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| Founded | 2007 |
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| Headquarters | Carrer Plató 26, Barcelona, Spain |
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| URL | https://www.filmin.es/ |
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Comunidad Filmin S.L., doing business as Filmin, is a Spanish subscription video on demand streaming service, primarily dedicated to streaming independent films, as well as a production company and film distributor. The company headquarters is located in Barcelona. [1]
Founded by Juan Carlos Tous, José Antonio De Luna and Jaume Ripoll, [2] [1] the company was created in 2007. [3] The platform partnered with distribution companies such as Golem, Tornasol, Wanda, El Deseo, Continental, Vértigo, and—later—Avalon. [2] Owing to the special authorization from the ICAA, Tiro en la cabeza became the first Spanish film simultaneously released in theatres and online (on Filmin) in 2008. [3] [4] The pay-subscription service began in 2010. [3]
In 2020 the investment funds Nazca Capital and Seaya Ventures (stakeholder in Cabify and Glovo) acquired a 51% of the company shares. [5] [6] As of 2021, the platform had 15,000 titles, most of them consisting of European films (65%). [1]
The platform released its first original series, Doctor Portuondo, in October 2021. [7] As of April 2023, it has released other two original series: Autodefensa and Selftape . [8]
Most of the movies and series in the catalog are offered in two versions: the dubbed version in Spanish, V.E. (Spanish version), and the original version with Spanish subtitles, V.O.S.E. (original version with Spanish subtitles). Streaming technology with adaptive bitrate is used for viewing, meaning that the definition depends on the user’s bandwidth. [9]
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| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2015 | 59th Sant Jordi Awards | Industry Prize | Won | [10] |
| 2021 | Premi Nacional de Comunicació | Won | [11] |
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