Onza Distribution: sports documentaries and formats

With a catalogue of sports and historic documentaries, as well as entertainment formats, Onza Distribution (Spain) continues betting on the APAC business by attending ATF Online+.

Laura Fornelio, sales manager

Sports documentary Real Madrid: the White Legend (6x’45) shows the wpic victories, magnanimity in defeat, legendary superstar players, and above all great humanity have all contributed to Real Madrid becoming the world’s greatest football phenomenon. The centenarian club has produced a winning team in every era and generation. No other club has matched the success of the eternal champion. It is a role model for the sporting world. The club’s players and admirers take a look back at the milestones and historic adversity that make Real Madrid the best team in the world.

Palomares: The Atomic Bomb Fiasco (4x’50) is a documentary series about history, politics, military and cold war. 1966. 4 thermonuclear bombs with the capacity to cause the largest atomic explosion in the history of humanity fall on a small village in the Mediterranean coast. One of the 4 bombs would not be found for 80 days. 55 years later, Palomares reconstructs the events of those days for the first time in this uncensured thriller-style documentary series.

On the format side, the talent show The Celeb Challenge (S1: 8x’120, S2: 10x’120 & S3: in development) shows eight celebrities must overcome impossible challenges. A coach will help them to face challenges each week that will test their physical and mental limits. The format was sold in 14 countries.

Motel Valkirias, new Spanish-Portuguese coproduction with global distribution by Onza

Fiction is another top genre on Onza Distribution line up: Motel Valkirias (8x’50) is a thriller and mafia/crime series coproduced by CTV and TVG (Galicia, Spain) and SPi and RTP (Portugal). From the same producers of Netflix‘s success Bitter Daisies, in a cross-border motel, the lives of three women with significant financial and personal problems converge by chance when they discover that Eligio, a guest at the motel, is transporting some highly valuable merchandise. Lucia, a separated mother who is fleeing from her ex-husband, Eva, an out-of-work actress and Carolina, the bankrupt owner of the motel, join forces to draw up a plan that could solve all their life problems: to get their hands on some loot.