Fremantle Buys Israel’s Silvio Prods, Man Hameiri to Preside Over

Fremantle has acquired a majority stake in Silvio Productions, the Israeli manufacturing outfit behind hit documentary collection equivalent to “Shadow of Fact” and Showtime’s “Buried” which earned an Emmy nomination.

Silvio Productions, beforehand often called EGG Movies, was based by the award-winning Israeli filmmakers Yotam Guendelman and Mika Timor.

The acquisition of Silvio Productions underscores Fremantle’s dedication to develop its presence within the premium documentary panorama and spend money on talent-driven manufacturing corporations.

The deal was spearheaded by Andrea Scrosati, group COO and continental Europe CEO of Fremantle, and Man Hameiri, co-founder of Abot Hameiri, the Fremantle-owned Israeli banner behind Netflix’s hit drama collection “Shtisel,” and native diversifications of “Received Expertise,” “Survivor” and “The X Issue.”

Below the deal, Hameiri be tapped chairman of Silvio Productions, with Guendelman and Timor reporting into him. Guendelman and Timor will collaborate and work carefully with Abot Hameiri.

Silvio Manufacturing’s “Shadow of Fact” premiered on the Israeli channel HOT and was subsequently picked up by Netflix for worldwide distribution. Probably the most-watched true-crime reveals on Netflix, the collection gained a number of awards, together with the 2017 Israeli Academy Tv Awards for greatest documentary collection.

Latest productions embrace “Buried” which follows the story of Eileen Franklin who abruptly remembered witnessing the homicide of her childhood greatest good friend, and “The Child Daddy,” which follows Ari Nagel, a math professor and the daddy of 117 youngsters. “The Child Daddy” had its worldwide premiere in Austin Movie Pageant, and its Israeli premiere in DocAviv Pageant.

“This can be a really distinctive alternative for us. To affix forces with the extremely gifted Fremantle group, with its unrivalled worldwide infrastructure, and to work with Man and the Abot Hameiri group, who’re doubtless top-of-the-line manufacturing corporations in Israel,” mentioned Silvio Manufacturing’s co-founders, Yotam Guendelman and Mika Timor.

“The cultural, artistic, and enterprise rationale is pure (…). With their help and the worldwide attain of Fremantle, we’ll take our enterprise progress trajectory and our formidable slate to the following stage,” Guendelman and Timor continued.

Andrea Scrosati, Fremantle’s group COO and CEO in continental Europe, mentioned “Yotam and Mika and the group at Silvio Productions have a confirmed track-record and take nice delight of their filmmaking and storytelling.”

Scrosati mentioned Fremantle appears to be like to “scale-up (its) world documentaries capabilities.” “I want to thank Man (Hameiri) for his management and continued focus in rising and optimizing our valued enterprise and IP in Israel,” added Scorsati. The manager pointed “Silvio Productions will completely complement Abot Hameiri’s premium scripted and codecs divisions.”

Man Hameiri, co-founder of Abot Hameiri, mentioned Yotam and Mika “carry artistic excellence, and an actual aptitude for necessary storytelling.”

“Their initiatives not solely join with a neighborhood viewers, however importantly globally, which has been recognised by worldwide retailers together with Showtime and Netflix,” continued Hameiri.

Fremantle, which is now established throughout 27 territories, has been on an acquisition spree for the final 12 months. Its latest offers embrace the U.Okay. manufacturing firm Dancing Ledge (“The Responder”), scripted Italian manufacturing firm Lux Vide (“Devils”), worldwide growth and manufacturing firm Fabel (“Bosch”), Australian-American tv manufacturing firm Eureka Productions (“Parental Steering”), and 12 Scandinavian manufacturing labels from Nordic Leisure Group, Irish manufacturing firm Factor Photos (“Regular Individuals”), and most not too long ago, 72 Movies (“All or Nothing: Arsenal”) and factual content material banner Wildstar Movies.

Fremantle, which is owned by Bertelsmann and Rtl Group, has expanded scripted within the final 12 months and is now ramping up their presence within the non-scripted area. The corporate is focusing on to achieve full-year income to €3 billion by 2025.