NATPE Budapest Spotlight: Power

June 21, 2012 World Screen Top Stories

BUDAPEST: Action-adventure and disaster titles continue to do well across Central and Eastern Europe, says Steve Turney, the VP of sales and acquisitions at Power.

 

“They offer the spectacle and escapism that can set a channel’s schedule apart.”
 
In keeping with this trend, Power is presenting buyers at NATPE Budapest with Treasure Island. The action adventure is a classic pirate’s tale set on the high seas. Eddie Izzard, Elijah Wood and Donald Sutherland head the cast.
 
Mixing action and drama is The Situation, starring Damian Lewis. The two-hour movie takes place amid the chaos and violence of present-day Iraq.
 
Set in the summer of 1969, Bran Nue Daeis a musical comedy that follows a young man who flees boarding school to get back home to be with the girl he loves. Geoffrey Rush stars as the school’s headmaster, Father Benedictus, who goes on his own journey to bring the boy back so he can face his destiny of becoming a priest.