UK distributor picks up Chasing Ice and Call Me Kuchu in Toronto.

UK outfit Dogwoof has acquired docs Chasing Ice and Call Me Kuchu at Toronto HotDocs.

Sundance premiere Chasing Ice follows National Geographic photographer James Balog’s  time-lapse photography project to document changes to glaciers around the world while Berlin title Call Me Kichu charts the life and death of Uganda’s first openly gay man.

Head of distribution Oli Harbottle brokered the deal for Chasing Ice with David Koh of Submarine. Harbottle cut the deal for Call Me Kichu with Cat Le Clef of Cat&Docs.