MIPTV 2024: ARTE Distribution acquires Jacques Mitsch’s new documentary

ARTE Distribution just signed a deal to acquire Jacques Mitsch’s new documentary "When Animals Grieve" (52’) for its Nature & Discovery collection. This O2B Films production will be part of ARTE's catalog in MIPTV.

Thanks to interviews with scientists from different areas of expertise, this new one-off tries to understand how animals react and feel when faced with the death of one of their own. After "The Blob: A Genius Without A Brain" (52’), and "The Butterfly Effect" (48’), multi-award-winning director, returns with this new Nature & Discovery documentary.

Joséphine Letang, Head of Sales at ARTE Distribution, stated "We are very happy to present a brand-new groundbreaking documentary to buyers. This is a new opportunity for us to bring the best of high-profile documentaries and continue strong collaborating with O2B Films and Jacques Mitsch's work we already know and love."

ARTE Distribution is the international program sales unit of the European public channel ARTE with a catalogue of over 4,000 hours of documentaries entrusted by more than 150 prestigious French and foreign production companies. A reference for factual documentaries, ARTE Distribution has won the 2023 Unifrance TV Export Award that recognize the best-selling French documentary worldwide, with "The Lastest Secrets Of Hieroglyphs" by Patrick Cabouat.