Onza Distribution adds up Wakai’s sports documentaries to its catalogue
Onza Distribution will represent sports documentaries produced by Wakai & Prime Video Spain: ‘FC Barcelona: A New Era’ (S1: 5×40′, S2: 4×40′, 2022-2023), ‘Marc Márquez: All In’ (5×40′, 2023), ‘Simeone: Living Match By Match’ (6×40′, 2021). This marks the start of a promising new collaboration between international sales agency Onza Distribution and production company Wakai.
‘FC Barcelona: A New Era’, spanning two seasons, recollects the club’s most difficult and turbulent years until they reclaim the lost throne. The team is undergoing a total reconstruction process with a single goal: to win again. Xavi’s arrival to lead the change, the new world-class signings, the emerging young talents, and the definitive adaptation of the rest of the squad allow this team to aspire to everything. The fans regain the lost excitement thanks to the successful achievements during the 21-22 and 22-23 seasons.
‘Marc Márquez: All In’ introduces us to a decisive moment in the career of the Moto GP star. In this documentary, we see how he will have to
take drastic measures to try to win again. The series illustrates firsthand a decisive year in Marc’s life and career. The fear, the risk, the suffering, the excitement of the races, and the infinite ambition of that who wants to be a champion again.
‘Simeone: Living Match By Match’ showcases the achievements in Diego Pablo Simeone’s stellar career as a player and coach of Atlético de Madrid, globally recognized for his unique way of understanding soccer. “Cholismo” is not just about tactics, but rather a philosophy in life.
“We’re very glad to be distributing Wakai’s sports titles, considering how close these productions are to these talented athletes” – says Béatrice Nouh, Head of Sales at Onza Distribution. “Wakai demonstrates how committed they are with quality in their productions. And that allows us to work with prestigious titles within the international market every time”.
Onza Distribution will bring these novelties to international clients at the upcoming markets, such as MIPDOC and MIPTV next April. Among the three Wakai sports titles, other documentaries will be accessible to MIPTV assistants through MIPDOC videolibrary, such as ‘Young Addictions’, ‘Wild Tales Of Madrid’, ‘Real Madrid: The White Legend’ or ‘Francis! The Pope Of Surprises’.
Alongside them, new additions like the highly anticipated thriller ‘Heartless’, produced by Onza, the Czech period drama ‘Golden Swan’ or the new seasons of ‘Flowers Over The Inferno’ and ‘Sweet Strawberries’ will be headlining.
‘Allende The Thousand Days’ is a series of the Chilean production company Parox, who already received the award for Best Miniseries at the Prix Europa Awards for ‘Invisible Heroes’ in 2019, in association with Mediterráneo Media (Spain) and Aleph (Argentina). The series premiered in September 2023 in Chile and was screened that same month at an exclusive event held at the San Sebastian Festival. It has been recently launched via Spain’s RTVE, and it will be seen on the French channel OCS at the end of March 2024.
his role in ‘Los perros’. Castmates such as fellow nominee Aline Küppenheim or Néstor Cantillana (José Tohá) also showcase a brilliant track of honors in awards and festivals.
Moravia, under Nazi occupation, at the beginning of World War II. Bára Veselá, a young thief, enters the Golden Swan luxury department store while escaping from the police. Following a series of accidents and mistakes, she becomes a saleswoman in the fashion department and a new life opens up for her. Soon the charming owner Petr, son of the Kučera family, notices her. They fall in love, but the match is so obviously unequal. During war times, can love be stronger than the struggles to carry it through?
“We are thrilled that the stories of our heroines and heroes will travel beyond the borders of our region. I hope that our dramatic story from Prague in 1939 will touch the hearts of many viewers around the world”, says Klara Follova, the Creative Producer at TV NOVA.