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Motion Pictures, S.A. is a Spanish production and distribution company of audiovisual TV products, founded by Enrique Uviedo and established in
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since 1975. The company has licensed foreign shows in
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, such as ''
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'', and co-produced its own animated series, including two with Walt Disney Television Animation Spain, SA. Motion Pictures' logo looks very similar to the classic
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logo, as well the name of the company. That was remedied with their current logo.


The company's history

The company was founded in 1977 by its president Enrique Uviedo Herrera. The first activities of the company were the production of
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s while working in the productions of Italian, American, and British filmmakers who came to shoot in Spain. In the early 1980s, Motion Pictures began to buy broadcasting rights, primarily video and television. Coinciding with the end of the video boom in the early 1990s, the company began to buy American film catalogs for television distribution, with titles such as ''
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'', ''
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'', '' The Return of the Jedi'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. Alongside this films' acquisition policy was resumed the production of Spanish films, including '' Historias de la puta mili'', sold in over forty countries. In addition, a series with the same title was produced for Tele 5, which won the “Ondas” Award in 1995 - Best Fiction Series of the Year. Motion Pictures has had an extended catalog of animated shows. For more than 20 years, it has brought notable series to Spain, such as ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and '' Dennis the Menace''. Motion Pictures has heavily invested for the sales of international rights and is now available in international markets such as NATPE, Foorum TV, Los Angeles Screenings, MIPTV, Latin American Screens, and the MIPCOM.


Produced and co-produced shows

Since 2001, Motion Pictures is co-producing its own animated shows that are currently being broadcast around the world: *''Sandokan'' - (26x26') - A co-production with Rai Fiction and TVE. *''Ivanhoe: The King's Knight'' - (52x26') - A co-production with France Animation, France 2, CINAR Films, Ravensburger Film + TV, and Videal. *''Carland Cross'' - (26x26') - A co-production with Odec Kid Cartoons, TF1, and Canal+. *''The Investigations'' of Prudence Petitpas - (52x26') - A co-production with TF1, Carrere Group, SEK Studio, and TVE. *''Raindrop: Water is Adventure'' - (26x26') - Produced in collaboration of TVE, TV3, and TVV. It was premiered on TVE by the audience to be a leader in its time slot. Currently, the show was sold in more than 70 countries. *''LMN´S: Adventures in the Microworld'' - (52x13') - A co-production with The Animation Band and Tons of Toons, with the collaboration of TV3, TVE, and Rai Fiction. *''Van Dogh'' - (104x4') - A CGI-animated series that shows the titular character on getting the drawing right. *''Boom & Reds'' - (104x4') - Produced in Barcelona, with CGI animation produced by Anera Films, S.A. *''Telmo and Tula: Little Cooks'' - (52x7') - A CGI-animated series produced with the participation of The Walt Disney Company of Iberia, S.L. *''Telmo and Tula: Arts and Crafts'' - (52x7') - A CGI-animated series produced with the participation of The Walt Disney Company of Iberia, S.L. *''The Zumbers'' - (150x3') - A CGI-animated series that showed the object that corresponded with the amount of 20 balloons a particular animal had to eat its own donuts from those, in order to paint a particular object. *''Green Light: Traffic Safety'' (26x5') - An educational CGI-animated series where it teaches kids on how to be safe on the road. *''
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'' - (104x2') - A dialog-less slapstick comedy series produced in co-production with Make, and TV3 (Television of Catalonia). *'' Pumpkin Reports'' - (52x13') - A sci-fi comedy series produced in co-production with Sample, Rai Fiction, Young Jump Animation, Clan, and TV3 (Television of Catalonia). *''
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'' - (104x5') - A preschool-orientated series produced in co-production with Piranha Bar, RTEjr,
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Rainbow Spain

Recently, Motion Pictures and Rainbow S.p.A., an Italian animation production studio, announced an agreement that was reached for the establishment of a joint venture in Spain. The head office of Rainbow Spain, is located at the offices of Motion Pictures in Barcelona and also has an office in Madrid. Rainbow Spain is responsible for managing the licensing of TV rights and merchandising of both companies' properties in the Spanish market for the following shows: ''
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'' (208x26’), '' Huntik: Secrets & Seekers'' (52x26’) and ''Poppixie'' (52x13’), among others that are currently in production.


References

{{Reflist Film production companies of Spain Film production companies of the United States Spanish animation studios Mass media in Barcelona Television production companies of Spain