Winning Channel 4 format Surviving The Stone Age’s producer Natalie Wilkinson
Commercially funded UK pubcaster Channel 4 took home three prizes at the annual International Format Awards, held digitally this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Surviving the Stone Age, from Renegade Pictures and Motion Content Group for Channel 4, took home the Best Factual Entertainment prize at the online event, hosted by C21Media in association with Frapa, EMC and MipFormats.
In the C4 show, which is being shopped by Passion Distribution at this week’s digital MipTV, eight experts journey across one of Europe’s last remaining wildernesses for a month, using Stone Age tribe methods of survival.
Pørni was ordered for NENT Group streamer Viaplay
Israel-based Keshet International (KI) has picked up the distribution rights to Norwegian dramedy Pørni and documentary series Surrounded by Enemies as well as Serbian crime drama Grupa for its spring slate.
All three series will be unveiled at KI’s virtual London Screenings event today.
Created by and starring Henriette Steenstrup, Pørni is a 6×30’ comedy-drama about a working single mum with two daughters, one nephew and a dad having a late-life crisis who puts everyone else first ahead of herself. It is produced by Monster Scripted for NENT Group’s streaming service Viaplay.