Production finance broker and distributor Silverlining Rights has brought together eight international funding partners to greenlight The Sinking Of A Superyacht: How Safe Is Your Voyage? (1×60’) from EmporiumProductions.
The fast turnaround documentary explores the events which led to the recent tragic sinking of the superyacht Bayesian, and what implications there may be for passengers taking a charter voyage or cruise in the future.
The Sinking Of A Superyacht: How Safe Is Your Voyage? (1×60’) “provides a dramatic, minute-by-minute account of the events leading up to the tragedy and its aftermath.” Through interviews with people involved in the disaster, rescuers, investigators, yacht designers, climate scientists, oceanographers, and other expert analysis, the documentary sheds light on the challenges facing the operators of both yachts and cruise ships, and how their crews deal with them. The film also analyses the implications of this event for future marine designers and provides tips on safety for anyone setting out on a cruise or charter.
Alongside providing a distribution advance, Silverlining has brought in eight international funding and coproduction partners, led by ITV, to greenlight the documentary including TV4 (Sweden), DPG (Belgium), TV2 (Denmark), VMTV (Ireland), CNN (Portugal), HOT8 (Israel) and TVNZ, and is in discussions with broadcasters in other territories worldwide. The documentary is due to deliver later this month.
Emma Read, Founder & Managing Director, Emporium Productions added: “We have secured privileged access to the people who were witness to the Bayesian tragedy and world leading experts to tell this compelling story of an extreme event. We will reveal the facts behind the extreme weather forces involved, modern yacht design and the experiences of others who have been involved in similar events and discover the important lessons that can affect any one of us taking to the seas on our holidays. Following our partnership with Silverlining on our previous fast turnaround documentary Turbulence: How Safe Is Your Flight, which Bethan and the team helped greenlight through bringing in international funding, we are thrilled that they’ve repeated this successful approach, pulling together the financing we need in just five days for The Sinking Of A Superyacht: How Safe Is Your Voyage?”
Bethan Corney, founder and MD, Silverlining said: “Based on our years of strong, trusted relationships with channel partners around the world, and working with a producer who never lets us down and we know will absolutely deliver to channels expectations, we were able to pull together financing to greenlight a timely, revealing film which has huge international potential.”
Jon Creamer
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