TVF International Closes Deals Across MENA

Independent factual distributor TVF International has closed a slew of sales for new titles with broadcasters and platforms across MENA.

Al Jazeera Documentary licensed a package of titles, including award-winning environmental productions The Longest Day, The Disappearing Delta and carbon solutions-based doc Decarbonise, along with Why Do We Even Work?, Era of Library and Flight JK5022, produced by Secuoya Studios about the 2008 Spanair plane crash.

Saudi-based broadcaster MBC licensed The World From Above, which takes viewers on aerial journeys around the world, as well as special episodes of the long-running adventure series No Luggage, produced by Art Winner Productions.

Elsewhere in MENA, Asharq News Services took Your 100 Year Life, a health documentary about the dangers of aging populations, and two aerial titles: Australia From Above and Finland From Above.

Alaraby snagged a number of news and current affairs titles including Get Real: Behind the Headlines and Ian Hislop’s Fake News: A True History. Alaraby also licensed the award-winning film Hurdle, about Palestinian youth learning parkour to overcome physical and emotional barriers in Israeli-occupied Palestine; Mediacorp’s Secret Wars, following wars fought in cyberspace; and You See Monsters, which follows a new generation of Australian Muslims using art to fight islamophobia.

Daniyal Bari, senior sales executive for TVF International, commented: “The Middle East is a vital market with a growing appetite for factual programming. Our diverse current affairs offering resonates with our partners in the Middle East, in particular TVF’s series and specials on current affairs in the Asia region, which offer unique access to and perspectives on issues that are affecting the world today. We look forward continuing to bring the highest quality factual content to audiences in the Middle East.”