Taylor Swift docuseries hits the high notes as Blue Ant Rights reveals Mipcom slate
A new documentary series about global pop sensation Taylor Swift heads up Canadian distributor Blue Ant Rights slate for next month’s Mipcom.
The 2×60’/1×90’ title from Sandpaper Films tracks the US singer’s life and career, from her childhood in Pennsylvania to music superstardom.
Another biographical doc to be offered to buyers is Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me (1×60’, Proper Job Films), which sees the Notes on a Scandal actress try to discover if one of her ancestors met celebrated playwright William Shakespeare.
Blue Ant Rights’ crime titles include Death in the Wild (6×60’, Cream Productions), The Great Art Fraud (2×60, Blue Ant Studios), The Psychic Swindle (1×60’, Blue Ant Studios), The Jury: Murder Trial S2 (4×60’, Screendog Productions), When Death Comes Knocking (10×60’, BriteSpark Films), I Am a Stalker (8×60’) and Murder in Mind (10×60’).
Historical docs to be shopped are Buried Evidence (10×60’, Blue Ant Studios), History Unsolved: The Investigation Files (10×60’, Blue Ant Studios), A Kingdom in Chaos (1×90’/2×60’, One Tribe TV), Cold War Spies (6×60’, Perpetual Entertainment), Mysteries from Above S5 (10×60’, Blue Ant Studios), Secrets of the Lost Cities (6×60’, WildBear Entertainment) and World War II: History on Trial).
Blue Ant’s factual entertainment and formats roster comprises Race Against the Tide (6×30’, Tern TV), House of Heat (10×45’, On the Stoop), Money for Nothing S19 (20×60’, Friel Kean Films), Gone Fishing S8 (6×30’, Owl Power TV), Northwoods Survival S2 (8×60’, Blue Ant Studios), Engineering by Catastrophe (6×60’, Wildbear Entertainment) and Engineering from Above (8×60’, Blue Ant Studios).
Paranormal docs include Destination Haunted: Leap Castle (1×60’, Small Army Entertainment) and My Haunted Hometown (8×60’, Blue Ant Studios); while buyers will be offered lifestyle titles such as Passport Properties (9×60’, Nash Lux Productions), Lakefront Luxury S5 (40×30’, Nikki Ray Media Agency), Listing Mauritius (10×60’, PD Production), Andy’s East Coast Kitchen Crawl (12×30’, Proper TV), Listing Large (10×30’, Proper TV), Motel Makeover (6×30’, Proper TV), Cross Country Cake Off (10×60’, Proper TV), Cook At All Costs (8×60’, Boat Rocker Studios & Insight Productions), Mary Makes it East (50×30’, Proper TV), Earth Oven (6×60’, Hi Mama Productions), Tom Kerridge Secrets of the Pub Kitchen S2 (10×30’, Bone Soup Productions) and I do, Redo (10×30’, Insight Productions).
Nature, pets and environment docs include; Wild Side of the Moon (3×60’ Humble Bee Films), Cliffs of Ireland (2×60’, Tua Films), The Kimberley: Australia’s Wild West (3×60’, Wild Pacific Media), Aussie Snake Wranglers: Deadly Pursuit (6×30’, Breakout Productions), Boss Shark: Battle of the Sexes (1×60’, WildBear Entertainment), Blue Whales: Return of the Giants (1×60’, Oceanic Films, Tangled Bank Studios and SK Films), Humanlike: The Chimps of Fongoli (1×60’, Passion Pictures), Becoming Elephant: The Orphans of Reteti (2×60’, Passion Pictures), Tusker: Brotherhood of Elephants (1×60’, Argo Films), Vet Detective (6×60, Big Time Decent Productions), and My Best Friend’s an Animal S2 (6×60’, Big Wave).
Science and health factual titles includes; Wild Science (6×60’, Big Media), Cosmic Vistas (8×60’, Blue Ant Studios), and Spacetime Capsule (3×60’, Beach House Pictures).
Kids and family content includes Tralala (52×7’, Blue Ant Studios & Stretchy), Lady Ada’s Secret Society S2 (9×10’, High Flight Pictures) and Run the Marbles! (25×3’, GAPC Entertainment).
Finally, Blue Ant’s documentary slate is rounded out by Moms Club (1×90’, Winters Rock Entertainment), He Said, She Said: Blake Lively Vs Justin Baldoni (1×60’, ITN Productions) and Taking Venice (1×120’, Gert Films).