High Point expands its Horizons in factual

High Point Media Group, with offices in London, Dublin and Sydney, has announced the launch of a new label specializing in non-fiction. High Point Horizons has kicked off by acquiring world rights to Shadow Play, a new documentary profile of acclaimed photographer/director Anton Corbijn. High Point Horizons will be screening the film at Sheffield Doc/Fest, and High Point's head of production and acquisition, Carl Simon, will be there to find more factual-based content for the new division. According to High Point MD Carey Fitzgerald, High Point Horizons will 'serve as a consolidating brand for commercially driven and stimulating factual docs of which we believe Shadow Play is a prime example.'

November 3, 2009

High Point Media Group, with offices in London, Dublin and Sydney, has announced the launch of a new label specializing in non-fiction. High Point Horizons has kicked off by acquiring world rights to Shadow Play, a new documentary profile of acclaimed photographer/director Anton Corbijn. High Point Horizons will be screening the film at Sheffield Doc/Fest, and High Point's head of production and acquisition, Carl Simon, will be there to find more factual-based content for the new division. According to High Point MD Carey Fitzgerald, High Point Horizons will 'serve as a consolidating brand for commercially driven and stimulating factual docs of which we believe Shadow Play is a prime example.'

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Barry Walsh is editor-in-chief and content director for Realscreen, and has served as editor of the publication since 2009. With a career in entertainment media that spans two decades, prior to Realscreen, he held the associate editor post for now defunct sister publication Boards, which focused on the advertising and commercial production industries. Before Boards, he served as editor of Canadian Music Network, a weekly music industry trade, and as music editor for HMV.com. As content director, he also oversees the development of content for the brand's market-leading events, the Realscreen Summit and Realscreen West, as well as new content initiatives.

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