Autentic Shores Up New Sales from Factual Slate

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Autentic Distribution has landed a raft of deals for titles such as White Winter: A Season on the Northern Alpine Rim.

The hour-long wildlife documentary White Winter: A Season on the Northern Alpine Rim has been picked up by Czech TV and Hungary’s MTVA. MTVA has also bought the history production Almighty and Poor: The Monks of Cluny, while the nature portrait Wild Prairie Man is headed to Poland’s Canal+.

The crime science series Inside the Mind of a Con Artist will be available in French-speaking countries via Mediawan.

The history two-parter Europe’s Forgotten Dictatorships and The American Führer are making their way to PBS America UK, while a package of 23 hours, led by 13 episodes of the long-running culinary series At Our Neighbour’s Table, has been picked up by MHZ Choice USA.

Greece’s ERT acquired more than 50 hours of factual programming, including the latest season of At Our Neighbour’s Table, the history miniseries Empire Builders: Greece and Light and Glamour: The History of the French Riviera. The history one-off is also headed to Austria’s ORF as part of its UNIVERSUM slot and to Sweden’s UR.

Germany’s N24 secured rights for the current affairs title China’s New Silkroad in Europe, while SRF bought the travel two-parter Apennine Mountains: The Wild Heart of Italy and science production Walking: A Cure for Body and Soul. The latter is also making its way to ERT3, Asharq, Sweden’s UR and YLE Finland. YLE additionally picked up the critically acclaimed history doc The American Führer and arts documentary Behind the Curtain: Vermeer Secret. Iceland’s RUV added, among others, In Search of Monsters and Europe’s Forgotten Dictatorships. Portugal’s RTP licensed a package of 26 hours, including the history miniseries Wrecks and wildlife conservation series Wildlife Diaries Australia.

Mirjam Strasser, head of sales and acquisitions at Autentic, said: “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. We are proud to be able to offer again a vast variety of genres in our spring  and summer slate—from current affairs titles to history programming, from nature and 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.”