PASSION DISTRIBUTION SALES SPEAK VOLUMES
February 1, 2010 - Passion Distribution is thrilled to announce a host of sales for shock doc MY CHILD WON’T SPEAK which premieres on Tuesday 2nd February at 10:35pm BBC One. The one hour program produced by Landmark Films has already been sold to ABC2 and XYZnetworks’ LifeStyle Channel in Australia; VMMA, Belgium; Spektrum, Hungary & Czech Republic; Yes TV Israel; TV3 New Zealand; Discovery, Pan Latin America; TV4 Fakta, Pan Scandinavia; Channel News Asia, Singapore and Truevisions, Thailand. In MY CHILD WON’T SPEAK (1x60’ – HD) we meet three families whose children suffer from the strange and isolating condition called Selective Mutism. They are seized with an anxiety about speaking which is so acute it renders them mute. We meet seven year old Red, whose granddad has never heard a single word from his only granddaughter, Megan, who has been cut off from the rest of her school class by her fear of speaking, and Danielle, who has spent much of the last decade in silence but, at 15, seems to be recovering. But Danielle’s story shows us the persistence and insidiousness of the condition as it starts to creep back and steal away her speech again. How will they break their silence? A shocking and emotional documentary. Landmark Films is an Oxford based company established by Nick O’Dwyer in January 2002 and in this time they have made over sixty hours of high quality television. Working regularly for every British broadcaster they make distinctive, quality, people-based documentaries and their shows attract strong audiences and good reviews. Passion Distribution was officially launched by its founder and CEO, Sally Miles, in 2008. This unique, boutique and intimate style international distribution business represents great content and formats on behalf of UK and North American producers and broadcasters. London based Passion Distribution specialises in popular quality programming and formats in genres including Factual Entertainment, Reality, Documentaries, Lifestyle, Game-shows and Comedy. Passion Distribution has exclusive distribution agreements with several broadcasters and production companies including Lifetime and World of Wonder and works with many others both in the UK & US. Having built a catalogue with over 1,000 hours in its first year, Passion Distribution is active in pre-selling , finding co-pro partners and deficit funding. Please contact Madeleine Cunnane if you have any questions maddycunnane@passiondistribution.com
