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Syndicado launches docs division

Toronto-based distributor Syndicado has launched a film sales business in Europe and has unveiled a seven-title documentary slate for the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).

Syndicado Film Sales will be led by Aleksandar Govedarica, the firm’s Europe-based joint MD, and will specialise in theatrical, digital and broadcast sales for documentary films.

The division’s IDFA slate includes documentary Taste of Cement (1×85’), about Syrian workers in Lebanon. The film has been produced by Syrian non-profit organisation Biddayat for Audiovizual Arts and Basis Berlin Filmproduktion with the support of the Doha Film Institute and the Arab Fund for Arts & Culture. Enjaaz is a coproducer.

Also lined up for IDFA is the world premiere of A Woman Captured (1×89’), the story of a woman’s escape to freedom from a life of modern-day slavery. Directed by Bernadett Tuza-Ritter and produced by Julianna Ugrin and Viki Réka Kiss from Budapest-based Éclipse Film, it was coproduced by Germany’s Corso Film.

Queerama (1×70’), meanwhile, is a British film about gay men and women in the 20th century, using footage from the archives of the British Film Institute. Helmed by British documentary director Daisy Asquith, it was produced by IE IE Productions.

Czech film Nothing Like Before (1×92’) follows four teenagers as they move from high school to adulthood. The doc was directed by Lukas Kokes and Klara Tasovska and produced by Prague-based Nutprodukce.

The Next Guardian (1×73’), which is taking part in the IDFA Competition for First Appearance, focus on a Bhutanese family. The film, which will receive its world premiere at the festival, was directed by Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbo and produced by Éclipse Film.

The Family (1×106’) follows a 14-year-old as he cares for his parents and siblings and then becomes a father himself. It was produced by Cyinger Film and coproduced by RTV Slovenija.

Finally, City of the Sun (1×104’) portrays some of the remaining inhabitants of old mining location Chiatura, Georgia, which today resembles an apocalyptic ghost town. The documentary was shot by Rati Oneli and produced by Dea Kulumbegashvili, Rati Oneli and Jim Stark.

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