Int'l team sets 2 TV docs
Singapore's Crest, Canada's Four Square become co-producers
The first pact to fall under the official Singapore-Canada audiovisual co-production agreement signed in 1998, the deal was inked at the Banff Television Festival, which wrapped Friday.
In "End of Empire," Canadian medical volunteer Alexander Cockburn returns to Singapore for the first time since the Japanese invasion of WWII.
"Among the Disappeared: A Cambodian Odyssey" is the tale of Kodiam Ear, a Cambodian-born Canadian whose life was ripped apart by the Khmer Rouge atrocities of the 1970s.
"These two documentaries represent an important first step in co-production between Singapore and Canada," said Lim Hock Chuan, CEO of the Singapore Broadcasting Authority. He added that co-productions allow the industry in Singapore to "broaden its exposure, upgrade and create quality programs that can travel globally."
The SBA worked closely with Telefilm Canada to broker the deal.
The documentaries will air on Channel NewsAsia in Singapore and on Discovery Network's History Channel in Canada as part of docu series "Scarred by History."
Regina, Saskatchewan-based Four Square Prods. specializes in international co-productions, including "Nai Nai's Nightmare" and "Revenge of the Land," and it has worked with partners from Hungary, Cambodia and Norway. Crest Singapore is a subsidiary of New Delhi-based Crest Communication, a media and entertainment company targeting international markets.
