BTeam Pictures is a Spanish film distribution company. The company is based in
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
. It is headed by Alex Lafuente, Ania Jones and Lara Pérez Camiña.
It also has a film production division.
History
The company was founded in
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
in 2013 under the name of Betta Pictures, one among the several indie distributors launched in Spain upon the demise of Alta Films.
Betta picked up ''
Me and You'' for their debut film as distributors.
In 2017, the company renamed to BTeam Pictures and launched the production arm BTeam Prods, that debuted with the co-production of
Isaki Lacuesta's ' (2018),
which won the
Golden Seashell. Alex Lafuente had previously involved in production with
Paula Ortiz
Paula Ortiz Álvarez (born 8 January 1979) is a Spanish Film director, director, screenwriter and Film producer, producer who works for Get in the Pictures Productions and Amapola Films, teaches Audiovisual Communication at the University of ...
's ''
The Bride''.
BTeam later co-produced ''
A Thief's Daughter'' (directed by
Belén Funes), ''
Schoolgirls'' (directed by
Pilar Palomero
Pilar Palomero (born 1980) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.
Biography
Born in Zaragoza in 1980, she has worked as camera operator, assistant, electrician, cinematographer, script editor, editor, scriptwriter and director. She studie ...
), ''The Volunteer'' (directed by
Nely Reguera), and ''
Manticore
The manticore or mantichore (Latin: ''mantichorās''; reconstructed Old Persian: ; Modern ) is a legendary creature from ancient Persian mythology, similar to the Egyptian sphinx that proliferated in Western European medieval art as well. It ha ...
'' (directed by
Carlos Vermut
Carlos López del Rey (born 1980), known professionally as Carlos Vermut, is a Spanish filmmaker. Born in Madrid, he worked as illustrator, comic book artist and storyboard designer prior to filmmaking. Following his involvement in the animated te ...
).
Releases
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References
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Film distributors of Spain
2013 establishments in Spain
Film production companies of Spain