EXCLUSIVE: Dogwoof is headed to MIPCOM having secured rights to a pair of buzzy festival titles, Rapinoe and Hanging By a Wire.
The London-based producer and distributor picked up international rights to Rapinoe, excluding North America, after the film opened the TIFF Docs program at the Toronto Film Festival last month.
The pic, directed by Rebeca Huntt (Beba), follows two-time women’s World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe from her working-class childhood in Redding, California, to international sporting fame and a prominent role in the fight for equal pay. It provides initiamate access to the soccer star and her family, exploring the personal cost of her public battles and transition out of the professional game.
Story Syndicate and Noah Media Group are producing Rapinoe, with Impact Partners presenting. Producers are Dan Cogan, Huntt, Zoe Potkin and Kate Barry.
Dogwoof has also taken international sales on Hanging By a Wire following its UK theatrical release, which the company also handled. The film was announced last week as Pakistan’s official selection for the International Feature Film category at the 2027 Oscars.
Directed by Mohammed Ali Naqvi, the Sundance 2026 doc tells the story of the high-stakes rescue of six schoolboys and two adults trapped in a cable car 900 feet above a ravine in the remote Himalayan foothills of northern Pakistan. Louis Theroux’s Mindhouse Productions, EverWonder Studio, Universal Pictures Content Group and 64th Street Media.
Paramount+ has rights in a number of territories, and Dogwoof will represent it elsewhere. In the U.S., Abramorama has sales rights.
More sales news
Ahead of MIPCOM Cannes next week, Dogwoof has also unveiled a batch of sales to TV stations and streamers. Vea Mafile’o and Gavin Fitzgerald’s Lomu, about the legendary late New Zealand rugby star Jonah Lomu has gone to ITV in the UK, Canal+ in France, Madman in Australia and New Zealand), Movistar in Spain), and RTÉ in Ireland. Unsurprisingly, the film has been a big box office success on Jonah Lomu’s home turf, grossing $440,545 from 28,695 admissions in New Zealand.
Further deals have been secured for Alex Gibney’s Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie, another doc that premiered at Sundance 2026. Sales have been secured with ZDF/Arte in Germany and France, HBO Max in Central and Eastern Europe), Madman in Australia and New Zealand), Filmin and Movistar in Spain), NonStop Entertainment in the Nordics and Baltics), VPRO in the Netherlands), VRT in Belgium), and BBC Arabic in the Middle East and North Africa).
The film draws on author Salman Rushdie’s memoir to examine the assassination attempt on him and his subsequent recovery.
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