Standout Sundance Docs ‘Navalny,’ ‘My Old School’ Sell Wide for Dogwoof (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comChristopher Vourlias London-based documentary specialist Dogwoof has closed a host of sales for Daniel Roher’s “Navalny” and Jono McLeod’s “My Old School,” both of which premiered at Sundance and are screening this week at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.Roher’s riveting documentary thriller (pictured above) won the Festival Favorite Award and the U.S.
Documentary Audience Award at Sundance. It follows the Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, as he and investigative news organizations Bellingcat and CNN try to unravel the botched effort to assassinate him in 2020.Following CNN’s world premiere broadcast on April 24, TV rights were sold to BBC (U.K.), RTL (Germany), Discovery (Italy), SVT (Sweden), DR (Denmark), NRK (Norway), RUV (Iceland), VRT (Belgium), VPRO (the Netherlands), Channel 8 (Israel), Yesdocu (Israel), TVN (Poland), and Aleph (Romania).
The film was released theatrically last month by Warner Bros. Studios and Fathom Events in North America and by Dogwoof in the U.K., as well as in Denmark (CPH:DOX) and Switzerland (DCM).
Upcoming theatrical releases include Germany (DCM) and Italy (I Wonder), with a summer rollout planned for Australia and New Zealand (Madman) and Japan (Transformer)“Navalny” is presented by CNN Films and HBO Max.
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