{"id":10217,"date":"2017-06-07T09:40:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T13:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/banijay-rights-emily-elisha-talks-factual-trends\/"},"modified":"2017-06-19T12:27:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T16:27:06","slug":"banijay-rights-emily-elisha-talks-factual-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/banijay-rights-emily-elisha-talks-factual-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Banijay Rights\u2019 Emily Elisha On Factual Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emily Elisha, the head of factual at Banijay Rights, speaks with <\/em>TV Real about some of the company’s unscripted\u00a0highlights.<\/em><\/p>\n

One of the world\u2019s largest independent distributors, Banijay Rights has a sprawling catalog of more than 20,000 hours of content\u2014with plenty of factual highlights to boot. Within the company\u2019s unscripted slate, crime is a particularly hot category at the moment, according to Emily Elisha, the head of factual at Banijay Rights.<\/p>\n

Elisha believes that the success of some high-profile true-crime series\u2014Making a Murderer<\/em>, for example\u2014has had \u201ca massive impact\u201d on the demand for this type of programming. \u201cEverybody wants their big crime show,\u201d she says. \u201cSome of the larger networks have opened up to crime for prime-time slots, so there are more opportunities as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"***Image***\"Banijay Rights recently launched four brand-new true-crime titles in the global marketplace. American Justice <\/em>is a three-part BBC Two series produced by Minnow Films that offers an \u201cin-depth and unflinching look at the criminal justice system in the U.S. through the prism of several homicides that happen over a long hot summer in Florida\u2019s murder capital,\u201d describes Elisha. \u201cAnother series that we have is at the opposite end of the spectrum; it is a high-volume series coming from the States called I Married A Murderer<\/em>, which tells the shocking stories of couples whose marriages ended in murder. We have 104 episodes of that. We\u2019ve already presold that into the U.K., and other presales are imminent.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also a second season of I Am Innocent<\/em>, which uses firsthand testimony from people whose lives were turned upside down after they were accused of and incarcerated for crimes they didn\u2019t commit. \u201cMurder Calls <\/em>is a crime series with an interesting angle,\u201d adds Elisha. \u201cIt focuses on the telephone calls that helped crack open some of the most shocking cases; in some cases, it\u2019s from the murderers themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

She says that true-crime storytelling has evolved, as audiences are now more used to seeing long-form narrative arcs. \u201cStories don\u2019t necessarily have to be wrapped up in one show, as a closed-ended program. People are willing to follow stories over a longer period of time,\u201d and a show like \"***Image***\"American Justice<\/em>, which examines its topic in-depth, fits along with this trend.<\/p>\n

\u201cLifestyle and aspirational series are really hitting the spot as well,\u201d Elisha notes. \u201cWe have a new one called Starting Up, Starting Over<\/em>, which follows couples and families who have decided to quit their stable 9-to-5 city jobs, sell off their property and relocate to a countryside location and start a business from scratch. It taps into the notion of being your own boss and the elusive work-life balance that we all aspire to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking at potential acquisitions, Elisha says that overall her eye is on \u201cquality content, particularly that can work in prime time. Also, things that work both as finished tapes and formats work well for us\u2014something like The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds<\/em>, which is a really heartwarming series that lifts the lid on the world of youngsters. Everybody just loves that show! It has been remade in eight different territories already, including second seasons in both Denmark and Spain. The finished tape sells globally across the board.\u201d<\/p>\n

She points out that the Banijay Rights factual catalog is \u201cvery diverse\u201d and can meet most buyers\u2019 needs. \u201cWe have a lot of programming that works for different slots, different platforms. One genre that we\u2019d love to see something new in is the health and medical space. We\u2019ve had great success with Embarrassing Bodies<\/em> as a finished series and as a format. In the relationship space, there have been a lot of dating shows, but general family dynamic shows that have something to say about our lives are always really sought after as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elisha says that one of her priorities this year is to find new content partners, \u201cin particular, independent producers who we can help invest across their development slates and work with them on the international strategy for each project. We\u2019ve had a good track record of doing that with other U.K. indies like Minnow Films, Firecracker Films\u2014the list is quite long, but they\u2019ve all gone on to be very successful businesses. We\u2019d love to find that next generation of upcoming producers that we can start working with early to help them grow their business.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the second year in a row, Banijay Rights is sponsoring Indielab, an accelerator program for British indie producers. Even though the larger Banijay Group does have substantial production pipes, Elisha stresses that Banijay Rights is open to working with outfits of all sizes to get their product out there to the international market. \u201cNearly half of our catalog is third-party. We really like to nurture those partnerships, and we like getting in at an early level so that we can add value to a business.\u201d<\/p>\n

She says that, in particular, the company wants to work with \u201cpeople who have a distinctive voice.\u201d And adds, \u201cWe can quickly tell a producer if it\u2019s not going to work for us or if it\u2019s not going to work generally in the marketplace. That\u2019s important to know! I would tell producers just to come and talk to us. We will quickly give you a \u2018no\u2019 if it\u2019s a no, and won\u2019t waste your time, but if there\u2019s something there, then we hope we can explore that together further.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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