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🛳️ We are proud to announce that Clash of Titans (8 x 52’) produced by Le cinquième rêve and proudly distributed by Kwanza is now on Pluto TV! 📺 If you're in the US, don’t miss the chance to relive the epic naval battles of the 20th Century in this gripping documentary ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...