Red Arrow International: Drama series Marsman Scoops Best TV Drama Award at Prix Italia

Red Arrow International: Drama series Marsman Scoops Best TV Drama Award at Prix Italia

Munich, September 26, 2014. Red Arrow Internationals drama series Marsman has won Italys oldest and most prestigious television award. The heartwarming series was awarded the Prix Italia for Best TV Drama in the Series and Serials category, outshining the likes of The Bridge (Sweden) and Struggle for Life (Norway).

Winning a market share of up to 30% (4+) on E n in Belgium, tragic, heartwarming and funny, Marsman is a touching tale about unconditional friendship and unexpected betrayal, about brittle relationships and impending doubt, and also about family, hope and love. Marsman was directed by Eshref Reybrouck and Mathias Sercu and produced by Sultan Sushi.

Irina Ignatiew, Managing Director, Global Scripted Distribution at Red Arrow says, Its fantastic! Im overjoyed that the inspiring Marsman is getting the international recognition it truly deserves. Congratulations to our friends at Sultan Sushi!

The Prix Italia celebrates the best in radio, television and web content from around the globe and was founded over 50 years ago. Taking place in Turin, the 2014 competition which promotes quality, innovation and creativity saw more than one hundred public and private radio and television organizations take part.

Marsman

40-year-old car salesman Nico Marsmans strategy of advising potential buyers to spend as little money as possible isnt exactly what his boss expects from a car salesman. So what else is there to do but fire him? Marsman tells the story of recently unemployed and separated 40-year-old Nico who, following his mothers death, is left to care for his autistic younger brother, Rudy. Caught between his brother, wife, daughter and bandmates, Nico turns to his deceased mother for advice.

Red Arrow International

Red Arrow International is a leading worldwide programming sales-house with a broad selection of scripted, factual and format titles from Red Arrows global portfolio of production companies, outstanding third-party creators and digital-content partners. In addition, Red Arrow International is a prolific co-producer and provides substantial production financing to a wide array of highly-acclaimed scripted and non-scripted projects. Recent global highlights include: Bosch (Amazon), Lilyhammer (Netflix); Betty Whites Off Their Rockers (NBC), and The Taste (ABC).

With offices in Munich, Los Angeles and Hong Kong, the company has global reach and distributes content to over 180 territories around the world. Led by co-MDs Irina Ignatiew and Henrik Pabst, Red Arrow International is part of Red Arrow Entertainment Group, which also includes: 15 production companies across 9 countries; Los Angeles based MCN, Collective Digital Studios; and creative partnerships and joint ventures with STV, Screenz, Sync Media and One Three Media (Mark Burnett / Hearst). Red Arrow Entertainment Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group, one of Europes leading media groups.

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