Category: Cursed Histories

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2025 Canadian Screen Nominations

Go Button Media has been nominated for 3 Canadian Screen Awards

Believe – Best History Documentary Program or Series
Believe – Best Original Music, Documentary
Cursed Histories – Best Direction, Factual

THANK YOU to our super talented and always astounding GBM team, cast and crew in Canada and overseas. CONGRATULATIONS to Adrian Ellis, Nick Walker Grimshaw and our marvelous partners at Superchannel, Off The Fence, Curiosity Stream and Autentic.

Cursed Histories - Season 1

Believe

NOMINEE – Best History Documentary Program or Series

NOMINEES:
Daniel Oron, Natasha Ryan (Go Button Media)

SYNOPSIS:
Faith. From the sands of the deserts of the Holy Land to the towering Mountains of the Himalayas, to the glittering Cathedrals of Europe, and the sublime temples of Asia. Journey to these locations of immense beauty; where humanity is touched by the divine. Explore the people and history behind the world’s largest and most influential religions and delve into the rich tapestry of traditions, rituals, and customs to paint an understanding of how believers across the globe live their lives. How did these religions––Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism––come into being and how they shaped our world, focusing on their history and practices. Explore the mosaic of human faith and celebrate the diversity of threads that weave the fabric of our shared human experience.

NOMINEE – Best Original Music, Documentary

NOMINEES:
Adrian Ellis, Nick Walker Grimshaw

EPISODE: “Christianity”
Delve into the roots of Christianity, tracing its origins from the humble beginnings of teachings of Jesus of Nazareth to its transformation into a global phenomenon that has become the world’s largest religion. Through the holidays of Christmas and Easter, viewers will gain new insight into the ever-evolving nature of this tradition and will hit home the core messages of this faith: love, redemption and salvation. These messages have universal appeal but these messages have often been lost through Christianity’s long and complex history.

Cursed Histories

NOMINEE – Best Direction, Factual

NOMINEES:
Daniel Oron

SYNOPSIS:
Unravelling the histories and legends that unleashed a wave of misfortune into the world, these tales of intrigue, heartbreak, and deception are so tragic people still speak of the sinister forces surrounding the cursed. Learn how one misstep can set off a ripple of suffering. From the tomb of Tutankhamen to the Hope Diamond to the Lost City of Frenier, history is riddled with people, places, and objects that spread utterly wicked, unbridled chaos. In the wake of death and disaster, how did these curses come to be? Whose wrath is responsible? What’s the truth behind the unlucky and can anyone ever hope to contain it?

EPISODE: “120 Days of Sodom, The Iceman’s Curse, City of Screams”

A gruesome story penned on a centuries-old scroll makes its way across Europe and leaves a trail of misfortune in its wake. A stone-age mummy emerges from the icy alps and unleashes a spell of death for those who dare get too close. An ancient city in Afghanistan is reduced to rubble, but the souls of its former citizens remain eternally screaming in the dead of the night.
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OTF sales to Spain

The international distribution arm of factual content specialist Off the Fence (OTF) has closed deals with a pair of Spanish broadcasters following last month’s MIPCOM content market. 

AMC Networks International Southern Europe (AMCNISE) has acquired more than 40 hours of premium factual programming, including such highlights of OTF’s MIPCOM slate as Pharaohs: Rise and Fall (6 x 60 min.), produced by RFP1 Productions for Go Button Media and OTF Studios.

The AMCNISE package also features several other Go ButtonMedia/OTF Studios productions, including To Kill a Dictator (6 x 60 min.), which exposes the plans and conspiracies that aimed to rid the world of some of history’s most ruthless dictators; season two of Cursed Histories, which explores locations, icons and events that are seemingly cursed; and Engineering Evolved, which looks at the transportation tech set to the move the world.

Read more at Realscreen.com

Super Channel pushes Go Button docuseries about engineering, history and revolutions
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Super Channel pushes Go Button docuseries about engineering, history and revolutions

Canadian pay TV network Super Channel has greenlit three factual series under its partnership with prodco Go Button Media and distributor Off The Fence.

The three series are part of the 36-hour, six-series deal the trio made earlier this year and are now in production.

Engineering Evolved (6×60′) focuses on the transportation technology that moves ships, cars, trains and submarines around the world and Cursed History (6×60′) explores the strange histories and legends of those who lived or died by a curse.

Finally, Revolutions that Changed the World (6×60′) examines the rise and fall of selected empires, monarchs and military leaders, many of whom learned the hard way that power is far from absolute and that allegiance is always conditional. Leaders examined include Spartacus, Queen Boudicca and Louis XVI.

Read more on c21media.net.