Switzerland – International distributor First Hand Films has finalised co-production deals and pre-sales with broadcasters for the documentary film Beyond the Wave. The doco won the Best Japan Pitch Award at this year’s Asian Side of the Doc. First Hand Films has entered agreements with NHK (Japan), BBC (UK) and IKON (The Netherlands) who join WDR Cologne as co-production partners. The company has also signed pre-sales with SVT (Sweden), YES (Israel) and Knowledge Network … [Read more...] about Post-tsunami doco gains international attention