Founded | 1953 |
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Founder | Alfredo Talarewitz |
Headquarters | Barcelona, Spain |
Services | Film production, film distribution |
Website | www |
Filmax International is a Spanish motion picture production company and film distributor based in Barcelona, and one of Spain's largest integrated film and television groups. [1] It produced the REC horror series, and owns the Nirvana Films and New World Films International distributors and the Fantastic Factory label, dedicated to create fantasy films in the horror, science fiction and action genres. [2]
At different times, Filmax has entered into distribution agreements with Paramount, Lauren Films, Lakeshore, Summit, Fintage House, Nu lmage, Annapurna and Freeway. [1]
The company was founded in 1953 by Alfredo Talarewitz, as a distributor of Hollywood films. [1] [3] From 1955 onwards, it collaborated with Spanish production company Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas.
The Filmax trademark was acquired in 1987 by Julio Fernández.
In 2019, Filmax had distributed over 800 films.
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Agent X-77 Orders to Kill is a 1966 French-Spanish-Italian spy film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Gérard Barray and Sylva Koscina. Silvio Siano is credited as co-director in the Italian version of the film due to co-production obligations. It is loosely based on the novel Silence clinique by Eddy Ghilain.
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