April 2024 - Onza Distribution

Alfredo Castro wins Platino Award for his performance in ‘Allende The Thousand Days’

Alfredo Castro wins the Platino Award for his role as Salvador Allende in ‘Allende The Thousand Days’. This turns out to be his fourth Platino Award in his career, after his remarkable performances in ‘Los perros’ (2018), ‘The Prince’ (2021) or ‘Karnawal’ (2022). Winners at the Platino Awards were announced at the gala hosted on Saturday, April 20, 2024, in Riviera Maya.

“We are very excited about this well-deserved recognition to Alfredo Castro for his role as Allende in ‘Allende The Thousand Days’. He brings to life this relevant political figure in the 20^th century History.” – adds Béatrice Nouh, Head of Sales at Onza Distribution. “We are confident that this prestigious award will allow us to continue adding international windows for this miniseries, after being launched in Chile, Spain, France and soon Belgium. We are currently negotiating other territories as well.”

The series, which also received three nominations for Best Ibero-

American Miniseries, Best Female Performance in a Miniseries for Aline Küppenheimer and Best Male Performance in a Miniseries, won in the former category against the likes of Javier Cámara (‘Rapa’, S2), Gustavo Bassani (‘Iosi, the Regretful Spy’, S2) or Santiago Korovsky (‘Community Squad’).

‘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 on the French channel OCS by the end of March 2024.

The miniseries recollects the last three years of the life of former Chilean president Salvador Allende, through the eyes of Manuel Ruiz (Pablo Capuz), a young Spaniard politician who witnesses the escalation of tension until Pinochet’s coup in 1973.

This new win of ‘Allende The Thousand Days’ and its pre-selection at the International Emmy Awards adds to Onza Distribution’s track record, which includes the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela in 2018 for ‘Payback’ or the most recent International Emmy nominations for ‘Forever’ in 2023, or ‘On Thin Ice’ in 2020. Other recognitions also include two Venice TV awards for ‘Forever’ in 2023 and ‘Life Is A Party’ in 2022, and the nomination in the Sports category for ‘Real Madrid: The White Legend’ in 2023. ‘Motel Valkirias’ also received recently the Silver Medal at the drama category granted by New York Festivals 2024.

Onza Distribution sells hit telenovela “Cacao” to Mediaset España

Onza Distribution announces sale of ‘Cacao’ to Mediaset España, TVI’s prime time leader telenovela in Portugal. This marks the beginning of a promising future for TVI productions in this country.

‘Cacao’ premiered last January, reporting an impressive audience share of 19.48% (861,944 viewers). Since then, it has continued to be leader of prime time in Portugal, amassing an average viewership of 18.99% share. Following this remarkable track record on television, Mediaset España has now acquired the telenovela, which will join the thematic channel Divinity’s programming grid starting from a date that is yet to be announced.

In a cocoa plantation in Itacaré (Brazil), Cacao (Matilde Reymão) makes chocolate with exotic flavors. Her life changes when the man who seemed to be her biological father, Joaquim (Paulo Calatré), reveals her true origins as the illegitimate daughter of Justino (António Capelo), the farm owner. This revelation leaves her in the spotlight as she becomes a rightful heir to Justino’s estate. And her rivals will do anything to stop her threat. Cacao’s life is in danger but Tiago (José Condessa), a charming young man she falls in love with, will do everything he can to protect her from her enemies.

“This agreement shows that our telenovelas can travel everywhere and we are sure the Spanish audience will be captivated by Cacao’s great story” – says Béatrice Nouh, Head of Sales at Onza Distribution.

“I’m thrilled to witness the groundbreaking expansion of Cacao into Spanish television. This historic deal not only underscores the universal appeal of Portuguese storytelling but also opens new avenues for cultural exchange and collaboration in the world of television Entertainment”. – Margarida Victória Pereira, Director of Acquisitions and Sales of TVI.

TVI/Plural’s competitive productions have received public acclaim and well renowned awards, including 8 International Emmy Award Nominations for Best Telenovela. From those, won two International Emmy Awards for ‘My Love’ in 2010 and ‘Payback’ in 2018, followed by 6 nominations for ‘Forever’ in 2023 and ‘On Thin Ice’ in 2020 just to mention a few. TVI’s and Plural also receive two Venice TV Awards for ‘Forever’ in 2023 and ‘Life Is A Party’ in 2022. Their broad catalogue of telenovelas and fiction series are traveling across countries all over the world, brought by Onza Distribution.

On the occasion of MIPTV, Onza Distribution presents along with ‘Cacao’ all its main fiction headliners in the 2024 edition of MIPTV, such as ‘Heartless’, Onza’s highly anticipated thriller that will premiere on Prime Video Spain next April 19, or ‘Golden Swan‘, a period drama set in Prague in 1939, as well as new seasons of ‘Flowers Over The Inferno’ or ‘Sweet Strawberries’.

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