Nomination in the VTVA competition is not the only distinction for "Sanatorium of Love". In 2019, the format won the PITCH & PLAY LIVE! Competition, held in Budapest, organized by NATPE - the world's largest association of producers and distributors of content. In the race for the title of the best entertainment program in Central and Eastern Europe, it beat 20 competitors. The program was also presented at NATPE Miami. Buyers from Germany, Slovakia, Turkey, the USA, Canada, Ukraine, Great Britain, Spain and Georgia have already expressed interest in acquiring the rights to the remake. Earlier, the production was well received in Cannes, where it was hailed as one of the most successful TV premieres of 2019.
The Venice TV Award is an annual competition for the most outstanding television productions from around the world. An international jury composed of experts on the television market grant prizes in 16 categories, including for the best series, comedy, feature film, documentary, program for children and youth, soap opera, reportage, but also in the categories of "innovation or technological achievement", "program promotion" or "new talent". Among the nominees and winners of the last edition of VTVA are such famous series as "The New Pope" by Paolo Sorrentino, "Peaky Blinders" and "Catherine the Great".