Mercury Takes “Unprecedented” Slate To IDFA

16 Nov 2011
Jake Kanter
© Broadcast 2011

Distributor Mercury Media is gearing up to take an “unprecedented” slate to the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, including a film on Queens Park Rangers’ turbulent rise to the Premier League.

Ad Hoc Films’ The Four Year Plan goes behind the scenes of the football club to reveal the turmoil in its boardroom, which was presided over by Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone when it was battling for promotion in the Championship. Current owner and one of the richest men in Britain Lakshmi Mittal will also appear.

Mercury’s other films include Salaam Dunk, which follows the newly formed ethnically diverse women’s basketball team at the American University of Iraq, and The Betrayal a personal film about Karen Winther’s involvement with extremist groups in Oslo in the 1990s.

It will also present Australian Oscar nominated film Mrs Carey’s Concert, about school music director Karen Carey who puts on a concert at the Sydney Opera House every two years. It is directed by Bob Connolly and Sophie Raymond.

Mercury chief executive Tim Sparke said: “Mercury’s line up at IDFA is unprecedented in our history. It is a testament to the quality of our catalogue.”