Telecinco Cinema, S.A.U. is the

film production Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, casti ...

division of

Mediaset España Mediaset España (), full name Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A., is a Spanish media company, controlled by the Italian company MFE - MediaForEurope. Its divisions include the generalist free-to-air TV channels Telecinco and Cuatro, thematic ch ...

. It produces both

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and

television films A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for ...

History

Telecinco Cinema is a subsidiary film company of

. Formerly known as Estudios Picasso, the subsidiary adopted its current brand identity (Telecinco Cinema) in 2007. While the company continues in the middle of postproduction of '' The Impossible'', the new film by director J. A. Bayona starring

Naomi Watts Naomi Ellen Watts (born 28 September 1968) is a British actress. After her family moved to Australia, she made her film debut there in the drama '' For Love Alone'' (1986) and then appeared in three television series, '' Hey Dad..!'' (1990), '' ...

and

Ewan McGregor Ewan Gordon McGregor ( ; born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the BAFTA Britannia Humanitarian Award. In 2013, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British ...

; they are also working on Tadeo Jones, a 3D animation film directed by Enrique Gato. Some other pictures produced or co-produced by Telecinco Cinema include ''Amigos...'' a comedy by Borja Manso and Marcos Cabotá, ''

Verbo ''Verbo'' is a Spanish dark fantasy thriller film written and directed by Eduardo Chapero-Jackson. Plot A 15-year-old, Sara, lives with an apparently normal suburban family. She develops a sixth sense and begins to perceive a series of disturb ...

'', and ''

Dark Impulse ''Dark Impulse'' ( es, Lo mejor de Eva, links=no) is a 2012 Spanish erotic thriller film directed by Mariano Barroso, which stars Leonor Watling and Miguel Ángel Silvestre alongside Nathalie Poza, Adriana Ugarte, Helio Pedregal and Josean Bengoetx ...

'', '' No Rest for the Wicked'', ranked fifth among Spanish box office in 2011 and won five

Goya Awards The Goya Awards ( es, Premios Goya) are Spain's main national annual film awards, commonly referred to as the Academy Awards of Spain. The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sc ...

including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Telecinco Cinema has undertaken some of Spain's biggest international hits, including

Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and actor. He directed the Academy Award–winning fantasy films ''Pan's Labyrinth'' (2006) and ''The Shape of Water'' (2017), winning the Academy Awards for Be ...

's ''

Pan's Labyrinth ''Pan's Labyrinth'' ( es, El laberinto del fauno, lit=The Labyrinth of the Faun, links=no) is a 2006 dark fantasy horror film written, directed and co-produced by Guillermo del Toro. A Spanish-Mexican(78% Spanish production, 22% Mexican productio ...

'' (US$83 million gross at the international box office); and J. A. Bayona's '' The Orphanage'' (US$78 million) and '' The Impossible'' (US$198 million). It also produced or co-produced films such as

Steven Soderbergh Steven Andrew Soderbergh (; born January 14, 1963) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor. A pioneer of modern independent cinema, Soderbergh is an acclaimed and prolific filmmaker. Soderbergh's direc ...

's '' Che'', which won the

Best Actor Award Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to the ...

for

Benicio del Toro Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rican actor and producer. He has garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen A ...

Cannes Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions I ...

2008; or the latest ''

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'' (

Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born March 31, 1972) is a Spanish-Chilean film director, screenwriter and composer. He has won nine Goya Award for Best Director, Goyas—including a Goya Award for Best Director for his 2001 film ''The Othe ...

) and ''

Cell 211 ''Cell 211'' ( es, Celda 211, links=no) is a 2009 Spanish-French prison film directed by Daniel Monzón, starring Luis Tosar and Alberto Ammann alongside Antonio Resines, Manuel Morón, Carlos Bardem, Fernando Soto, Luis Zahera, Vicente Romero ...

'' (Daniel Monzón), the highest-grossing titles of the 2009 Spanish box office, who won together fifteen Goya Awards. Telecinco Cinema produces all genres, as shown by their filmography, with titles like

Álex de la Iglesia Alejandro "Álex" de la Iglesia Mendoza (born 4 December 1965) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, producer and former comic book artist. De la Iglesia's films combine grotesque and very dark elements such as death and murder: most of his ...

's '' The Oxford Murders'', ''

Alatriste ''Alatriste'' is a 2006 Spanish epic historical fiction war film directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes, based on the main character of a series of novels written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, '' The Adventures of Captain Alatriste'' (). The film, which ...

'' by Agustín Díaz Yanes, Brad Anderson's '' Transsiberian'' or the first Spanish spoof film ''

Spanish Movie ''Spanish Movie'' is a 2009 Spanish parody film directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera and written by Paco Cabezas. The film was conceived as a Spanish version of the spoof films that were appearing at the time, continuing the trend begun by the Scary Mov ...

''. The studio has also undertaken film remakes such as '' Perfect Strangers'' (2017), ''

I Can Quit Whenever I Want ''I Can Quit Whenever I Want'' ( it, Smetto quando voglio) is a 2014 Italian crime comedy film directed by Sydney Sibilia. It was followed by two sequels, subtitled ''Masterclass'' and ''Ad Honorem'', both released in 2017. Plot Pietro Zinni, a ...

'' (2019), ''

If I Were Rich If I Were Rich may refer to: * If I Were Rich (1936 film), a British comedy film * If I Were Rich (2019 film) ''If I Were Rich'' ( es, Si yo fuera rico, links=no) is a 2019 Spanish comedy film directed by Álvaro Fernández Armero and consisting o ...

'' (2019) and ''

Undercover Wedding Crashers ''Undercover Wedding Crashers'' ( es, Operación Camarón, links=no) is a 2021 Spanish action comedy film directed by Carlos Therón which stars Julián López, Natalia de Molina, Carlos Librado and Miren Ibarguren, among others. It is an adaptat ...

'' (2021).

Films

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