Spain’s leading broadcaster Atresmedia has acquired broadcasting rights to “Vulnerables,” a docuseries on young people’s mental health issues produced by Onza Entertainment.
Created by Onza co-founder and CEO Gonzalo Sagardia, the three-seg documentary is directed by Gustavo Ron and Sagardia himself, and produced at Onza by Nicolás Bergareche.
“Vulnerables” has been developed with guidance from Spanish psychiatrist Marián Rojas, as well as with the collaboration of numerous national and international experts in the field of mental health.
Rojas also executive produced alongside alongside José María Irisarri and Santiago de la Rica.
The docuseries world premieres Tuesday Sept. 16, screening as part of the non-fiction official section of Spain’s South International Series Festival, which runs Sept. 12-17 in Andalusia’s Cádiz.
“The increasing deterioration of young people’s mental health worldwide is worrying. Suicide, sexual assault and physical disorders are undoubtedly three major problems for our society. And they are not receiving the necessary attention from society or its leaders,” said Sagardía.
“The series seeks to raise awareness and contribute to the development of prevention and treatment programs for these young people who have their whole lives ahead of them,” he commented.
Partnering on “Vulnerables,” Onza and Atresmedia aim to follow the successful path taken last year with “Young Adictions” (“Adictos a la pantalla”), a documentary series that portrays young people’s addictions to new technologies.
Luring strong interest in Spain via Atresmedia’s channel laSexta and online on the conglom’s Atresplayer SVOD service, “Adictos a la pantalla” scored sales deals in key international territories, handled by Onza Distribution.
The docu was acquired, among others by Latin American streamers ViX and Flow, and also by CNN Portugal, ZDF in Germany, Swedish Films, Al Jazeera, RTVE Slovenia, RTBF Belgique, MTMedia, CIS, RTP and RAI.
“The deterioration of young people’s mental health is not a problem in Spain but a global one in the developed world. For that reason,‘Vulnerables’ is a very attractive documentary series for various global audiences,” Sagardía added.