New deals for Onza Distribution’s documentaries ‘Young Addictions’ and ‘Real Madrid: The White Legend’
Onza Distribution confirms the sale of the documentary series ‘Young Addictions’ in Germany (ZDF), Belgium (RTBF), Slovenia (RTV Slovenija), Portugal (CNN Portugal) and the pan-regional territory of MENA (Al Jazeera). The Spanish distributor announces that ‘Real Madrid: The White Legend’, also produced by Onza, has been acquired by Croatia’s HRT.
Onza Distribution announces new sales for documentaries ‘Young Addictions’ and ‘Real Madrid: The White Legend’, both produced by Onza. ‘Young Addictions’ (Adictos a la pantalla, 3×45’/1×52′), a documentary series portraying the reality of young people’s addictions to new technologies, has been acquired by ZDF in Germany, Al Jazeera for the pan-regional territory of MENA, Belgian channel RTBF, RTV Slovenija and CNN Portugal.
‘Real Madrid, The White Legend’ (Real Madrid: la leyenda blanca, 6×50′), co-produced by Onza and Morrigan Films, will travel to Croatia thanks to HRT. It already landed at MENA territories in 2023. Onza’s remarkable sports title, released two years ago on Prime Video Spain – who was also a nominee for Best Sports Title at the 2023 Venice TV Awards -, continues to receive new offers in new regions.
During the week of Sunny Side of the Doc, Onza Distribution proves to be a landmark as a documentaries distributor and widens its catalog with important acquisitions such as Wakai‘s sports documentaries (‘Thibaut Courtois: A Real Madrid Story’, ‘FC Barcelona: A New Era’, ‘Marc Marquez: All In’ or ‘Simeone: Living Match by Match’), as well as other titles of various genres, such as nature, culture or social research,that will be revealed very soon.
“At Onza Distribution we want to promote documentaries that can be both commercial and appealing to the public, so they fall in line to the needs of the market and our clients, with quality always as our priority” comments Béatrice Nouh, Head of Sales at Onza Distribution. “We represent independent production companies with talent and a lot of topics to discuss. They are capable of captivating international audiences.”
catalog in key territories in Central and Eastern Europe: Onza Distribution’s telenovelas ‘Forever’ and ‘Unlimited Love’ will travel to Serbia for the first time, whereas ‘Payback’ will renew its presence in Serbia, and ‘Cacao’ will have its premiere in Lithuania. On the other hand, TV fiction series ‘Motel Valkirias’, ‘Parot’, ‘Little Coincidences’ and ‘Flowers Over The Inferno’ will soon be available in Romania.
Onza Distribution started very well the 2024’s sales cycle, with ‘Cacao’ leading the way. Since its premiere last January on TVI in Portugal, and after being #1 prime time in Portugal ever since, the telenovela has already been acquired in Spain, CIS and Baltics, while important deals are still in negotiation in several other countries. ‘Forever’, ‘Payback’ and ‘Unlimited Love’ keeps engaging audiences all over the world, after being seen in the Balkans, LATAM or the US. Onza’s telenovelas has also amassed big success in awards, such as the International Emmys, which granted the Best Telenovela to ‘Payback’ in 2018 and a nomination for ‘Forever’ in 2023.
