SBS Doc Series Heads to Arte France

SYDNEY: SBS has sold its landmark series First Australians, produced by Rachel Perkins and Darren Dale, to French pubcaster Arte France.

Filmed in HD, First Australians has sold into New Zealand, Finland, Canada, France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Asia. The series was six years in the making.

SBS’s national manager for content sales and distribution, Sharon Ramsay-Luck, said: “Arte France prides itself on being one of the premiere cultural broadcasters in Europe, so this is an exciting sale for SBS Content Sales. The purchase by such a prestigious channel is a great recognition for a wonderful documentary.”

SBS’s content sales manager, Kristin Burgham, commented: “We are really proud to be working with Arte France on the sale of First Australians. It is a blue-chip title in SBS’s catalogue and we look forward to further sales of this level internationally.”