Filmax
Spanish film production company
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. 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 as imagined in 1998 by Brian Yuzna and Julio Fernández.
At different times, Filmax has entered into distribution agreements with Paramount, Lauren Films, Lakeshore, Summit, Fintage House, Nu lmage, Annapurna and Freeway.
History
The company was founded in 1953 by Alfredo Talarewitz, as a distributor of Hollywood films. From 1955 onwards, it collaborated with Spanish production company Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas.
Between 1963 and 1968, the company signed a distribution agreement in Spain with Paramount Pictures to distribute the films from its catalog.
The company was acquired in 1987 by Julio Fernández Rodríguez.
In 2019, Filmax had distributed over 800 films.
Releases
2020s
Fantastic Factory
American producer Brian Yuzna and Spanish producer Julio Fernández founded Fantastic Factory in 1998 and was Spain's first major production house to specialize in horror films with a notable lean towards the international market. Yuzna stated his goal with the studio was to establish a business model similar to other independent horror producers like American International Pictures and Hammer Film Productions.
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