{"id":22176,"date":"2024-10-21T09:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T13:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bossanova-sends-2004-tsunami-doc-to-europe-canada\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T09:59:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T13:59:03","slug":"bossanova-sends-2004-tsunami-doc-to-europe-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bossanova-sends-2004-tsunami-doc-to-europe-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"BossaNova Sends 2004 Tsunami Doc to Europe & Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"
BossaNova has completed sales across Europe and Canada for Tsunami: The Day the Wave Hit<\/em>, detailing the Indian Ocean tsunami that took place on December 26, 2004.<\/p>\n The two-parter provides a minute-by-minute account of the natural disaster that claimed nearly 230,000 lives through firsthand testimony and never-before-seen archive footage. It also delves into the legacy of the event, from the heartbreaking months people spent searching for missing family to the years-long task of rebuilding towns, lives and communities.<\/p>\n Viasat World has picked up the docuseries for its feeds in the CEE, CIS, Nordic and Baltic territories. SVT in Sweden and Radio-Canada in Canada also acquired the series. Earlier this year, it was presold to Channel 4 in the U.K. and SBS in Australia.<\/p>\n Tsunami: The Day the Wave Hit<\/em> is produced by Argonon-owned BriteSpark Films.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve put a real focus on anniversary pieces this year, starting with the success we had with MH17: The Plane Crash That Shook The World<\/em> back in July,\u201d said Holly Cowdery, head of sales at BossaNova. \u201cBoth Tsunami<\/em> and MH17<\/em> were brought to life via our \u2018acqui-mission\u2019 model, which helps to get great shows made in a changing funding market. By partnering with Channel 4 and SBS, we\u2019re incredibly proud to have helped BriteSpark to produce this important historical record. Tsunami: The Day The Wave Hit<\/em> tells the devastating stories of those who survived the an era-defining disaster. We very much look forward to working with BriteSpark on more minute-by-minute accounts of historically significant events.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BossaNova has completed sales across Europe and Canada for Tsunami: The Day the Wave Hit, detailing the Indian Ocean tsunami that took place on December 26, 2004.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":22177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[5294,2199,10065],"class_list":["post-22176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bossanova","tag-holly-cowdery","tag-tsunami-the-day-the-wave-hit","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n