NRK, TSR buy 'Jews and Muslims'

BIARRITZ -- French shingle Phares et Balises has inked pre-sales handles Norway's NRK and Switzerland's TSR on four-part docu series "Jews and Muslims: To Date, So Close" at TVFI's Rendez-Vous mart in Biarritz. The organization can also be in discussions with purchasers from Sweden, The other agents and The country.The Pounds 1.7 million ($2.3 million) skein, which blends 2D watercolor animation with archive material, was commissioned by Franco-German internet Arte. Directed by Karim Miske, who formerly helmed "Muslims in France," it had been composed through the helmer with Sylvie Grunberg-Jezequel, an old Arte France professional, and historian Emmanuel Blanchard.Docu compares the relationship between Jews and Muslims in the seventh century up to the current day, and takes the crowd to Andalusia, Bagdad, Cairo, Istanbul, Palestine and Israel.It offers interviews with European and American historians, authors and humorists.The concept is to possess a historic approach as opposed to a polemical one, and narrate the film within an engaging and aesthetically appealing way," stated Phares et Balises' topper of worldwide development Yasmine Benkiran.The animation is produced by Thomas Azuelos, who highlighted the animated film "Chienne d'histoire," which won the video clip award in Cannes this past year. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

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