Adam Benzine


CBC, SVT buy Lanzmann doc

Pubcasters in Europe and North America are the latest to buy Adam Benzine’s documentary Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah. Canadian CBC’s Documentary Channel, Sweden’s SVT, the Netherlands’ VPRO, Finland’s YLE and Poland’s TVP have acquired the 40-minute doc, along with Israel’s Channel 1. They join HBO in the US, ZDF/Arte in France and Germany, […]

HBO picks up Lanzmann doc

US premium cable channel has acquired a 40-minute documentary that looks into the making of iconic Holocaust doc Shoah. HBO will launch Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah in 2016. In Europe, Germany’s ZDF and Franco-German net Arte have bought the show, with Danish pubcaster also taking local rights. DR was an early investor in […]