{{Short description|Spanish film distribution company}} {{Infobox company | name = BTeam Pictures | logo = | logo_size = | type = | trade_name = | founders = | hq_location = | num_locations = | num_locations_year = | area_served = | industry = Entertainment | products = Motion pictures | services = Film distribution/production | num_employees = | num_employees_year = | owner = | divisions = BTeam Prods | website = | founded = {{Start date and age|2013||}} | former_name = Betta Pictures (2013–2017) | hq_location_city = Madrid | hq_location_country = Spain }} '''BTeam Pictures''' is a Spanish film distribution company. The company is based in Madrid. It is headed by Alex Lafuente, Ania Jones and Lara Pérez Camiña.<ref name="cineuropa" /> It also has a film production division.
== History == The company was founded in Barcelona in 2013 under the name of Betta Pictures, one among the several indie distributors launched in Spain upon the demise of Alta Films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/la-nueva-distribucion-en-espana-muchos-comensales-para-tan-poco-pastel/|date=10 November 2016|title=La nueva distribución en España, muchos comensales para tan poco pastel|website=Audiovisual451}}</ref><ref name="fotogramas">{{Cite web|date=29 April 2013|title=Betta Pictures, una nueva distribuidora|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a508581/betta-pictures-una-nueva-distribuidora/|website=Fotogramas}}</ref> Betta picked up ''Me and You'' for their debut film as distributors.<ref name="fotogramas" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/premios-goya/2026-02-27/bteam-la-productora-y-distribuidora-que-ha-alcanzado-41-candidaturas-en-los-goya-2026.html|website=El País|title=BTeam, la productora y distribuidora que ha alcanzado 41 candidaturas en los Goya 2026|date=27 February 2026|first=Gregorio|last=Belinchón}}</ref>
In 2017, the company renamed to BTeam Pictures and launched the production arm BTeam Prods, that debuted with the co-production of Isaki Lacuesta's ''{{ill|Between Two Waters|es|Entre dos aguas (película)}}'' (2018),<ref name="cineuropa">{{Cite web|website=Cineuropa|title=Betta Pictures evoluciona hacia Bteam Pictures|first=Alfonso|last=Rivera|date=13 July 2017|url=https://cineuropa.org/es/newsdetail/331341/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=26 November 2019|title=Alex Lafuente: "Apostamos por el cine independiente de calidad y estamos asumiendo más riesgos que en distribución"|website=Cine y Tele|url=https://www.cineytele.com/2019/11/26/alex-lafuente-apostamos-por-el-cine-independiente-de-calidad-y-estamos-asumiendo-mas-riesgos-que-en-distribucion/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/betta-pictures-pasa-a-denominarse-bteam-pictures-y-abre-una-nueva-division-de-produccion/|title=Betta Pictures pasa a denominarse BTeam Pictures y abre una nueva división de producción|date=29 June 2017}}</ref> which won the Golden Seashell. Alex Lafuente had previously involved in production with Paula Ortiz's ''The Bride''.<ref name="cabeza">{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/the-euro-75-bteam-pictures-spain/5170461.article|website=ScreenDaily|title=The Euro 75: BTeam Pictures (Spain)|first=Elisabet|last=Cabeza|date=15 May 2022}}</ref> BTeam later co-produced ''A Thief's Daughter'' (directed by Belén Funes), ''Schoolgirls'' (directed by Pilar Palomero), ''The Volunteer'' (directed by Nely Reguera), and ''Manticore'' (directed by Carlos Vermut).<ref name="cabeza" />
== Releases == {{Expand list|date=July 2024}} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;" |+ {{Screen reader-only|Filmax films released in the 2020s}} ! Release date{{Refn|group=n.|The listed date refers to the film's theatrical release in Spain by BTeam Pictures, not necessarily its first screening or when it premiered.}} ! Title ! Director(s) ! scope=col class="unsortable" style="width:3%;" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | 11 October 2017 || ''A Fantastic Woman'' || Sebastián Lelio || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Andrea G.|last=Bermejo|date=25 September 2017|title=Una mujer fantástica|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/una-mujer-fantastica-91927/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 19 January 2018 || ''Zama'' || Lucrecia Martel || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/zama-96788/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|first=Daniel de|last=Partearroyo|date=3 February 2018|title=Zama}}</ref>}} |- | 29 June 2018 || ''On Chesil Beach'' || Dominic Cooke || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Carlos|last=Marañón|date=19 June 2018|title=En la playa de Chesil|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/chesil-beach-103454/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 31 October 2018 || ''El Angel'' || Luis Ortega || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|website=Audiovisual451|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/el-angel-estreno-en-cines-31-de-octubre/|title='El Ángel' – estreno en cines 31 de octubre|date=30 October 2018}}</ref>}} |- | 15 August 2019 || ''The August Virgin'' || Jonás Trueba || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/la-virgen-de-agosto-estreno-en-cines-15-de-agosto/|website=Audiovisual451|title='La virgen de agosto' – estreno en cines 15 de agosto|date=11 August 2019}}</ref>}} |- | 29 November 2019 || ''A Thief's Daughter'' || Belén Funes || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Andrea G.|last=Bermejo|date=25 November 2020|title=La hija de un ladrón|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/la-hija-de-un-ladron-140108/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 4 September 2020 || ''Schoolgirls'' || Pilar Palomero || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Andrea G.|last=Bermejo|date=4 September 2020|title=Las niñas|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/las-ninas-158361/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 11 December 2020 || ''It Snows in Benidorm'' || Isabel Coixet || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Sergio F.|last=Pinilla|date=9 December 2020|title=Nieva en Benidorm|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/nieva-en-benidorm-4504614/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 9 April 2021 || ''Another Round'' || Thomas Vinterberg || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Andrea G.|last=Bermejo|date=5 April 2021|title=Otra ronda|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/otra-ronda-4645441/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 9 July 2021 || ''Miss Marx'' || Susanna Nicchiarelli || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=David|last=Pardillos|date=5 July 2021|title=Miss Marx|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/miss-marx-4753726/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 20 May 2022 || ''Lullaby'' || Alauda Ruiz de Azúa || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Irene|last=Crespo|date=18 May 2022|title=Crítica de 'Cinco lobitos'|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-de-cinco-lobitos-5001909/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 21 October 2022 || ''One Year, One Night'' || Isaki Lacuesta || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Nando|last=Salvà|date=18 October 2022|title=Crítica de 'Un año, una noche'|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-de-un-ano-una-noche-5069493/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 18 November 2022 || ''Motherhood'' || Pilar Palomero || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Andrea G.|last=Bermejo|date=15 November 2022|title=Crítica de 'La maternal'|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-de-la-maternal-5076815/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 9 December 2022 || ''Manticore'' || Carlos Vermut || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-de-manticora-5080257/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|first=Daniel de|last=Partearroyo|date=28 November 2022|title=Crítica de 'Mantícora'}}</ref>}} |- | 17 March 2023 || ''The Kings of the World'' || Laura Mora Ortega || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Irene|last=Crespo|date=14 March 2023|title=Crítica de 'Los reyes del mundo'|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-de-los-reyes-del-mundo-5109611/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 5 April 2023 || ''The Innocent'' || Louis Garrel || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Philipp|last=Engel|date=3 April 2023|title=Crítica de 'El inocente'|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-de-el-inocente-5115483/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 21 April 2023 || ''20,000 Species of Bees'' || Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Nuria|last=Vidal|date=17 April 2023|title=Crítica de '20.000 especies de abejas'|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-20000-especies-de-abejas-5119490/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 26 May 2023 || ''Strange Way of Life'' || Pedro Almodóvar || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Irene|last=Crespo|date=24 May 2023|title=Crítica de 'Extraña forma de vida'|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-reparto-estreno-extrana-forma-de-vida-5131172/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 10 November 2023 || ''Un amor'' || Isabel Coixet || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Paula Arantzazu|last=Ruiz|date=9 November 2023|title=Crítica de 'Un amor': una historia asfixiante y desasosegante hecha para que Isabel Coixet la dirija|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/un-amor-critica-estreno-reparto-5188295/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 24 November 2023 || ''Teresa'' || Paula Ortiz || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Paula Arantzazu|last=Ruiz|date=22 November 2023|title=Crítica de 'Teresa': lo místico frente a lo humano, el milagro ante la duda|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/teresa-critica-estreno-reparto-5192266/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 6 December 2023 || ''Robot Dreams'' || Pablo Berger || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/robot-dreams-critica-estreno-reparto-5195150/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|date=4 December 2023|title=Crítica de 'Robot Dreams': un adorable relato sobre la importancia de la amistad|first=Paula Arantzazu|last=Ruiz|access-date=5 December 2023|archive-date=5 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205175233/https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/robot-dreams-critica-estreno-reparto-5195150/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} |- | 22 December 2024 || ''The Book of Solutions'' || Michel Gondry || <ref>{{cite web|title=El library de las soluciones (Le Livre des solutions)|website=BTeam Pictures|access-date=2 November 2024|url=https://bteampictures.es/el-libro-de-las-soluciones}}</ref> |- | 12 January 2024 || ''The Eternal Memory'' || Maite Alberdi || <ref>{{cite web|title=La memoria infinita (The Eternal Memory)|website=BTeam Pictures|access-date=2 November 2024|url=https://bteampictures.es/la-memoria-infinita/}}</ref> |- | 14 February 2024 || ''Priscilla'' || Sofia Coppola || <ref>{{cite web|title=Priscilla|website=BTeam Pictures|access-date=2 November 2024|url=https://bteampictures.es/priscilla/}}</ref> |- | 8 March 2024 || ''Little Loves'' || Celia Rico || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/los-pequenos-amores-estreno-en-cines-8-de-marzo/|website=Audiovisual451|title='Los pequeños amores' – estreno en cines 8 de marzo|date=5 March 2024|first=Marco|last=Sánchez Sequera}}</ref>}} |- | 22 March 2024 || ''The Successor'' || Xavier Legrand || <ref>{{cite web|title=El sucesor (Le Successeur)|website=BTeam Pictures|access-date=2 November 2024|url=https://bteampictures.es/el-sucesor/}}</ref> |- | 26 April 2024 || ''There's Still Tomorrow'' || Paola Cortellesi || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Enid|last=Román Almansa|date=22 April 2024|title=Crítica de 'Siempre nos quedará mañana': una oda a las mujeres que lucharon por nosotras|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/siempre-nos-quedara-manana-critica-estreno-reparto-5238433/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 10 May 2024 || ''Nina'' || Andrea Jaurrieta || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Rubén|last=Romero Santos|date=8 May 2024|title=Crítica de 'Nina': furibundo alegato feminista con los códigos del western de venganza|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/nina-critica-estreno-reparto-5242459/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 24 May 2024 || ''Saturn Return'' || Isaki Lacuesta, Pol Rodríguez || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/segundo-premio-critica-estreno-reparto-5252443/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|date=22 May 2024|title=Crítica de 'Segundo premio': no es una película sobre Los Planetas pero es lo que ellos merecían|first=Andrea G.|last=Bermejo}}</ref>}} |- | 3 July 2024 || ''Out of Season'' || Stéphane Brizé || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Nando|last=Salvà|date=2 July 2024|title=Crítica de 'Fuera de temporada': la belleza tras las oportunidades perdidas|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/fuera-temporada-critica-estreno-reparto-5526962/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>}} |- | 23 August 2024 || ''Haunted Heart'' || Fernando Trueba || {{Center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/fernando-trueba-estrena-el-23-de-agosto-isla-perdida-haunted-heart-un-thriller-romantico-producido-por-fernando-trueba-pc-y-caracol-television/|website=Audiovisual451|date=16 May 2024|title=Fernando Trueba estrena el 23 de agosto 'Isla perdida', un thriller romántico producido por Fernando Trueba PC y Caracol TV}}</ref>}} |- | 8 November 2024 || ''Marco, the Invented Truth'' || Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|website=Film Factory|access-date=27 July 2024|title=Marco, the Invented Truth|url=https://www.filmfactoryentertainment.com/films/marco-the-invented-truth/}}</ref>}} |- | 25 December 2024 || ''Parthenope'' || Paolo Sorrentino || <ref>{{cite web|title=Parthenope|website=BTeam Pictures|access-date=2 November 2024|url=https://bteampictures.es/parthenope/}}</ref> |- | 17 January 2025 || ''The Seed of the Sacred Fig'' || Mohammad Rasoulof || <ref>{{cite web|title=La semilla de la higuera sagrada (The Seed of the Sacred Fig)|website=BTeam Pictures|access-date=2 November 2024|url=https://bteampictures.es/la-semilla-de-la-higuera-sagrada/}}</ref> |- | 28 February 2025 || ''Hard Truths'' || Mike Leigh || <ref>{{Cite web|website=BTeam Pictures|url=https://bteampictures.es/hard-truths/|access-date=20 October 2024|title=Mi única familia (Hard Truths)}}</ref> |- | 21 March 2025 || ''Breaking Walls'' || Borja Cobeaga || <ref>{{Cite web|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-los-aitas-una-comedia-llena-verdad-emocion-ternura-5692182/|title=Crítica 'Los aitas': una comedia llena de verdad, emoción y ternura|date=20 March 2025|first=Begoña|last=Piña}}</ref> |- | 11 April 2025 || ''Away'' || Gerard Oms || <ref>{{Cite web|website=rtve.es|title=RTVE.es estrena el tráiler de 'Muy lejos', protagonizada por Mario Casas y David Verdaguer|url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20250306/rtvees-estrena-trailer-muy-lejos-protagonizada-por-mario-casas-david-verdaguer/16478650.shtml|date=6 March 2025}}</ref> |- | 25 April 2025 || ''Pheasant Island'' || Asier Urbieta || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-isla-los-faisanes-5703739/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|first=Javier|last=Ocaña|author-link=Javier Ocaña|date=24 April 2025|title=Crítica de 'La isla de los faisanes': se queda corto como cine social y aún más como thriller}}</ref> |- | 6 June 2025 || ''Sirāt'' || Oliver Laxe || <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/sirat-oliver-laxe-sinopsis-trailer-reparto-estreno-cannes-5705367/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|first=Carles|last=Rull|date=15 May 2025|title='Sirat', de Oliver Laxe: tráiler, sinopsis, reparto y estreno tras Cannes 2025}}</ref> |- |23 June 2025 |''Ramón and Ramón'' |Salvador del Solar |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-06-27 |title=El peruano Salvador del Solar estrena 'Ramón y Ramón', "un camino de regreso a la ternura" |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/el-peruano-salvador-del-solar-estrena-'ram%C3%B3n-y-ram%C3%B3n',-%22un-camino-de-regreso-a-la-ternura%22/89593659 |access-date=2025-07-20 |website=SWI swissinfo |language=es}}</ref> |- | 1 August 2025 || ''Paternal Leave'' || Alissa Jung || <ref>{{Cite web|website=Audiovisual451|title=‘Baja de paternidad’ – estreno en cines 1 de agosto|first=Marco|last=Sánchez Sequera|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/baja-de-paternidad-estreno-en-cines-1-de-agosto/|date=29 July 2025}}</ref> |- | 26 September 2025 || ''Maspalomas'' || Jose Mari Goenaga, Aitor Arregi || <ref>{{Cite web|website=Audiovisual451|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/el-cine-espanol-que-se-estrenara-en-2025/|title=El cine español que se estrenará en 2025|first=Marco|last=Sánchez Sequera|date=3 January 2025}}</ref> |- | 17 October 2025 || ''Sundays'' || Alauda Ruiz de Azúa || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cameraandlightmag.com/noticias/los-domingos-la-nueva-de-alauda-ruiz-de-azua-se-estrenara-en-la-seccion-oficial-del-festival-de-san-sebastian/|website=Camera and Light Mag|title=‘Los domingos’, la nueva película de Alauda Ruiz de Azúa se estrenará en la Sección Oficial del Festival de San Sebastián|date=23 July 2025}}</ref> |- | 7 November 2025 || ''Always Winter'' || David Trueba || <ref>{{Cite web|website=Atresmedia|url=https://www.atresmedia.com/prensa/notas/cine/siempre-invierno-nueva-pelicula-atresmedia-cine-escrita-dirigida-david-trueba-estrenara-cines-7-noviembre_202507176878db4f3c6d9a1f947d110d.html|title=‘Siempre es invierno’, la nueva película de Atresmedia Cine escrita y dirigida por David Trueba, se estrenará en cines el 7 de noviembre|date=17 July 2025}}</ref> |- | 21 November 2025 || ''Sleepless City'' || Guillermo Galoe || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/ciudad-sin-sueno-de-guillermo-galoe-se-estrena-en-francia-con-11-500-espectadores-en-su-primera-semana/|website=Audiovisual451|title=‘Ciudad sin sueño’ de Guillermo Galoe se estrena en Francia, con 11.500 espectadores en su primera semana|date=12 September 2025}}</ref> |- | 19 December 2025 || ''The Stranger'' || François Ozon || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-extranjero-sensualidad-racismo-adaptacion-ozon-camus_6910831_3.html|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|date=17 December 2025|first=Philipp|last=Engel|title=Crítica de 'El extranjero': sensualidad y racismo en esta adaptación de François Ozon del clásico de Albert Camus}}</ref> |- | 13 March 2026 || ''Eagles of the Republic'' || Tarik Saleh || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-aguilas-cairo-estupendo-thriller-politico-vieja-usanza-con-un-fares-fares-irresistible_6943494_3.html|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|date=11 March 2026|first=Philipp|last=Engel|title=Crítica de 'Águilas de El Cairo': estupendo thriller político a la vieja usanza con un Fares Fares irresistible }}</ref> |- | 27 March 2026 || ''Better Class'' || Víctor García León || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20260127/rtvees-estrena-trailer-altas-capacidades-protagonizada-por-marian-alvarez-israel-elejalde/16911646.shtml|website=rtve.es|date=27 January 2026|title=RTVE.es estrena el tráiler de 'Altas Capacidades', protagonizada por Marian Álvarez e Israel Elejalde}}</ref> |}
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