Telecinco Cinema, S.A.U. is the

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division of

Mediaset España Grupo Audiovisual Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A.U. (formerly Gestevisión Telecinco, S.A. and Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A.) is a Spanish media company, controlled by the Italian-based company MFE – MediaForEurope N.V., which i ...

. It produces both

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and

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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

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and

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; 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 disturbi ...

'', and ''

Dark Impulse ''Dark Impulse'' () 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 Bengoetxea. Plot Featuring the back ...

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

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

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's ''

Pan's Labyrinth ''Pan's Labyrinth'' () is a 2006 dark fantasy film written, directed and co-produced by Guillermo del Toro. The film stars Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, and Ariadna Gil. The story takes place in Spain in the summe ...

'' (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

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's '' Che'', which won the Best Actor Award for

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2008; or the latest ''

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'' (

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) and ''

Cell 211 ''Cell 211'' () is a 2009 Spanish-French prison film directed by Daniel Monzón from a screenplay by Monzón and Jorge Guerricaechevarría and based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Francisco Pérez Gandul. The film stars Luis Tosar, Albert ...

'' (Daniel Monzón). Telecinco Cinema produces all genres, as shown by their filmography, with titles like Álex de la Iglesia's '' The Oxford Murders'', ''

Alatriste ''Alatriste'' is a 2006 Spanish epic historical 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 stars Vig ...

'' 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 ''Scar ...

''. in 2024 bluey the movie began from ludo studio and Telefónica studios and anangu and 4cats The studio has also undertaken film remakes such as '' Perfect Strangers'' (2017), ''

I Can Quit Whenever I Want ''I Can Quit Whenever I Want'' () is a 2014 Italian crime comedy film directed by Sydney Sibilia. It was followed by two sequels, subtitled ''I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Masterclass, Masterclass'' and ''I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Ad Honorem, Ad ...

'' (2019), '' If I Were Rich'' (2019) and ''

Undercover Wedding Crashers ''Undercover Wedding Crashers'' () 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 adaptation of the 2013 Italian film '' ...

'' (2021).

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