
Alex Avon, Chief Marketing Officer Just For Entertainment Distribution announced its first deal under the new brand name. Announced two weeks ago, Just For Entertainment Distribution was a rebrand from Amuz Distribution to align better with its parent company. RTS Switzerland acquired Season 1 of Just For Entertainment Distribution’s multi-award-winning dramedy series About Antoine, as well as the documentary Amazing Antoine, a companion doc about the incredible real-life poly-handicapped actor of the series.
About Antoine is an uplifting story of love and family triumphing over limitations. With authenticity, sensitivity, and humor the series tackles a rarely explored theme in fiction: life with a poly-handicapped child. Inspired by True Events. The series was produced by parent company, Just For Entertainment (fka ComediHa! Productions).
The series was the recipient of multiple awards in 2023 when it premiered. The Prix Gémeaux in Montreal bestowed the Best Supporting Role in a Comedy award for actress Micheline Bernard, while in La Rochelle at the Festival de la Fiction, About Antoine received the Best Francophone Foreign Fiction Award; winner of the MIPCOM Diversify TV Award for Representation of Disability in a Scripted Series; and About Antoine received a nomination in the Comedy Drama & Sitcom category for the prestigious Rose d’Or Awards.
Avon stated: “Just for Entertainment Distribution is pleased to announce that our first license deal under our new banner name is with RTS in Switzerland for our multi-award-winning dramedy, About Antoine as well as Amazing Antoine, the documentary about the making of the series. This series epitomizes the type of premium programming we represent. As we continue in “keeping the world feeling good” we will bring the world the best comedy, dramedy, docs, music so much more.”
Eva Balibrea, Head of Content Acquisitions for RTS said, “We are proud to propose this luminous series and documentary to our Swiss audience and to be working with the fantastic team at “Just for Entertainment Distribution.”