ORF-Enterprise (Austria) exhibits at MIPCOM 2021 itsbrand new, fresh titles from diverse genres, including the well-known ORF UNIVERSUM brands Nature and History, as well as top scripted titles on drama, detective and comedy.
Oliver Böhm, CEO: ‘Our absolute priority this year is getting back to in-person business. Wecontinue to offer high quality content from various genres in a colorful program catalog. We are delighted to further guarantee an exceptional content output and are looking forward to finally meeting our long-standing clients and business partners face-to-face in Cannes again’.
ORF UNIVERSUMNature, led by Gernot Lecher, added four new Wildlife & Nature documentaries to the autumn line-up: Hudson River – Journey into the Wild, Sardinia – Ship of Stone, Austria’s Wild Heritage – One Country Six National Parks, and the two-parter Colombia – Wild and Free. The documentaries show with visually stunning Ultra HD images the dazzling and extraordinary variety of wildlife on three continents.
Big Bend – America’s Wildest Frontierwas recently awarded for the combined contribution of sound editing, production mixing, and post-production mixing that most enhances the natural history story of which it is a part.AndJackson/Vienna – The Jackson Wild Media Awards celebrate excellence and innovation in science and nature storytelling and are known as the nature equivalent to the Oscars. This year’s submissions included over 750 entries from almost 30 different countries. More than 150 international judges screened over 3,000 hours of media based on which they selected the finalists.
The editorial team of UNIVERSUM History, headed by Caroline Haidacher, presents the highlights 1278 – Battle for Europe, Emperor Augustus – Tyrant and Peacemaker, as well as The Rothschild Legacy. The productions are devoted to a battle that represents a turning point in world history, they explore the life of an emperor with two names and two faces, and lastly, the compelling docudrama sheds light on the history of the Rothschild Family through the eyes of Miriam Rothschild, a renowned scientist of the 20th century.
It also pushes Conspiracy, the latest addition to the successful TATORT crime-movie brand, consisting of 26 thrilling movies where detectives Moritz Eisner and Bibi Fellner embark on an exciting search for clues in criminal cases.
OnORF-Enterprise’brand new comedy series We are Family, by head writer Mischa Zickler (Walking on Sunshine), everything revolves around Daniela and Andreas, who make regular visits to their couples’ therapist and always have astonishing stories to tell. Together with 11 new episodes ofSuburbia – Women on the Edge, the newly released 3rd season of the comedy series Walking on Sunshine, and the 7th season of the internationally successful crime series Fast Forward.
Armin Luttenberger, Head of Content Sales International: ‘At MIPCOM we celebrate Blue-Chip Documentaries from ORF’s award-winning UNIVERSUM strand, which has been the flagship for Nature & Wildlife for more than 30 years, with a dedicated History slate added in 2013. Colombia – Wild and Free and Emperor Augustus – Tyrant and Peacemaker are only two out of nine brand-new hours adding to ORF’s Blue-Chip factual slate this season’.
On the scripted side, the executive highlights top giction ‘Made in Austria’ that has been a success in the past seasons: SokoKitzbuehel made a name for being a long-running and best-selling crime series in recent sales records. We are proud to present this final 20th season in the grand series finale, alongside the brand-new comedy series We are Family and further scripted highlights kicking off this autumn that offer great entertainment for audiences globally’.
