Autentic Distribution announced various sales deals for its Spring & Summer Slate and sends a bunch of premium factual content around the world. “We had a blast finally meeting our clients again in person at MIPTV, Sunny Side of the Doc and NATPE Budapest and are looking forward to many more personal meetings throughout this summer," Mirjam Strasser, Head of Sales & Acquisitions at Autentic, said. "We are proud to be able to offer again a vast variety of genres in our Spring & Summer Slate – from Current Affairs titles to History programming, from Nature & Wildlife productions to Travel documentaries and Science titles – and we are beyond happy to see our premium factual content travel around the world to different kinds of broadcasters and streaming services."
From its Summer Slate, Wildlife documentary "White Winter - A Season on the Northern Alpine Rim" has been selected to debut on Czech TV and Hungary’s MTVA. MTVA has also bought the History production "Almighty and Poor - The Monks of Cluny," while the intimate Nature portrait "Wild Prairie Man" makes its way to Poland’s Canal+. The six-part high-end crime Science series "Inside the Mind of a Con Artist," produced by Autentic’s own production unit, will be available in French-speaking countries via mediawan.
From its Spring Slate, the History two-parter "Europe’s Forgotten Dictatorships" and "The American Führer" travel to PBS America UK, while a package of 23 hours led by 13 episodes of long-running culinary series "At Our Neighbor’s Table head to MHZ Choice USA. More than 50 hours of factual programming were acquired by Greece’s ERT, among others the latest season of At Our Neighbour’s Table, History mini-series Empire Builders: Greece and Light and Glamour – The History of the French Riviera (52’). The History one-off also travels to Austria’s ORF as part of its UNIVERSUM slot and to Sweden’s UR.
Meanwhile, Germany’s N24 has secured rights to "Current Affairs title China’s New Silkroad in Europe," while SRF has bought the travel two-parter "Apennine Mountains – The Wild Heart of Italy" and "Science production Walking – A Cure for Body and Soul," which also finds a new home at ERT3, Asharq, Sweden’s UR and YLE Finland. Moreover, YLE has picked up the critically acclaimed History doc "The American Führer" and Arts documentary "Behind the Curtain – Vermeer Secret." Iceland’s RUV has added among others "In Search of Monsters" and "Europe’s Forgotten Dictatorships." A package of 26 hours was selected by Portugal’s RTP including History mini-series "Wrecks"and wildlife conservation series "Wildlife Diaries Australia."