Last year, the 74-minute award-winning biodiversity documentary, directed and written by Rajani Mani, was a finalist at Jackson Wild Media Awards and won the Best Independent Production Award at Rotterdam’s Wildlife Film Festival, among others.
ZDF Studios created the position of Director International Content Partnerships, and appointed Jeffrey Haverkamp to the role, with effect from May 1, 2023.
The event thriller was acquired by SKY UK and is set to be broadcast on SKY Max later this year. Negotiations with an US-partner are in the final stages. Movistar+ Plus also acquired the show for Spain. Beta Film and ZDFStudios are handling world sales.
ZDF Studios, together with Tom Gamlich and Jan Fritzowsky, is founding Content Laden, a new company that will focus on the development and production of innovative and high-quality factual entertainment formats.