Indie distributor All3Media International has partnered with NHK Japan, Oxford Scientific Films and Aranya Parva Creations to co-produce a feature-length 90-minute special version of award-winning wildlife documentary “My Otter Diary” for the Japanese market.

Filmed over three years, “My Otter Diary” follows wildlife filmmaker and National Geographic explorer Sugandhi Gadadhar as she uncovers the lives of otters in one of India’s most rapidly changing waterways.

The NHK Natural History Department will lead the creative development for the new version with Oxford Scientific Films and Aranya Parva Creations.

NHK will hold the exclusive broadcast premiere window for both the 90-minute NHK version and the 60-minute original international version in Japan.

All3Media International will represent the new 90-minute version outside of Japan.

The original 60-minute international version, commissioned by European broadcaster ZDF/Arte and co-produced with All3Media International, Oxford Scientific Films and Aranya Parva Creations, aired on Arte, and has been acquired by broadcasters, platforms and inflight services around the world.

In today’s announcement, All3Media International’s VP for sales (finished and formats) in Asia, Tony Ziran Tang, pointed out that NHK remains one of the most important windows for natural history co-productions in Asia.