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EXCLUSIVE: Factual specialist sales outfit Dogwoof has taken rights on two Sundance series titles this year: Dutch three-parter Seeds Of Deceit, about a high profile scandal, and eight-part Philly D.A., which is co-produced by PBS Independent Lens. Seeds Of Deceit will world premiere in Sundance's Indie Series strand…

London-based factual specialist Dogwoof has taken North American sales on Viral: My 2020 a feature/series project that tells the story of eight YouTubers from across the world as they face the most defining year of their lives. Now in production, it follows YouTubers including U.S.-based Nathaniel Drew (1.2 million…

Eliud Kipchoge, the Kenyan long-distance runner who is the world record holder for fastest marathon, will be the subject of a feature documentary directed by Jake Scott. Kipchoge: The Last Milestone is being produced by Ross Plummer through the Ridley Scott Creative Group with Ridley Scott, Kevin Macdonald and Kai-Lu…

EXCLUSIVE: After landing strong reviews from its world premiere at U.S. documentary event True/False, David Osit's feature Mayor has been picked up for sales by Dogwoof and Cinetic. The film follows Musa Hadid, the Christian mayor of Palestinian city Ramallah, during his second term in office. His immediate goals…

EXCLUSIVE: London-based doc specialist Dogwoof, which has a pipeline deal with Nat Geo, is expanding further into production and financing as it eyes bigger plays in an increasingly crowded and lucrative factual market. The film and TV distribution company, a regular at major European film and TV markets, has had a…

Chelsea Manning documentary XY Chelsea, which premieres at Tribeca and will air in the U.S. on Showtime in June, has been picked up for international sales by UK documentary specialist Dogwoof. Produced by Pulse Films and executive-produced by Laura Poitras, director Tim Travers Hawkins’ feature is an intimate…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s some compelling first footage of Oscar winner Charles Ferguson’s (Inside Job) well-received, all-encompassing documentary Watergate, which gets its European premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. The patient compendium draws from 3400 hours of audio tapes, archival footage and declassified documents…

EXCLUSIVE: UK sales outfit Dogwoof has picked up world sales rights to doc The Kleptocrats about the scandal surrounding the Malaysian wealth fund 1MDB, whose embezzlement sparked a major international corruption investigation and was linked by U.S. authorities to the funding of Red Granite movies including The Wolf Of…

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all rights in North America, Middle East, South Africa, Scandinavia, Benelux, India and worldwide airlines to Dogwoof’s Maiden, by Alex Holmes. The documentary had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. The deal was negotiated between Sony Pictures…

Dogwoof has picked up sailing feature doc Maiden ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The London-based sales agent has taken worldwide rights to the doc, which tells the story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female…

In among Venice’s typically stellar documentary line-up was Northern Irish director Mark Cousins' next film: Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema. More details are emerging today about the episodic 16-hour documentary, whose first four hours will debut on the Lido and be narrated by Tilda Swinton. The film…

Chris Green has been appointed UK Theatrical Managing Director for 20th Century Fox Film. The exec was promoted from his previous position as Marketing Director, a post he held for seven years. Green will be reporting to Paul Higginson, EVP EMEA, and will oversee strategic and operational responsibilities for Fox's…