In the run-up to MIPCOM, our second annual TV Real Screenings Festival is spotlighting 18 fantastic new and returning properties that reflect the wealth of standout factual content available to buyers today. Whether you\u2019re on the hunt for your latest true-crime obsession, new blue-chip fare celebrating the wonders of the world or high-end factual entertainment that will educate and delight, you\u2019re sure to find it here.<\/p>\n
Visit TVRealScreeningsFestival.com<\/a> to screen these titles. Clicking on each show title below will take you directly to the trailer.<\/p>\n ZDF Studios has long been known for its strengths in science, wildlife and history, and those proficiencies are on display in its TV Real Screenings Festival lineup. The three-part Surviving Hothouse Earth<\/em><\/a> spotlights climate change, delivering \u201ccinematic shots of nature, landscapes and urban life,\u201d says Ralf R\u00fcckauer, VP Unscripted, alongside expert commentary. Lush footage is also available in the ten-part Africa from Above<\/em><\/a>, R\u00fcckauer notes, pointing to its \u201cspectacular aerial adventure\u201d that spotlights how \u201chumans and animals live in some of the most extreme environments on Earth.\u201d The six-part War Gamers<\/em><\/a>, meanwhile, delivers a new perspective on World War II as it focuses on members of the U.K.\u2019s Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRENS).<\/p>\n All3Media International is offering up a 90-minute documentary with a different battlefield perspective: War and Justice: The Case of Marine A<\/em><\/a>. \u201cFeaturing exclusive footage and powerful, candid testimony from Alexander Blackman, aka Marine A, this documentary film delves into the dark heart of those defining moments in battle and the ensuing four-year legal campaign for Blackman\u2019s freedom,\u201d says Rachel Job, senior VP of non-scripted content. On the true-crime front, Job highlights the two-part How to Hire a Hitman<\/em><\/a>, which she describes as an \u201ceye-opening investigation into the dark side of the internet.\u201d Lifestyle and factual entertainment round out the All3Media International selections, with season nine of the beloved Escape to the Chateau<\/em><\/a>, season ten of Fake or Fortune<\/em><\/a>, the \u201ccolorful and entertaining\u201d Gino\u2019s Italy: Like Mamma Used to Make<\/em><\/a> with Gino D\u2019Acampo and the six-part Sarah Beeny\u2019s Little House, Big Plans<\/em><\/a>, which Job says is \u201cpacked with fantastic tips, professional insights and inspiring stories demonstrating how attainable your dream home can be through creativity and ingenuity and hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n A new take on true crime is among BossaNova Media\u2019s three selections in the TV Real Screenings Festival. The four-part Con Girl<\/em><\/a> spotlights serial fraudster Samantha Azzopardi. \u201cCon Girl\u00a0<\/em>represents the very best in the new wave of true crime\u2014going beyond murder, blood and feuds and into the psychological complexities of the human mind and just how far some people will go to achieve their ends,\u201d says Tatiana Grinkevich, senior sales manager. The Andes Tragedy: 50 Years Later<\/em><\/a> tells the definitive story of the Uruguayan rugby team whose plane disappeared in the Andes in 1972. BossaNova also has a new science series in the ten-part Engineering Repurposed<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n New Dominion Pictures is also offering up a true-crime doc: A Spy in the FBI<\/em><\/a>, which, per Kristen Eppley, executive VP of distribution, \u201chas it all: it has drama, it has espionage, it has sex,\u201d as it chronicles the story of Robert Hanssen. The company also has 115 episodes of the paranormal series A Haunting<\/em><\/a> and 70 episodes of the reality series FantomWorks<\/em><\/a>, focused on the \u201clargest automotive restoration shop in America,\u201d Eppley says.<\/p>\n Rive Gauche arrives at MIPCOM with a three-part natural-history production, Living Earth<\/em><\/a>, exploring plants and animals in deserts. \u201cUsing gyro-stabilized 8K aerials, 6K drone photography, high-speed Phantom photography, timelapse, macro and elegant graphics, we will reveal the inner workings of these ecosystems in breathtaking detail\u2014from the individual hairs on the back of a jumping spider to the wingbeats of a dragonfly as it plucks a mayfly from above the water,\u201d says Marine Ksadzhikyan, COO and executive VP of sales. Also available is the six-part doc series In Their Own Words<\/em><\/a>, which profiles the likes of Angela Merkel and Elon Musk, and the 13-part series Disaster D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu<\/em><\/a>, about cities like San Francisco and Peru that suffered brutal natural disasters twice.<\/p>\n