{{Short description|Film studio established in 2000}} {{Infobox company | name = Atresmedia Cine, S.L. | logo = | logo_size = | caption = | type = | genre = | fate = | former_name = {{ubl|Ensueño Films|Antena 3 Films}} | successor = | foundation = {{start date|2000|11||df=y}} | founder = | defunct = | location_city = San Sebastián de los Reyes | location_country = Spain | location = Calle Isla Graciosa 13 | locations = | area_served = | key_people = Jaime Ortiz de Artiñano <small>(Director-General)</small> | industry = {{hlist|Film industry}} | products = Motion pictures | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | owner = Atresmedia | assets = | equity = | num_employees = | parent = Atresmedia Studios | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = | footnotes = | intl = }} '''Atresmedia Cine''' (formerly '''Ensueño Films''' and '''Antena 3 Films''') is the studio belonging to Grupo Atresmedia responsible for producing films. It was created in 2000.
== History == The film production company was created after the enacting of the Spanish Law 22/1999, June 7, regulating the collaboration between the television operators and the film industry.{{Sfn|Pérez Rufí|2020|p=246}} The studio of the Grupo Antena 3 (later Atresmedia) was created in November 2000 under the brand identity 'Ensueño Films'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/48626/atresmediadia-cine-impulsa-creacion-madridcortofest/|website=FormulaTV|title=Atresmedia Cine impulsa la creación de MadridCortoFest|date=19 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/atresmedia-cine-proximas-peliculas-festival-san-sebastian-karateka-arantxa-echevarria-torrente_6370417_0.html|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|date=23 September 2025|title=Torrente, 'Karateka', Arantxa Echevarría: Atresmedia Cine celebra 25 años presentando sus próximos estrenos en San Sebastián|first=Janire|last=Zurbano}}</ref> It was later rebranded as 'Antena 3 Films',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panoramaaudiovisual.com/ar/2010/07/15/juan-carlos-fresnadillo-comienza-a-rodar-intruders/|website=Panorama Audiovisual|title=Juan Carlos Fresnadillo comienza a rodar 'Intruders'|date=15 July 2010}}</ref> and then as 'Atresmedia Cine'.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=|title=Contribución de los sitios web de la industria cinematográfica española a la percepción del Cine Español|first1=Jorge|last1=Clemente Mediavilla|first2=Emilio C.|last2=García Fernández|journal=Zer|issn=1137-1102|volume=21|issue=40|year=2016|pages=67–83|doi=10.1387/zer.16410|doi-access=free|hdl=10810/41215|hdl-access=free}}</ref> In light of the ensuing forced investment of the television operators in film production, Atresmedia (through its own studio) as well as rival operator Mediaset España (through its respective producing arm Telecinco Cinema) eventually became the two main film producers in the country.<ref>{{Cite book|isbn=978-989-8971-36-4|year=2020|location=Aveiro|publisher=Ria Editorial|title=Olhares sobre a imagem em movimento|chapter=Televisión en España y grupos mediáticos internacionales: políticas de comunicación europeas y alianzas frente a las plataformas VOD globales|first=José Patricio|last=Pérez Rufí|url=https://riuma.uma.es/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10630/20626/P%C3%A9rez-Ruf%C3%AD,%20J.P%20(2020).%20Televisi%C3%B3n%20en%20Espa%C3%B1a%20y%20grupos%20medi%C3%A1ticos%20internacionales.%20Pol%C3%ADticas%20de%20comunicaci%C3%B3n%20europeas%20y%20alianzas%20frente%20a%20las%20VOD.%20Ria%20Editorial.pdf?sequence=1|page=246}}</ref> In 2019, Atresmedia Cine was integrated within Atresmedia Studios, the division created in 2017 to produce fiction for third-party platforms,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cineytele.com/2019/02/28/atresmedia-studio-integra-a-la-division-de-cine-del-grupo/|website=Cine y Tele|title=Atresmedia Studios integra a la división de Cine del grupo|date=28 February 2019}}</ref> and which was in turn integrated in 2020 into a newly created joint-venture of Atresmedia with Telefónica, {{ill|Buendía Estudios|es}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cincodias.elpais.com/cincodias/2022/04/07/companias/1649355226_064194.html|website=Cinco Días|title=Telefónica y Atresmedia refuerzan Buendía Estudios con un renovado consejo|date=8 April 2022}}</ref> In 2022, Jaime Ortiz de Artiñano was appointed as the new Director-General of Atresmedia Cine, replacing Mercedes Gamero, who quit the position after 18 years working for Atresmedia to join Beta Fiction Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/nace-beta-fiction-spain-mercedes-gamero-y-pablo-nogueroles-se-ponen-al-frente-de-la-nueva-compania-espanola-del-grupo-aleman/|website=Audiovisual451|date=3 May 2022|title=Nace Beta Fiction Spain: Mercedes Gamero y Pablo Nogueroles se ponen al frente de la nueva compañía española del grupo alemán}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://forbes.es/nombramientos/165112/jaime-ortiz-de-artinano-nombrado-nuevo-director-general-de-atresmedia-cine/|website=forbes.es|title=Jaime Ortiz de Artiñano, nombrado nuevo director general de Atresmedia Cine|date=2 June 2022}}</ref>
== Films == {{See also|Category:Atresmedia Cine films}}
== References == {{reflist}}
{{authority control}} Category:Spanish film studios Category:Atresmedia Category:Spanish companies established in 2000 Category:Film production companies of Spain