Fasten Films
Fasten Films is a film and television production company, based in Barcelona, created to tell stories that matter and inspire. Stories told by talent with a unique look and characters that remain in the memory of viewers. Among their latest productions are “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell” (Phạm Thiên Ân, 2023, Vietnam-Singapore-Spain premiered at Cannes and awarded the Caméra d’Or at the Directors’ Fortnight of the festival); “La Imatge Permanent” (Laura Ferrés, 2023, internationally premiered at Locarno and winner of the Golden Spike at Seminci); “Mediterráneo” (Marcel Barrena, 2021, Spain-Greece premiered in San Sebastián and winner of several Goya, Gaudí, Feroz, and Forqué awards); “Entre la vie et la mort” (Giordano Gederlini, 2022, Spain-Belgium-France starring Antonio de la Torre); “Centauro” (Daniel Calparsoro, 2022, an original Netflix thriller); the non-fiction series “Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President, and the Spy” (by Emmy winner Justin Webster, filmed in the USA, Argentina, and Spain); “La Voluntaria” (Nely Reguera, 2022, Spain-Greece starring Carmen Machi and with its national premiere in Malaga); and “O Corpo Aberto” (Ángeles Huerta, 2022, with its national premiere at Seminci and several awards at the XXI Mestre Mateo Awards).
Team
Adrià Monés
In 2018, he set up his own production company, Fasten Films, with the idea of creating local content for international markets. As of 2022, Fasten Films has produced 10 films, has obtained over 12 million euros in public and private funding, and has managed over 20 million euros in budgets. Fasten’s films have been nominated for awards such as the Goyas (best film for Mediterráneo, among others), as well as for Gaudí, Forqué and Feroz awards. His productions are available on streaming platforms such as Netfilix and Movistar+ and have been sold to international markets. Prior to Fasten Films, Adrià was Executive Producer and Director of Co-Productions at Filmax, producing titles such as the "Rec" saga, the highest grossing Spanish horror franchise to date, "Summer Camp" a co-production with LionsGate; or Jaume Balagueró's "Muse", a multilateral co-production (Ireland, France, Belgium, Spain) with a budget of over six million euros.
Monés also worked as Acquisitions and Co-productions manager for Sogecable / Canal +, acquiring rights to successful international shows such as “House” and “Lost” for Digital +, Canal + and Cuatro.
He is a member of the European Producer's Club, Proficció and the Catalan and Spanish Film Academy. He also teaches film production and financing at ESCAC, UPF and Ramon Llull University.
Blanca Heredia
Blanca has also had the chance to lead both professional projects in both private and public sectors including the United Nations. As a member of the Fasten team, Blanca is a leader in management, forecasting and financial analysis. Excellence, rigor and having solid profesional values can best define her.
Albert Morera
He joined Fasten Films in 2020 and has so far directed the production of "Entre la vie et la mort", "O Corpo Aberto", "La Voluntaria", "Maret" and "La Imatge Permanent".
During the first decade of the 2000s, working with the production company Drimtim Entertainment, he produced several action TV movies for the international market, including the miniseries "Ben-Hur", shot in Morocco and co-produced with Muse Entertainment and Antena 3 Television.
He began his professional career in the early years of TV3, working on series such as "13x13", the first sitcom in Catalonia to be recorded with a live audience, or "Tres Estrelles" by El Tricicle. He collaborated with the most important Catalan production companies of the 90's, such as Ovideo TV, Cromosoma, Gestmusic or Diagonal TV; with whom he produced several TV series and miniseries such as "Orden Especial", "Pol Nord" or "Mirall Trencat". During this period he combined the production of audiovisual content with the production of shows and events such as the 1992 Olympic Games.
Ariadna Rodríguez
She started at Fasten Films in 2020, as assistant financial director and executive producer, being involved in projects such as "The Path" by Tobias Wiemman (2021), a Spain-Germany co-production for Warner Bros, "Mediterráneo", by Marcel Barrena, a Spain-Greece co-production, "Maret" by Laura Schroeder (2021), a Germany-Luxembourg co-production, Daniel Calparsoro's "Centauro" (2022), for Netflix, Nely Reguera's "La Voluntaria" (2022), a Spain-Greece co-production and Geordano Gerderlini's "Entre la vie et la mort" (2022), a Spain-France-Belgium co-production, with Noodles productions and Frakas productions.
She is currently Executive Producer of "La Imatge Permanent", Laura Ferrés' Opera Prima (post-production) and the documentary short film "La Casa Oberta" directed by Julieta Lasarte, among other projects in development.
Claudia Romero
Between 2015 and 2021, she worked for Freeway Entertainment, a multinational company offering administrative, financial and legal services to producers, sales agents, distributors, banks and financial entities tied to the entertainment industry.
In 2021 he completed the Financial Controller course at ESCAC and since then he has participated in several projects in the management team as cash controller ("La Pulga y el Elefante" and "Hermana Muerte" both for Netflix) and as controller in "La Imatge Permanent" production of Fasten Films.
María Carla del Río Betancourt
Laia Filella
Pamela Livia Delgado
María Pia Dati
Nacho Hormaechea
Paula Peña
She has worked in all aspects of production, from television to events, and finally settled on fiction film and television production. She’s worked on productions for Distinto Films (“6 dies corrents”, “Suc de Sindria”) Inicia Films (“Unicornios”), Lastor Media (“Suro”), ESPotlight Media & Legendary Entertainment (“Tú también lo harías”), Brutal Media (“Bienvenidos a Edén”) Minoría Absoluta and Filmax, among others.
She recently joined the Fasten Films team as a production manager, having managed the production of “La Imatge Permanent”, one of the company’s most recent productions.
Rita Acebrón
Ester Montero
2. To take a firm hold. To fasten on an idea.
3. To focus attention;concentrate. Their gaze fasten on the film.
4. To enclose securely, as a person or an animal. To fasten a producer in a cage.
Contact us
info@fastenfilms.com