Dutch producer Submarine has sold the television rights for the North American territories for the documentary 'Molotov's Dispatches in Search of the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey' - the first documentary to be shot in its entirety in Second Life - to American broadcaster HBO for a substantial sum. The American channel will submit 'Molotov's Dispatches in Search of the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey' for an Oscar in the Animated Short Subject category.


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. 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's Dispatches in Search of 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 of this year, only to re-appear subsequently in Second Life. The diaries form the basis of the documentary directed by Douglas Gayeton.


'Molotov's Dispatches in Search of 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 spring of 2008.