A Contracorriente Films

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A Contracorriente Films
Industry Entertainment
Founded2009;15 years ago (2009)
Headquarters
Barcelona
,
Spain
Products Motion pictures
Services Film distribution/production

A Contracorriente Films is a Spanish film distribution and production company. It is based in Barcelona.

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History

The company was founded in 2009 in Barcelona by Adolfo Blanco along with other Notro Films  [ es ] people, [1] [2] [3] including Amalia Blanco Lucas, Eduardo Escudero de Zuloaga, and Sergio González Páez. [4] The Cove was the first film distributed by the company. [4]

Since 2014, A Contracorriente has also operated as an exhibitor by purchasing some theatres, including Cines Verdi (in Madrid and Barcelona). [5] In 2021, investment fund Suma Capital acquired a 40% stake in A Contracorriente Films. [6] In 2022, A Contracorriente released a subscription and rental streaming service, Acontra+. [7] In 2024, A Contracorriente Films purchased the 100% of anime distributor SelectaVisión  [ es ]. [8]

Releases

Filmax films released in the 2020s
Release date [n. 1] TitleDirector(s)Ref.
10 November 2017 The Bookshop Isabel Coixet [9]
2 March 2018 Empowered Santiago Segura [10]
13 July 2018 The Best Summer of My Life Dani de la Orden [11]
15 March 2019 Mirai Mamoru Hosoda [12]
29 March 2019 Get Her... If You Can Inés de León [13]
18 October 2019 The Goya Murders Gerardo Herrero [14]
14 February 2020 The Wedding Unplanner Dani de la Orden [15]
5 May 2020 Vivarium Lorcan Finnegan [16]
7 August 2020 Color Out of Space Richard Stanley [17]
18 September 2020 One for All David Ilundain [18]
19 February 2021 New Order Michel Franco [19]
26 April 2021 Peninsula Yeon Sang-ho [20]
10 September 2021 Carpoolers Martín Cuervo [21]
3 December 2021 Love Gets a Room Rodrigo Cortés [22]
18 March 2022 Code Name: Emperor Jorge Coira [23]
13 May 2022 Unfinished Affairs Juan Miguel del Castillo [24]
27 May 2022 The Dinner Guest Ángeles González-Sinde [25]
29 July 2022 Football Heroes of the Block Ángeles Reiné [26]
30 September 2022 Argentina 1985 Santiago Mitre [27]
14 October 2022 Wild Flowers Jaime Rosales [28]
28 October 2022 Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness Benjamin Mousquet, Ben Stassen [29]
11 November 2022 The Beasts Rodrigo Sorogoyen [30]
2 December 2022 Cork Mikel Gurrea [31]
13 January 2023 The Substitute Diego Lerman [32]
28 April 2023 Someone Who Takes Care of Me Daniela Fejerman, Elvira Lindo [33]
2 June 2023 The Enchanted Elena Trapé [34]
9 June 2023 Father & Soldier Mathieu Vadepied [35]
23 June 2023 Not Such an Easy Life Félix Viscarret [36]
11 August 2023 Godland Hlynur Pálmason [37]
1 September 2023 Jump! Olga Osorio [38]
15 September 2023 Friends Till Death Javier Veiga [39]
6 October 2023 Chinas, a Second Generation Story Arantxa Echevarría [40]
11 October 2023 Sound of Freedom Alejandro Monteverde [41]
27 October 2023 The Movie Teller Lone Scherfig [42]
1 December 2023 The Night My Dad Saved Christmas Joaquín Mazón [43]
20 December 2023 The Taste of Things Tran Anh Hung [44]
12 January 2024 Perfect Days Wim Wenders [45]
2 February 2024 The Teachers' Lounge İlker Çatak [46]
8 March 2024 The Extortion Martino Zaidelis [47]
15 March 2024 Radical Christopher Zalla [48]
19 April 2024 Dragonkeeper Salvador Simó, Li Jianping [49]
1 May 2024 La casa Álex Montoya [50]
31 May 2024 A Difficult Year Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache [51]
28 June 2024 Invasión David Martín Porras [52]
3 July 2024 The Bus of Life Ibon Cormenzana [53]
23 August 2024 Mr. Blake At Your Service! Gilles Legardinier [54]
6 September 2024 The 47 Marcel Barrena [55]
13 September 2024 Artificial Justice Simón Casal [56]

Notes

  1. ↑ The listed date refers to the film's theatrical release in Spain by A Contracorriente Films, not necessarily its first screening or when it premiered.

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