Filmin

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Comunidad Filmin, S.L.
Filmin logo detail.png
Founded2007
HeadquartersCarrer Plató 26, Barcelona, Spain
Founder(s)
  • Juan Carlos Tous
  • José Antonio de Luna
  • Jaume Ripoll
Products
URL https://www.filmin.es/
Launched
  • 2008 (platform)
  • 2010 (SVOD service)

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]

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History

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  [ es ] 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]

Awards

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
201559th Sant Jordi Awards Industry PrizeWon [9]

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  8. ""selftape": tercera serie creada bajo el sello Filmin Original". Cinemagavia (in European Spanish). 1 February 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  9. "La plataforma de cine Filmin, Premio Sant Jordi RNE de Cinematografía a la Industria". rtve . 30 March 2015.