Documentary Producer-Distributor ZED Unveils Three Ambitious History Projects, Four Environmental Shows (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comTrinidad Barleycorn Founded more than 25 years ago by Manuel Catteau, independent French producer and distributor ZED has become over the years a major player in the documentary field.
At TV market Unifrance Rendez-vous in Biarritz, ZED revealed to Variety the acquisition of three ambitious history documentary projects, which are available for presales. “Ukraine 1933: Seeds of Hunger,” a documentary by Guillaume Ribot, produced by Les Films Du Poisson for France Télévisions, recalls the tragedy experienced by Ukrainians between 1931 and 1933: the Holodomor, the great famine organized by Stalin to punish those who refused the collectivization of the countryside and communist ideology, resulted in the deaths of more than 4 million of them. “The tragedy was disclosed to the world by an intrepid Welsh journalist, Gareth Jones, one of the bravest whistleblowers in history,” ZED states.
The completion is scheduled for fall 2022. Scheduled for fall 2023, “WWII: Operation Barbarossa” focuses on the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
Produced by Les Films d’Ici for ARTE, the two-part series directed by Thomas Sipp will provide “a fresh look at one of the most devastating encounters of military history” by exploring both sides of the conflict using official and personal archives, and through animated sequences.
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