A Contracorriente Films


A Contracorriente Films is a Spanish film distribution and production company. It is based in Barcelona.

History

The company was founded in 2009 in Barcelona by Adolfo Blanco along with other people, including Amalia Blanco Lucas, Eduardo Escudero de Zuloaga, and Sergio González Páez. The Cove was the first film distributed by the company.
Since 2014, A Contracorriente has also operated as an exhibitor by purchasing some theatres, including Cines Verdi. In 2021, investment fund Suma Capital acquired a 40% stake in A Contracorriente Films. In 2022, A Contracorriente released a subscription and rental streaming service, Acontra+. In 2024, A Contracorriente Films purchased the 100% of anime distributor.

Releases

Release dateTitleDirector
26 April 2013Yesterday Never EndsIsabel Coixet
1 January 2014Turning TideChristophe Offenstein
30 April 2014Carmina and AmenPaco León
4 June 2015Requirements to Be a Normal PersonLeticia Dolera
13 November 2015An Autumn Without BerlinLara Izagirre
4 December 2015Food and ShelterJuan Miguel del Castillo
12 April 2017Black SnowMartín Hodara
10 November 2017The BookshopIsabel Coixet
2 March 2018EmpoweredSantiago Segura
4 May 2018Hopelessly DevoutMarta Díaz de Lope Díaz
13 July 2018The Best Summer of My LifeDani de la Orden
15 March 2019MiraiMamoru Hosoda
29 March 2019Get Her... If You CanInés de León
13 September 2019LitusDani de la Orden
4 October 2019SeventeenDaniel Sánchez Arévalo
18 October 2019The Goya MurdersGerardo Herrero
22 November 2019Out in the OpenBenito Zambrano
14 February 2020The Wedding UnplannerDani de la Orden
5 May 2020VivariumLorcan Finnegan
7 August 2020Color [Out of Space (film)|Color Out of Space]Richard Stanley
18 September 2020One for AllDavid Ilundain
19 February 2021New OrderMichel Franco
26 April 2021PeninsulaYeon Sang-ho
10 September 2021CarpoolersMartín Cuervo
3 December 2021Love Gets a RoomRodrigo Cortés
18 March 2022Code Name: EmperorJorge Coira
13 May 2022Unfinished AffairsJuan Miguel del Castillo
27 May 2022The Dinner GuestÁngeles González-Sinde
29 July 2022Football Heroes of the BlockÁngeles Reiné
30 September 2022Argentina 1985Santiago Mitre
14 October 2022Wild FlowersJaime Rosales
28 October 2022Chickenhare and the Hamster of DarknessBenjamin Mousquet, Ben Stassen
11 November 2022The BeastsRodrigo Sorogoyen
2 December 2022CorkMikel Gurrea
13 January 2023The SubstituteDiego Lerman
28 April 2023Someone Who Takes [Care of Me]Daniela Fejerman, Elvira Lindo
2 June 2023The EnchantedElena Trapé
9 June 2023Father & SoldierMathieu Vadepied
23 June 2023Not Such an Easy LifeFélix Viscarret
11 August 2023GodlandHlynur Pálmason
25 August 2023A Giant AdventureEduardo Schuldt
1 September 2023Jump!Olga Osorio
15 September 2023Friends Till DeathJavier Veiga
6 October 2023Chinas, a Second Generation StoryArantxa Echevarría
11 October 2023Sound of FreedomAlejandro Monteverde
27 October 2023The Movie TellerLone Scherfig
1 December 2023The Night [My Dad Saved Christmas]Joaquín Mazón
20 December 2023The Taste of ThingsTran Anh Hung
12 January 2024Perfect DaysWim Wenders
2 February 2024The Teachers' Loungeİlker Çatak
8 March 2024The ExtortionMartino Zaidelis
15 March 2024RadicalChristopher Zalla
19 April 2024DragonkeeperSalvador Simó, Li Jianping
1 May 2024La casaÁlex Montoya
31 May 2024A Difficult YearÉric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
28 June 2024InvasiónDavid Martín Porras
3 July 2024The Bus of LifeIbon Cormenzana
23 August 2024Mr. Blake at Your Service!Gilles Legardinier
6 September 2024The 47Marcel Barrena
13 September 2024Artificial JusticeSimón Casal
20 September 2024Milagros: An Extraordinary BearEduardo Schuldt
15 November 2024The Last RomanticsDavid Pérez Sañudo
22 November 2024The Girls at the StationJuana Macías
20 December 2024The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai CortésAntón Álvarez
31 January 2025The Party's OverElena Manrique
7 March 2025Afternoons of SolitudeAlbert Serra
4 April 2025DeafEva Libertad
11 April 2025The [Second Act (film)|The Second Act]Quentin Dupieux
9 May 2025This Too Shall PassMaria Ripoll
16 May 2025El cuento del loboNorberto López Amado
23 May 2025The ExilesBelén Funes
6 June 2025Cuatro paredesIbon Cormenzana
18 July 2025Bob Trevino Likes ItTracie Laymon
22 August 2025The ReturnUberto Pasolini
3 October 2025LoveableLilja Ingolfsdottir
17 October 2025The DinnerManuel Gómez Pereira
28 November 2025Flores para AntonioElena Molina, Isaki Lacuesta
5 December 2025GolpesRafael Cobos