First Documentary Completely Filmed in Second Life, Commencing Online

First Documentary Completely Filmed in Second Life, Commencing Online

AMSTERDAM, May 9/PRNewswire/ -- From Friday 9 May, 2008 the production company, Submarine, will show the
first documentary completely filmed in Second Life: 'Molotov Alva and His
Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey' in ten episodes on:
http://www.molotovalva.com

'Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey' is a
compilation of ten video diaries made by Molotov Alva, who disappeared off
the face of the earth in January 2007, only to re-appear subsequently in
Second Life. The diaries form the basis of the documentary directed by
Douglas Gayeton.

The first episode of the documentary series was launched on YouTube and
was immediately a huge hit. The film was YouTube's number 1 for several days,
which caught the attention of a number of big American channels.

Dutch production company Submarine has sold the television rights for the
North American territories to American broadcaster HBO. As far as is known,
this is the first time that a film that premiered on YouTube is bought by a
major television channel.

'Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey is
the first MiniMovie in a series of eight documentaries produced specifically
for online video channels, iPods and mobile phones:
http://www.minimovies.org. The documentary will be broadcast by VPRO
television and Dutch digital channel Holland Doc in August 2008.

Biography Douglas Gayeton

Douglas Gayeton, together with William Gibson, wrote and directed 'Johnny
Mnemonic', the first interactive film on CD-ROM, commissioned by Sony
Imagesoft. Gayeton directed many interactive productions for, among others,
AOL, MNS, Vivendi and Napster.

Submarine

Submarine (http://www.submarine.nl) is an Amsterdam-based production
company specialising in documentaries, animation series and games with
international appeal. Recently Submarine has produced such documentaries as
'Viktor & Rolf: Because We Are Worth It!' and 'My Life as a Terrorist: The
Story of Hans-Joachim Klein'. Currently in production are Peter Greenaway's
new documentary 'J'Accuse'. Submarine was founded in 2000 by Bruno Felix and
Femke Wolting.

Source: Submarine Amsterdam

Information: Yaniv Wolf, Tel: +31(0)203301226 Mob:+31(0)641849614, Fax:+31(0)203301227 Mail: Yaniv@submarine.nl

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