All3Media signs deals for "Black Snow" in Africa, Europe and the Middle East

All3Media International has signed its first round of deals for Goalpost Television’s "Black Snow" as the mystery drama led by Viking’s Travis Fimmel and produced by Goalpost Television for Stan, Australia, and Sundance, USA, heads to broadcasters across Africa, Europe and the Middle East. “Goalpost Television’s commitment to championing unique, distinct voices really shines through in Black Snow, which was created with input from the local South Sea Islander community and features outstanding performances from newcomers such as Talijah Blackman-Corowa and Jemmason Power," Maartje Horchner, EVP Content at All3Media International, said.

"Black Snow" made its debut on Australian streaming service Stan in January, garnering wide critical acclaim, with co-producer Sundance Now releasing the six-part drama in the USA, Canada and the UK in late February.  "Black Snow" is a Goalpost Television production for Stan, Australia, and Sundance, USA, in association with All3Media International. The drama received major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Stan, and is financed with support from Screen Queensland and Screen NSW. ' "'Black Snow' was very well received in Australia with critics praising its gripping premise and excellent ensemble cast as well as how it has skillfully weaved the history of its North Queensland setting into the narrative, so we’re delighted to play our role in ensuring viewers around the world get the opportunity to experience this exceptional character-driven mystery for themselves," Horchner said.

Prime Video has now acquired rights in a pan territory deal for Africa and will premiere the series in the coming months, marking All3Media International’s first deal with the platform in this continent. An additional pan-territory deal has been agreed with OSN, the leading entertainment network in the Middle East covering the MENA region, where the series will be made available on streaming platform OSN+, as well as on OSNtv. Black Snow will also air on TVNZ in New Zealand.  Throughout Europe, All3Media International has signed deals with Canal+ in Austria, Filmin in Spain, NPO in the Netherlands, Magenta TV in Germany, Cosmote in Greece and Sýn hf in Iceland.  

Starring alongside Travis Fimmel and Talijah Blackman-Corowa are Jemmason Power, Brooke Satchwell, Alexander England, Erik Thomson, Kym Gyngell and Rob Carlton. The series also features the screen debut of Australian music sensation Ziggy Ramo. Created by Lucas Taylor, writing alongside Boyd Quakawoot  and Beatrix Christian, Black Snow is directed by Sian Davies and Matthew Saville and produced by Rosemary Blight, Lois Randall and Kaylene Butler. 

Set in Australia’s North Queensland, "Black Snow" centers on the murder of 17-year-old Isabel Baker in 1995, a crime that devastated her Australian South Sea Islander community. The case was never solved, but in 2020, a discovery from a time capsule reopens the police investigation, casting suspicion across the whole town and fracturing the harmony that has taken 25 years to rebuild. Black Snow unravels the mystery through two separate timelines – Isabel’s life in the 1990s and the investigation by Detective James Cormack (Travis Fimmel) in the present day.  Black Snow acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which the series is produced, including the Ngaro Gia and Juru people of the Birra Gubba Nation, and the Australian South Sea Islander community and their significant place in Queensland’s history.