Telecinco Cinema
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Telecinco Cinema, S.A.U. is a Spanish film production company owned by Gestevisión Telecinco
Gestevisión Telecinco
Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A. is a Spanish television network and media production company. It is the largest television network in Spain.-1989–1993: The early years:...

. It produces both feature films and television films.

History

TELECINCO CINEMA, the subsidiary film company of Mediaset España -the leading Spanish private broadcast group- has produced successful and worldwide renowned films, becoming a reference in the Spanish movie industry.

While the company is presently in the middle of postproduction of THE IMPOSSIBLE, the new film by director J.A. Bayona starring Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor and one of the most ambitious projects of the current international film scene; they are also working on TADEO, a 3D animation film directed by Enrique Gato.

Their most recent movie is AMIGOS… a comedy by Borja Manso and Marcos Cabotá. They also prepare the imminent release of VERBO, the highly anticipated film debut by Eduardo Chapero-Jackson; and LO MEJOR DE EVA, a thriller by Mariano Barroso.

Telecinco Cinema has undertaken some of Spain’s most internationally acclaimed feature films, including Guillermo del Toro´s PAN´S LABYRINTH (three Oscar Academy Awards ©); J.A. Bayona´s THE ORPHANAGE, which took 80 million USD at the international box office; and Steven Soderbergh´s CHE, which won the Best Actor Award for Benicio del Toro at Cannes 2008; or the latest AGORA (Alejandro Amenábar) and CELL 211 (Daniel Monzón), the highest grossing titles of the 2009 Spanish Box Office, who won together 15 Goya Awards.

One of the guiding principles of the company is both betting on projects supported by acclaimed filmmakers in the industry, but also fostering of new talent. In this regard, it has boosted the careers of directors such as Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (INTACT), Gabe Ibáñez (HIERRO), Gonzalo López-Gallego (KING OF THE HILL), Eugenio Mira (AGNOSIA), or Óskar Santos (FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS).

Telecinco Cinema produces all genres, as shown by their extensive filmography, with titles like Alex de la Iglesia`s THE OXFORD MURDERS, ALATRISTE by Agustín Díaz Yanes, Brad Anderson`s TRANSSIBERIAN or the first Spanish spoof movie, SPANISH MOVIE.

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