Globo TV International Reveals ATF Slate

RIO DE JANEIRO, November 2: Globo TV International heads to the
ATF in Singapore this year with a diverse portfolio that includes the new
mini-series Amazonia, along with a
variety of telenovelas, documentaries, multimedia series, children’s
programming, formats and specials.

Unveiled at MIPCOM in October, the mini-series Amazonia, available as 45×45-minute or 3×90-minute episodes,
is set in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. Amazonia follows the rise, glory and fall of the rubber
tapping industry in Brazil; the conflict between land owners and impoverished
rubber tappers; and the struggle to preserve the rubber industry and the
forest’s biodiversity.

From its telenovela catalogue, Globo will be bringing the
40×1-hour romantic comedy Shades of Sin;
the 120×1-hour family drama Pages of Life; the 140×1-hour International Emmy-nominated Little Missy, chronicling the story of the forbidden love between
Little Missy and the attorney Rodolfo; and the 120×1-hour Like a Wave, set in a paradisiacal island in Brazil.

Globo will also showcase Globo DOC, a set of documentaries about Amazonia, the largest
tropical rainforest in the world, as well as a slate of multimedia series that
include the 10×30-minute Carandiru,
featuring the story of a doctor who works in one of the largest detention
centers in Latin America on an AIDS prevention project; the 20×30-minute City
of Men, based on the story of two friends
who live adventurous and dangerous lives in a Rio de Janeiro slum; and two
seasons of the high-definition series Today is Maria’s Day.

On the children’s programming front, Globo will be offering
Asian buyers the live-action series Pirlimpimpim, targeted at the 4- to 11-year-old set. The series revolves around a
rag doll made of an old skirt that comes to life after taking “speaking pills.”
The contemporary teen series Young Hearts will also be available.

Other programming offered at ATF will include the
participation-TV format It Is Your Call,
in which the audience is able to choose the end of the story in real time, and
the one-hour special Carnaval in Rio,
featuring exclusive images of the annual festival.

—By Irene Lew