Profiles

Factual trends with Ben Smith, creative director of the new label, and Rick Murray, CEO of Workerbee Group.

Tracking the biggest factual developments out of MIPCOM.

A pair of documentaries about the recent Hamas attacks in Israel made headlines in Cannes.

Kate Beal, chair of the recently launched Association of True Crime Producers (ATCP), discusses the group’s mission to establish and enforce best practice guidelines for the true-crime genre.

The director of Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn talks about securing interviews with key players of the Carlos Ghosn saga and the importance of sharing all perspectives.

Mark Woodward, director of specialist factual at Big Wave Productions, talks about the brand-new documentary Shark Below Zero, which is airing as part of National Geographic’s Sharkfest.

Janet Han Vissering, senior VP of program development and production at Nat Geo WILD, shares details of this year’s Sharkfest, which kicks off on July 2 across various platforms.

Mathieu Béjot, director of strategy and development at Sunny Side of the Doc, on what to expect at the upcoming event.

Roo Powell, a child advocate and founder of Safe from Online Sex Abuse (SOSA), talks about the second season of her ID series Undercover Underage.

FAST has emerged as a buzzword across all sectors of the business, but factual distributors appear to be benefiting the most from the quickly growing segment, which was clear from many of the headlines out of MIPTV last week.