28 March, 2006
Fireworks International – now part of ContentFilm – has a new director of international sales in time for MipTV next week, as well as a new film about human trafficking. Diana Zakis has been promoted, adding responsibility for pan-regional sales to Latin America to her existing terrestrial duties in the region. Also, her remit in Asia has been expanded and she will take on sales into Greece, the Middle East and inflight. She will continue to report to Saralo MacGregor, executive VP of worldwide distribution at Fireworks. The company has also landed worldwide rights to feature film Cargo, described as “a gripping film drama about the underground industry in human trafficking in Europe.” Set in the early 1990s, the film follows four refugees who try to escape from Croatia to the UK. It stars Daniela Nardini (This Life, Sirens), Velibor Topic (Kingdom of Heaven, Snatch), Heathcote Williams (Hotel) and Jonathan Sidgwick, and is the first feature film work from writer/director Andi Reiss and award-winning producer Louis Melville.
The film will sit alongside Shaftesbury Films’ Canadian half-hour comedy The Jane Show (Global TV) and drama mystery series Whistler from Blueprint Entertainment and Boardwatch Productions on the Fireworks slate.
