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Super excited to share that the latest season of our landmark travel series Amazing Train Journeys just kicked off on France5, the episode set in San Francisco pulled in an average of 1,874,000 viewers! The series keeps up its success marking the Channel's best prime-time audience since last ...

We have amazing news! This past weekend, “D-Day: Filmmakers on the Frontline” (2x52' UHD) that Kwanza coproduced, set a new audience record on RMC Découverte, with a staggering 2.6 million viewers tuning in between 9:10 PM and 11:50 PM. The film’s 137-minute long version has achieved the ...

“D-Day: Secrets of the Frontline Heroes brings us back with gripping immediacy. It’s a powerful reminder of the impact of capturing history on camera – showing that monumental events become even more profound when someone is there to hit 'record’.” Huge thanks to Channel 4 for their ...

Kwanza extends a warm welcome to Lucy. Her extensive experience in the global content market will be a major asset for Kwanza. Stay tuned for more exciting updates on our upcoming programs!

We are thrilled to announce that Titans of the Sea: A Family Affair, directed by François Tribolet and distributed by Kwanza, has received Best Animal Behaviour or Ecosystem Description Award at Wild Oceans FilmFest 2023.

We are thrilled to announce that Flower Power: The Mysterious Conqueror, directed by François Tribolet and distributed by Kwanza, has received the jury prize at the Brussels Science Film Festival. This fascinating documentary sheds new light on the origins of flowers and retrace their captivating ...

Flower Power: The Mysterious Conqueror, directed by François Tribolet and distributed by Kwanza, has been awarded the high-school students prize at the 18th Pariscience international science film festival! A most beautfiul reward for a documentary that proves its popularity among younger ...

Kwanza is proud to distribute the ambitious blue-chip wildlife documentary produced by Les Films en Vrac and Label Blue Production. Director Guillaume Vincent attended the Award Ceremony in Burgenland (Austria) and brought the prize home. Considered the highest bar of achievement in natural history ...

Directed by Maud Vazquez and distributed by Kwanza, "Surviving Utoya" has convinced the public of the FIGRA, winning the Audience Award in the "Autrement vu category". The FIGRA "Festival International du Grand Reportage d'Actualité" takes place in Douai and aims at promoting great news reports ...

"Butterfly Blueprints" has convinced the jury and has won the special Science prize at the 24th edition at the Luchon TV Festival. Kwanza is proud to distribute this documentary (1x52' - 4K) directed by Pierre Bressiant and produced by Crescendo Films.

For the 110th anniversary of the Titanic, Kwanza was tasked by producer Factual Factory to handle pre-buys for its documentary event "Titanic, Genesis of a Giant" (1x52’ - HD), directed by Nicolas Brénéol. Kwanza has pre-sold the film to 7 partners worldwide: SBS, Toute l’histoire, ...

Kwanza has been selected to pitch its ambitious new project Antarctica: A Cold Hard Truth (52', 4K). Kwanza is among the dozen of distributors to have been picked by the jury to pitch during the Rendez-Vous Biarritz 2021 which will be held online from 11th to 14th September We will be posting the ...

Altice France, France’s top telecom and media convergence operator, and Kwanza, a key player in international distribution of documentaries are proud to announce a 4-year distribution deal for programs produced by RMC. So far, Kwanza has committed to handling international sales for more ...

Among more than 300 distributors, Kwanza has been selected to pitch two of its newest projects: Ancient Builders and Wonder Ship: Titanic Engineering! Benjamin Ternynck, coproducer on both films, will use this opportunity to detail the editorial orientations and financial expectations thought by ...

After its success distributing the film Petra: Secrets of the Ancient Builders, pre-sold to National Geographic worldwide and sold to SBS, RAI, RTBF and Welt N24 in Germany, Kwanza handles the international sales and coproduction of the remaining 4 episodes of the Ancient Builders series’ 1st ...

At this year’s Mipcom, Kwanza presented its Fall 2020 programming, including: “Maya: Ancient Metropolis” (3x52’, 4K) which explores the architectural prowess of the mysterious civilization, "Easter Island, Sculptor of the Pacific" (1x52', 4K), unveiling the secrets of the Moai, the ancient ...

Directed by John Jackson, the acclaimed production distributed by Kwanza Conversation With Dolphins has won "Best Salt Water film" at the prestigious Water Sea Ocean festival taking place in Prague. The International Film Festival (IFF) « Water, Sea & the Oceans » is a competition for ...

Kwanza was tasked by Roche Productions to handle pre-buys for its prime-time event documentary about Donald Trump, directed by William Karel: The World According to Trump (70’ or 52’, HD). Kwanza has pre-sold the film to 10 partners worldwide: RTBF, Nine Network, TV4 Sweden, Canal Plus Poland, ...

This year’s edition of the Rendez-Vous in Biarritz, organized by TV France International, was yet again a very successful one for Kwanza commercial team, with more than 40 meetings cumulated and numerous new deals on the way! It was also the occasion for Kwanza to pitch their ambitious new ...

During the 3 days of the bustling summit, Kwanza is proud to have successfully presented its most recent projects to a substantial pool of American clients. Programs pitched included our upcoming Ancient Builders strand produced by T2MP and Kwanza (5x52', 4K), Naval Legends: Clash of Titans (4x52', ...

Benjamin Ternynck, CEO and producer at Kwanza, just came back from the World Congress at the Miraikan Museum of Science in Tokyo. Kwanza would like to thank NHK for having been such an amazing host, as always, and to have done such a great job in organizing the event! Kwanza is also very proud of ...

Yet another successful edition of ATF in Singapore for Kwanza. With more than 30 meetings organized for Ilan Sarfati, International Sales Executive at Kwanza, meeting with clients from all around Asia (Korea, China, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, India, etc.), the market has been very ...

Exciting meetings and amazing collaboration projects in the factual space for this new edition of the French-Indo meetings of the Media Industry organized by TV France International with the French embassy. A successful edition with many Indian partners coming to visit the French distribution and ...

Yet another busy week at MIPCOM for Kwanza. The whole sales team mobilized during the intense 4-days meetings and used the opportunity to showcase Kwanza's ambitious upcoming programs including:

This year's edition of the Rendez-Vous in Biarritz (organized by TV France International) was yet again a very successful one for Kwanza commercial team, with more than 60 meetings cumulated and numerous new deals on the way! Moreover, it seems Kwanza documentaries were very much appreciated in ...

Ilan Sarfati, International Sales Executive at Kwanza in charge of Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa, was in Seoul from 9th to 12th July 2019 to meet with the main media groups: KBS, SBS, EBS, JTBC, MBC, CJ ENM, etc. Passionating encounters and lots exciting prospects for distribution and ...

Benjamin Ternynck, CEO and founder of Kwanza just came back from China where he spent an several days of meetings from 8th to 12th July 2019. After some time spent at the Rendez-Vous in Beijing organized by TV France International, Benjamin visited his most trusted partners from China, including ...

DocuBay, the worldwide documentary streaming service from India, owned by IN10 Media Group, has announced a major acquisition deal with Kwanza. The collaboration with kwanza means our award-winning and award-nominated documentaries will be available for worldwide streaming on DocuBay when the ...

As Kwanza was bringing an exciting new slate to the market (see news from 5 April 2019), the interest from buyers has been very strong! Our films have been screened around 400 times on the MIPDOC screening library. A pretty good result which is promising for the international potential of these ...

Kwanza will be bringing new exciting programs to this edition of MIPDOC, including:

Kwanza is among the few to have been selected to participate in the MIPDOC French Touch Showcase on Sunday 7h April at the Marriott Hotel in Cannes. Kwanza will introduce, in exclusivity for MIPDOC, the newest trailer for the program A Wolf's Journey (1x52', or 1x90', 4K), the prime-time wildlife ...

For the third edition of this market, Kwanza was excited to meet with its most trusted German, Swiss and Austrian partners. A perfect opportunity to present our latest spring programming and catch-up with our German-speaking friends!

Kwanza has left its beloved office in the west of Paris for a new, expanded office in Neuilly-sur-Seine. New beginnings for an exciting future! Updated address and phone numbers in the Contact section of the site.

Welcome to New Orleans! Again, Kwanza was on the road, this time for the Realscreen Summit in New Orleans. It was a great opportunity to meet with American and international partners and discover amazingly talented producers and their exciting projects.

Our commercial team is in Zagreb and Llubljana to meet with its trusted Croatian and Slovenian partners (HRT, RTV, etc.). A great opportunity to catch-up and present our latest line-up. And of course discover these beautiful countries at the heart of Europe!

Kwanza's journey has started at Asian Television Forum (ATF) in Singapore from 5 to 7 December. At this occasion, Ilan, our sales executive, has had the chance to meet with all of our existing and prospective clients. Many promising deals to come with broadcasters or platforms from Asia (e.g. ...

Kwanza is excited to be in Johannesburg. It is a wondeful opportunity to further develop its existing relationships with African broadcasters, especially English-speaking ones, and meet with new clients. Very promising!

For this fall, Kwanza has made numerous new acquisitions and has exciting projects to present at this year's Mipcom, for instance: "Petra: Secrets of the Ancient Builders" (1x52', 4K) which explores how the architectural prowess of building the ancient city was done 6,000 years ago, "Rivers to the ...

Romy, Head of International Sales and Acquisitions is in Lugano and Milano to meet with some of our most trusted clients. The visit will include RSI, Rai, among others!

Paprika Films, Galatée Films (managed by Jacques Perrin, the famous producer of Oceans, Winged Migrations...), France 2 and Kwanza have made a major announcement at this year's Sunny Side of the Doc in La Rochelle. A coproduction agreement was signed with CCTV9 for their ongoing project: A Wolf's ...

Ilan Sarfati, International Sales Executive in charge of South Asia and South-East Asia regions will be coming to Mumbai and New Delhi from 18 to 20 July to meet with broadcasters and VOD platforms. If you wish to setup a meeting or want to know more, please do not hesitate to drop him a line: ...

Benjamin Ternynck is attending the Asian Side of the Doc in Bangkok from 30th January to 2nd February 2018. At this occasion, he is taking part in the distributors’ Showcase which allows sellers to present their best-finished programs or projects in productions to the most prominent Asian buyers