Stranger Than Fiction, Arrow Team For Documentary River, Dogwoof to Sell at Berlin EFM (EXCLUSIVE)
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Australia’s Stranger Than Fiction Films and the U.K.’s Arrow Pictures have teamed for theatrical documentary “River,” commissioned by ABC Arts and BBC Arts.
Exploring the relationship between humans and rivers, the documentary spans six continents. It is directed by Jennifer Peedom, co-directed by Joseph Nizeti and produced by Jo-anne McGowan and Peedom from Stranger than Fiction and John Smithson from Arrow.
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Peedom’s previous film “Mountain” (2017) is the highest-grossing Australian documentary in box office history, and completed an 11-week run in U.K. and U.S. cinemas. An earlier collaboration, “Sherpa” (2015), was BAFTA-nominated and won best documentary at the London Film Festival. It also won at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, Australian Film Critics Assoc
“Sherpa” team reunites for BBC, ABC feature copro, “River” London-headquartered Arrow Pictures and Sydney-based Stranger than Fiction Films are teaming for an upcoming theatrical documentary exploring the relationship between human beings and rivers.
River, commissioned by ABC Arts and BBC . February 23, 2021
London-headquartered Arrow Pictures and Sydney-based Stranger than Fiction Films are teaming for an upcoming theatrical documentary exploring the relationship between human beings and rivers.
River, commissioned by ABC Arts and BBC Arts and coproduced with distributors Dogwoof and Madman Entertainment, will be co-directed by Jennifer Peedom and Joseph Nizeti, and produced by Peedom and Jo-Anne McGowan from Stranger than Fiction and John Smithson from Arrow Pictures. Peedeom and Smithson last worked together o
February 24th, 2021 By David Knox Make a commentFiled under: News,
ABC has teamed up with BBC for a feature documentary looking at rivers on six continents.
River is being produced by Stranger Than Fiction Films (
Australia in Colour, David Stratton: A Cinematic Life) and Arrow Pictures in the UK.
Spanning six continents, and drawing on extraordinary contemporary cinematography, including satellite filming, the film shows rivers on scales and from perspectives never seen before.
Described as a unique cinematic and musical collaboration between the ACO and BAFTA-nominated director Jennifer Peedom,
River features specially-composed music by the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s Richard Tognetti and a narration script by author Robert Macfarlane. The score also features music from Jonny Greenwood and Radiohead.