{"id":17353,"date":"2021-12-14T10:11:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/topic-picks-lithuanian-documentary-north-america\/"},"modified":"2021-12-14T10:11:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:11:24","slug":"topic-picks-up-lithuanian-documentary-for-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/topic-picks-up-lithuanian-documentary-for-north-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Topic Picks Up Lithuanian Documentary for North America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Topic has acquired the TVOD and SVOD rights to the Cold War documentary <em>The Jump<\/em> for the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Jump<\/em>, directed and produced by Giedr\u0117 \u017dickyt\u0117, tells the story of Simas Kudirka, a Lithuanian sailor who defected by jumping off a Soviet vessel onto a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. Through eye-witness reports, rare archival footage and interviews, the documentary details Kudirka&#8217;s Soviet trial for treason, the protests for his freedom and the twist of fate that changed everything.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary is a co-production from Moonmakers, VFS Films and Faites Un Voeu, in association with Naked Edge Films. \u017dickyt\u0117 and Uldis Cekulis are producers.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Jump<\/em> will be released on March 1 in the U.S. and Canada, with an SVOD release slated for summer 2022 on Topic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimas Kudirka is the kind of risk-taker our viewers will immediately be fascinated by,\u201d said Ryan Chanatry, general manager of Topic. \u201cHis story, told beautifully by Giedr\u0117, is a compelling reflection on the sacrifices we make to better our lives and the hold that our historic roots have on us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic has acquired the TVOD and SVOD rights to the Cold War documentary The Jump for the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":17354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[5942],"class_list":["post-17353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-topic","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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