Parade marches into LATAM with Omnifilm
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| 17 June 2019

UK distributor Parade Media has forged a strategic content partnership agreement with Canadian production company Omnifilm Entertainment to expand the latter’s footprint in Latin American market.

The arrangement will see Parade represent exclusively the LATAM rights to key factual entertainment programmes from Omnifilm’s library as well as its forthcoming line-up such as Ice Pilots Nwt, Jade Fever, The Dolphin Dealer, Wild Bear Rescue, Cannabiz, Pyroz, Namaste Yoga and Shimmy.

Led by veteran northern aviator Buffalo Joe McBryan, Ice Pilots Nwt (73x 60’) shows what makes a group of pilots tick as they battle harsh conditions, the limits of WWII-era aircraft, and sometimes one another in order to keep Buffalo airlines and their flying dreams alive. Jade Fever (54 x 30’) follows glacial deposit placer and hard rock mining efforts in the Cassiar Mountains region and Turnagain River basin of British Columbia, within 100 kilometres of Jade City.

Wild Bear Rescue (24 x 30’) follows a family- run operation with a record 40 orphaned black bear cubs. It captures the Langens working to save and care for the many sick, starving, and injured orphan cubs as they prepare to release them as strong and healthy yearlings in remote sites across British Columbia each year. While The Dolphin Dealer (1 x 60’) is a portrait of the ethics of the billion-dollar aquatic leisure industry. Five years in the making it features unprecedented footage of the illicit world of dolphin trading, profiling Christopher Porter, who infamously perpetrated the largest capture and export of dolphins in history.

Factual documentary Cannabiz (1 x 60’) grants inside access to growers, gangsters and police, untangling the inner workings of the exploding marijuana business and raises serious questions about Canada’s drug laws. Pyros (16 x 60’) follows the world of an elite and fearless team of pyrotechnicians as they travel the globe detonating dangerous and spectacular fireworks shows, all with one goal - to become the best pyro company in the world.

Shimmy (26 x 30’) is said to be a great introduction for those who have never belly danced, and an ideal practice tool and ‘tune-up’ for intermediate and advanced dancers. Shimmy is a complete belly dance video instructional system — a low-impact fitness approach perfect for everyone, from new moms getting their sensuality back, to athletes wanting to increase flexibility and grace, to the over fifty and still sexy set looking to stay fit. While Namaste Yoga (52 x 30’) offers a complete yoga practice for people who want to become fitter, live healthier, and be happier.

“We have followed Omnifilm and their productions for some years now, and we are absolutely thrilled to be representing their slate of premium factual content in this hugely rewarding part of the world,” commented Parade Media CEO Matthew Ashcroft. Added Omnifilm Entertainment director of distribution Amanda Riches: “From our first meeting, Parade has impressed us with their premium content library and enthusiasm to find the right audiences for our productions in this increasingly critical market.”