandic political thriller set in a small fishing village and inspired by true events.
“Blackport” won the Series Mania Award at the Berlinale Co-Pro Series pitching event in 2018 and was teased at this year’s virtual TV Drama Vision, part of Sweden’s Goteborg Film Festival, the biggest film-tv event in Scandinavia, where the producers showcased footage highlighting the forthright confrontation between lead characters and a bohemian scene from a boom-time iceland.
Co-written and co-directed by Gísli Örn Garðarsson (“Ragnarök”) and Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (“The Witcher”), “Blackport” filmed during the pandemic through the summer in Reykjavik and in the Westfjords.
The series opens in the early 1980s when the fishing industry was booming in Iceland and follows a young married couple who build a small fishing empire in a village along with a group of friends,...
“Blackport” won the Series Mania Award at the Berlinale Co-Pro Series pitching event in 2018 and was teased at this year’s virtual TV Drama Vision, part of Sweden’s Goteborg Film Festival, the biggest film-tv event in Scandinavia, where the producers showcased footage highlighting the forthright confrontation between lead characters and a bohemian scene from a boom-time iceland.
Co-written and co-directed by Gísli Örn Garðarsson (“Ragnarök”) and Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (“The Witcher”), “Blackport” filmed during the pandemic through the summer in Reykjavik and in the Westfjords.
The series opens in the early 1980s when the fishing industry was booming in Iceland and follows a young married couple who build a small fishing empire in a village along with a group of friends,...
- 2/7/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Boutique co-producer and distributor About Premium Content (Apc) has agreed a raft of international sales for season one of its Cold War drama series “Shadow Lines,” including to AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now in the U.S., Canada and the U.K.
A second season of the 1950s Helslinki-set spy thriller has been commissioned by Finnish streaming service Elisa Viihde and is currently in development.
As well the Sundance Now deal, Apc has also secured sales for the series to Sbs in Australia; Viasat World’s Epic Drama Channel across Central and Eastern Europe, Baltics and Cis; RTP2 in Portugal; Proximus in Belgium; AMC’s Sundance TV in Spain; and in Switzerland both public broadcaster Rts and cable channel Upc.
Produced by Zodiak Finland for Elisa Viihde, “Shadow Lines” is a period spy thriller written by mother and daughter team Kirsti Manninen and Katri Manninen and directed by Aj Annila and Alli Haapasalo.
A second season of the 1950s Helslinki-set spy thriller has been commissioned by Finnish streaming service Elisa Viihde and is currently in development.
As well the Sundance Now deal, Apc has also secured sales for the series to Sbs in Australia; Viasat World’s Epic Drama Channel across Central and Eastern Europe, Baltics and Cis; RTP2 in Portugal; Proximus in Belgium; AMC’s Sundance TV in Spain; and in Switzerland both public broadcaster Rts and cable channel Upc.
Produced by Zodiak Finland for Elisa Viihde, “Shadow Lines” is a period spy thriller written by mother and daughter team Kirsti Manninen and Katri Manninen and directed by Aj Annila and Alli Haapasalo.
- 6/9/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
AMC streamer Sundance Now has acquired the first season of Finland’s 1950s Cold War drama Shadow Lines for the U.S., Canada and UK.
Co-producer and distributor About Premium Content secured the Sundance deal for the Zodiak Finland-produced show, alongside other sales in territories including Australia (Sbs), Central and Eastern Europe (Viasat World’s Epic Drama Channel) and Spain (Sundance TV).
Shadow Lines was commissioned by Finnish streamer Elisa Viihde and a second season is now in development. It is written by mother and daughter team Kirsti Manninen and Katri Manninen and directed by Aj Annila and Alli Haapasalo.
The Finnish, English and Russian language drama is set in 1950s Helsinki, where the Kgb and CIA battled for control of Finland. It centers on Helena, a student who returns home from America and is recruited by her godfather to help stop the U.S. and Russia meddling in...
Co-producer and distributor About Premium Content secured the Sundance deal for the Zodiak Finland-produced show, alongside other sales in territories including Australia (Sbs), Central and Eastern Europe (Viasat World’s Epic Drama Channel) and Spain (Sundance TV).
Shadow Lines was commissioned by Finnish streamer Elisa Viihde and a second season is now in development. It is written by mother and daughter team Kirsti Manninen and Katri Manninen and directed by Aj Annila and Alli Haapasalo.
The Finnish, English and Russian language drama is set in 1950s Helsinki, where the Kgb and CIA battled for control of Finland. It centers on Helena, a student who returns home from America and is recruited by her godfather to help stop the U.S. and Russia meddling in...
- 6/9/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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