Goldcrest’s TV division announces inaugural TV slate

Goldcrest Films’ TV division will launch at MIPTV and its launch slate has been announced.

The new TV division will be run by Christina Willoughby, the former Channel 4 International boss.

Goldcrest’s MIPTV slate comprises documentaries and feature films.

Docs include The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom, the one-off film about how survivors of Japan’s Tsunami find the courage to revive and rebuild as cherry blossom season begins.

There is also Restrepo, the one-off doc following a platoon of US soldiers in Afghanistan and Stolen Seas, about Somali pirates.

The feature line-up includes Dark Horse starring, among others, Christopher Walken and psychological thriller A Thousan Kisses Deep, starring Dougray Scott.