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HBO Max Snags Rights to Horror Hit ‘1978’ as Black Mandala Closes Multiple Territory Deals (EXCLUSIVE)
HBO Max acquires Latin American rights to '1978,' the Onetti Brothers' horror film set during Argentina's dictatorship.
New Zealand-based sales outfit Black Mandala has secured a slate of international distribution deals for “ 1978,” the acclaimed supernatural horror film from the Onetti Brothers that has been making waves across the festival circuit since 2024. The deals, closed at the Cannes Film Market by Black Mandala’s Co-CEOs Nicolás Onetti and Michael Kraetzer, along with head of sales Catherine Quantschnigg, include HBO Max for Latin America, 9th Plan for Poland, Best Digital for Taiwan, Wild Duck for Spain, and Take1 for both Scandinavia and Benelux, as well as Busch Media for Germany. The film’s synopsis describes a harrowing premise: During the 1978 World Cup soccer final, amid Argentina’s military dictatorship, a group of torturers violently breaks into a home and kidnaps young people to take them to a clandestine detention center.
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