Patagonik Film Group
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Patagonik Film Group is an Argentine
production company
, dedicated to the making of feature films and film production services.
Established in 1996 by Pablo Bossi, it is currently the leading company in Latin America
. Bossi, a producer of several films and TV programs in Argentina, is currently the president of the company.
They were in charge of the production of the film Evita
, by Alan Parker
, and the video "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" by Madonna
.
In 1997 Patagonik produced Cenizas del paraíso, directed by Marcelo Piñeyro
, a box office success and was awarded Best Foreign Feature Film at the Goya Awards
.
The same year Dibu: la película was released. The children's film
, which blended animation and real footage, was based on a famous television character, and was a success in Argentina.
Since then, Patagonik Film Group has produced over 30 feature films, among them Fabián Bielinsky
's Nueve Reinas
, which beat audience records and achieved important awards worldwide.
The company is also known for its visual effects design, computer animation, character design and compositing. Some of their animated films include: Patoruzito ("Little Paturuzú"), Condor Crux, El Mercenario
, El Ratón Pérez
, El Arca, and the three installments of Dibu series.
A part of the Clarín Group
, Patagonik Film Group also assists in the production of international films that want to film in Argentina.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
production company
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
, dedicated to the making of feature films and film production services.
Established in 1996 by Pablo Bossi, it is currently the leading company in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. Bossi, a producer of several films and TV programs in Argentina, is currently the president of the company.
They were in charge of the production of the film Evita
Evita (film)
Evita is the 1996 film adaptation of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical of the same name based on the life of Eva Perón. It was directed by Alan Parker and written by Parker and Oliver Stone. It starred Madonna, Antonio Banderas, and Jonathan Pryce...
, by Alan Parker
Alan Parker
Sir Alan William Parker, CBE is an English film director, producer, writer and actor. He has been active in both the British cinema and American cinema and was a founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain.-Life and career:...
, and the video "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" by Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
.
In 1997 Patagonik produced Cenizas del paraíso, directed by Marcelo Piñeyro
Marcelo Piñeyro
Marcelo Piñeyro is an Argentine award-winning film director, screenwriter, and film producer.-Biography:Born in Buenos Aires, Piñeyro studied cinematography at the University of La Plata's School of Fine Arts...
, a box office success and was awarded Best Foreign Feature Film at the Goya Awards
Goya Awards
The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards....
.
The same year Dibu: la película was released. The children's film
Children's film
A children's film is a film aimed for children as its audience. As opposed to a family film, no special effort is made to make the film attractive for other audiences. The film may or may not be about children. In Unshrinking the Kids: Children's Cinema and the Family Film which is a chapter in In...
, which blended animation and real footage, was based on a famous television character, and was a success in Argentina.
Since then, Patagonik Film Group has produced over 30 feature films, among them Fabián Bielinsky
Fabián Bielinsky
Fabián Bielinsky was an Argentine film director born in Buenos Aires.He started to make films early in his life, while still a high school student in the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, after graduation he started studying psychology, a career he shortly followed and dropped out in favor to...
's Nueve Reinas
Nueve reinas
Nine Queens is an Argentine crime drama film written and directed by Fabián Bielinsky. The picture features Gastón Pauls, Ricardo Darín, Leticia Brédice, and Tomás Fonzi, among others.The film was nominated for 28 awards and won 21 of them....
, which beat audience records and achieved important awards worldwide.
The company is also known for its visual effects design, computer animation, character design and compositing. Some of their animated films include: Patoruzito ("Little Paturuzú"), Condor Crux, El Mercenario
El Mercenario
El Mercenario is a fantasy comic series by the Spanish artist Vicente Segrelles, published starting from 1980. The latest volume was published in 2003....
, El Ratón Pérez
El Ratón Pérez
El Ratón Pérez is a 2006 Argentine film directed by Juan Pablo Buscarini, starring Delfina Varni, Nicolas Torcanowsky and the voices of Alejandro Awada as Ratón Perez, Mariano Chiesa as Commander Fugaz and Roly Serrano as El Rata. The film includes 3D animated characters created by the Patagonik...
, El Arca, and the three installments of Dibu series.
A part of the Clarín Group
Grupo Clarín
Grupo Clarín is the largest media conglomerate of Argentina.-Overview:Established as such in 1999, it includes the Clarín newspaper , Papel Prensa , the Artear media company, and numerous other media outlets.Rooted in the successful, 1945 launch of the centrist daily,...
, Patagonik Film Group also assists in the production of international films that want to film in Argentina.
Filmography
- Cenizas del paraíso (1997)
- Dibu: La película (1997)
- Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andando (1997)
- El Juguete rabioso (1998)
- Dibu 2: La venganza de Nasty (1998)
- Cohen vs. RosiCohen vs. RosiCohen vs. Rosi is a 1998 Argentine romantic comedy film directed by Daniel Barone and written by Jacobo Langsner. The film premiered on 28 May 1998 in Buenos Aires. The film stars Alfredo Alcón and Adrián Suar involving a transvestite.- Cast :...
(1998) - Nueve reinasNueve reinasNine Queens is an Argentine crime drama film written and directed by Fabián Bielinsky. The picture features Gastón Pauls, Ricardo Darín, Leticia Brédice, and Tomás Fonzi, among others.The film was nominated for 28 awards and won 21 of them....
(2000) - Almejas y mejillones (2000)
- Los Pintin al rescate (2000)
- AparienciasAparienciasApariencias is a 2000 Argentine romantic comedy film directed by Alberto Lecchi and starring Andrea Del Boca and Adrián Suar.-Plot summary:...
(2000) - Una noche con Sabrina LoveUna noche con Sabrina LoveUna noche con Sabrina Love is an Argentine, Spanish, Italian, French, and Dutch film, released in 2000 and written and directed by Alejandro Agresti...
(2000) - Cóndor Crux, la leyendaCóndor Crux, la leyendaCóndor Crux, la leyenda is a 2000 Argentine animated adventure film written and directed by Juan Pablo Buscarini and Swan Glecer. The film premiered on January 6, 2000 in Buenos Aires...
(2000) - El Hijo de la Novia (2001)
- Kamchatka (2002)
- ValentínValentínValentín is a 2002 Argentine, French, Italian, Dutch, and Spanish drama film, written and directed by Alejandro Agresti. The film features Rodrigo Noya as Valentínand Carmen Maura as the grandmother...
(2002) - Dibu 3Dibu 3Dibu 3: La gran aventura is a 2002 Argentine family adventure film incorporating animated figures directed by Raúl Rodríguez Peila...
(2002) - ApasionadosApasionadosApasionados is a 2002 Argentine romantic comedy film directed by Juan José Jusid, starring Pablo Echarri, Nancy Dupláa and Natalia Verbeke.-Plot summary:...
(2002) - El Último trenEl último trenEl último tren is a 2002 Uruguayan and Argentine, comedy drama film, directed by Diego Arsuaga, and written by Arsuaga, Fernando León de Aranoa, and Beda Docampo Feijóo...
(2002) - El Alquimista impaciente (2002)
- No dejaré que no me quieras (2002)
- Todas las azafatas van al cieloTodas las Azafatas van al CieloTodas las azafatas van al cielo is an Argentine and Spanish comedy drama film directed by Daniel Burman and written by Burman and Emiliano Torres. The picture was produced by Pablo Bossi, Pedro D'Angelo, Diego Dubcovsky and José María Morales...
(2002) - Nowhere (2002)
- En la ciudad sin límitesEn la ciudad sin límitesEn la ciudad sin límites is a 2002 Spanish-Argentine thriller directed by Antonio Hernández and starring Leonardo Sbaraglia and Fernando Fernán Gómez. The film was nominated for four Goya Awards in 2003, winning the award for Best Original Screenplay and Geraldine Chaplin winning the award for...
(2002) - Ciudad del sol (2003)
- Cleopatra (2003)
- Vivir IntentandoVivir IntentandoVivir Intentando is an Argentine 2003 family, musical film starring the 5 members of girl group Bandana.The film provides a fictional account of the band's formation, and premiered on 14 June 2003 in Buenos Aires.-Cast:* Ivonne Guzmán as Ivonne...
(2003) - Palermo Hollywood (2004)
- DeudaDeudaDeuda is a 2004 Argentine documentary film directed and written by Jorge Lanata with Andrés G. Schaer. The film premiered on 7 October 2004 in Buenos Aires...
(2004) - Peligrosa obsesión (2004)
- Un Mundo menos peor (2004)
- Patoruzito (2004)
- Seres queridosSeres queridosOnly Human is a 2004 Spanish-Argentine film directed by Dominic Harari and Teresa Pelegri.-Plot:A mismatched couple discovers that whatever can go wrong will go wrong during a family visit in this comedy....
(2004) - The Whore and the WhaleThe Whore and the WhaleThe Whore and the Whale is a 2004 Argentine drama film directed by Luis Puenzo. The film is about a Spanish writer who finds an old coffer with photographs of an Argentine man who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War.-Cast:...
(2004) - El AuraEl AuraThe Aura is an Argentine, French and Spanish neo-noir drama film, directed by Fabián Bielinsky, his second and final feature after Nine Queens. The picture features Ricardo Darín in the lead role, as well as Alejandro Awada, Dolores Fonzi, among others.The drama was the Argentine entry in the...
(2005) - El Tigre escondido (2005)
- HermanasHermanasHermanas is a 2005 Argentine, Brazilian and Spanish drama film written and directed by Julia Solomonoff, her first feature motion picture. The picture has a number of producers, including: Mariela Besuievski, Pablo Bossi, Florencia Enghel, Gerardo Herrero, Vanessa Ragone, Walter Salles, and Ariel...
(2005) - El Ratón PérezEl Ratón PérezEl Ratón Pérez is a 2006 Argentine film directed by Juan Pablo Buscarini, starring Delfina Varni, Nicolas Torcanowsky and the voices of Alejandro Awada as Ratón Perez, Mariano Chiesa as Commander Fugaz and Roly Serrano as El Rata. The film includes 3D animated characters created by the Patagonik...
(2006) - Patoruzito: La gran aventura (2006)
- Remake (2006)
- El Arca (2007)
- La SeñalLa SeñalThe Signal is a 2007 Argentine film written by Eduardo Mignogna. Mignogna was going to direct the film as well. However, due to his death one year before the start of production, his friend and frequent collaborator, Ricardo Darín, took up the task. He was aided by Martín Hodara, who had his...
(2008) - Un Novio para mi Mujer (2008)
- Igualita a mi (2010)