Factual TV Programme Distribution

Director: Stephen Guest, Production: Stephen Guest, UK, 2019, 30’, Rights: World A documentary exploring hate crime against the LGBTQ+ community. Over recent years progress has been made to increase visibility for LGBTQ+ people, unfortunately, reports from rainbow organisations show an increase in hate crime against the rainbow community. For trans people, these findings have been…

Director: Gaël Truc, Production: Gaël Truc, Italy, Languages: French/Italian, 2019, 10×30’, Rights: World  A culinary road trip around the Alps. In ‘Le Petit Tour’ a gastro journey presented by sommelier and foodie expert Mathieu Champrétavy, he takes the audience on a cross-cultural tour around the Italian and French Alps. In a series of original reportages…

Director: Michele Peyretti, Script writer: Michele Peyretti, Producer: Luigi Cinalli, Copyright holder: Monte Bianco Droni, With support from: Film Commission Vallee D’Aoste & Fondation Grand Paradis, Italy, Language: French, 2019, 12×30′, Rights: World A topical environmentalist docu-drama The flight of Anouk (Le Vol d’Anouk) that can be enjoyed as a documentary thanks to its intriguing…

Director: Francesco Cordio,  Copyright holder/Produced by: Own Air, Italy, 2018, 109′, Rights: World  A documentary exploring the reasons behind the forced resignation and the charges of alleged embezzlement and fraud of the ex-mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino. “In order to kick me out, they would have put cocaine in my pocket ” Ignazio Marino Rome,…

Director: Luca Pellegrini, Writer: Maria Teresa Venditti, Luca Pellegrini, Executive Producers: Alessandro Tartaglia Polcini, Luca Pellegrini, Maria Teresa Venditti, Roberta Arcangeli, Producer/Copyright holder: OWN AIR, Italy, 2018, 75′, Rights: World Being divine (Essere Divina) is the story of the Drag Lab the only course in Italy where one enters wearing everyday shoes and leave on…

Director: Alan Gilsenan, Writer: Alan Gilsenan, Producer: Stuart Switzer, Coco Television, Ireland, 2013, 80′, Rights: World A feature docu-drama on the life of Irish-born Eliza Lynch, who became Paraguay’s uncrowned queen. The story of Eliza Lynch, one of the most intriguing, infamous and — outside of South America — least known characters of modern history.…

Directed by: Garry Keane, Produced by: Mind the Gap Films, 60′ film, 2016,  Rights: World Deafening reveals the world through the eyes of four Deaf people with uniquely different lives. Through its carefully designed sensory landscape, it will challenge the audience to rethink their perception and understanding of sound. RTÉ News & Weather presenter Sarah…

Director: Anda and Dragos Teglas, Producer: Dragos Teglas, Anda Teglas, Ana Turcanu, Cristian Spiridon, Produced by: This Is Insomnia Limited, 3×42′, 2016,  Rights: World Chronicling the lives of 13 Romanians living in Britain, this compelling 3 episode, portrait style documentary, gives voice to universal themes and stories while anchoring different immigration stories into the ever-changing…

Director: James Stier, Producer: James Stier, co-producer: Leo Kaserer Production: Anattic, AK Tirol and Rame Heritage 71′, 2017, UK, Rights: World. A documentary film about a 70-year-old Cornish fisherman who is the last of his generation, Malcolm Baker is the last traditional Fisherman in the Rame Peninsula, a beautiful, sleepy and forgotten corner of Cornwall, England.…

Directed by: Luca Vullo, Produced by: EM Production, UK, 8×12′, series and film 2016, Rights: World

Directed by: Paolo Ruffini and Francesco Pacini, Production: Non C’è Problema, Laser Film, Fenix Entertainment and Agnus Dei Production, 75′ film, 2018, Rights: World Five actors with Down syndrome and one autistic are the protagonists of this social doc that follows this very special company on a tour of Italian theaters. This is UP&Down – An ordinary film,…

Director: Laura Martin-Robinson & Claire Hill, Producer: Catryn Ramasut, Produced by: ie ie productions, 60′, 2017,  Rights: World A BBC Wales documentary exploring autism through the eyes of Welsh actor Richard Mylan and his 11 year-old son, who is on the autism spectrum. Jaco Mylan is like any other 11-year-old boy. He loves rugby, dancing and…

Directed by: Paolo Ruffini, Andrea Cavallini, and Antonio Cavallini, Production: Nido del Cuculo, Non C’è Problema, Sui Passi di Ale, 71′ film, 2017,  Rights: World The definition of Resilience is the ability to react with a positive attitude to traumatic events, and adjust when faced with adversity. The documentary Resilience by Paolo Ruffini, an Italian actor, and presenter, is…

Directed by: Anna Rodgers, Produced by: Hilary O’Donovan,  Company: Coco Television, Commissioned by: RTÉ and the BAI, Ireland, English, 4×50’, 2014, Rights: World exlc. Ireland Norah’s Traveller Academy is a four-part documentary series in which entrepreneur and mentor Norah Casey known from RTÉ’s Dragons Den, attempt to kickstart the business potential of four talented young…

Directed by: Garry Keane, Production: Mind the Gap Films, RTÉ , 60′ film, 2015,  Rights: World RTÉ landmark documentary represents a television first – an intimate portrayal of the Irish Deaf Community told through their unique experience of the controversial St Joseph’s School for Deaf Boys in Dublin. Presented by renowned Performance Artist and daughter of Deaf parents, Amanda Coogan.…

Directed by: Luca Vullo, Producer: Dave Atkinson, Executive production: Ondemotive productions, 44′, 2018,  Rights: World Dallas in Prizzi documents the journey of an artistic team from Dallas, Texas, attempting to reinforce the life and the values of the isolated town of Prizzi in Sicily. The economic and political frustrations of southern Italy are plainly seen,…

Director: Anna Rodgers, Producer: Wildfire Films, Ireland, 2014, English, 53′, Rights: World. Love, sex and disability are explored in this documentary which takes us into the romantic lives of people with physical or intellectual disabilities. Sexuality is an integral part of life and is recognised as a basic human need. Yet, for people with a disability,…

Directed by: Luca Vullo, produced by: Ondemotive productions/UCL, UK, 30′, film 2018, Rights: World. CCÀ SEMU Here we are, lives on hold in Lampedusa – ‘Here we are ‘ the proverb encompasses how the people from the Italian island of Lampedusa define their place in the world with both pride and resignation. Surrounded by the…

Directed by: Gareth Molan, Producer: Helen Nash, Production: Mister Shark Ltd. 21′, 2017, UK, Rights: World. This is the remarkable story of Dan Wilson ‘The Horse Whisperer of Bodmin Moor’. Based out of his farm in Cornwall, England, Dan is a natural horse trainer, commonly referred to as ‘Horse Whisperer’. Dan was brought up with…

Directed by: Luca Vullo, Executive production: Ondemotive productions, 60′ film, 2012, Rights: World A funny, fantastic but also an educational journey through the typical Sicilian body language. The Sicilians are famous all over the world, among other things, for this very peculiar way of accompanying every word, conversation or greeting with gestures, facial expressions, and…