Who we are
The solution you need
Festimania Pictures is an award-winning audio-visual studio set up in 2011 by Pedro Peira as a solution for creating, producing and distributing original content.
A little story
About Us
What we do
A need of sharing stories
Initially, the company started functioning as a Brand Placement and Content Sales Agency, focused on creating and developing product placement and branded content actions for Spanish broadcasters, developing customized, brand driven content in an efficient, cost effective manner, and representing nationally and internationally third-party programs and formats worldwide.
In 2013, we felt we needed to share some stories with the world in order to make some change and we step into production with the social documentary feature Música Maestros. about how music improves the quality of life of people with different pathologies.
This movie became the cornerstone of our production arm.
- Production
- Distribution
- VR - AR
In 2016 part of our team moved to California, where we opened a production office in Los Angeles in order to start shooting our film LA Queenciañera and several awarded shorts like (Latin)American dream, Españomics, Veterana or Trabajadores.
In 2017, we premiere the feature film Soul at the Berlin International Film Festival. The movie, shot in Spain, Japan and France, gets wide distribution on Netflix and at major world territories as well as some critical acclaim.
During those years, we start covering events such as music and film festivals both in California and Spain for news agencies and broadcasters.
- Creativity
- Originality
- Innovation
After attending the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, we begin an approach to extended realities as we think they are the present and early future. We provide consulting and curatorial services for industries that range from education to entertainment, pointing our clients to the best providers and resources.
To be continued...
Never stop creating
Back in Spain in 2020, in order to consolidate our culinary editorial line, we produce the film Free Way and premiere it at the San Sebastian Film Festival. This film will be released by Netflix.
To continue with our social issue production, in 2021, we premiere LA Queenciañera at Outfest Los Angeles, the world’s biggest LGBTQ+ festival, and release it in México theatrically.
Get to know
Our Team
Pedro Peira
Founder & Director
Pedro Peira, PhD has directed the features ‘LA Queenciañera’ (2021), world premiered at Outfest Los Angeles, and ‘Música Maestros’ (2014). He has also produced the documentaries ‘Free Way’ (2020), which world-premiered at San Sebastian Film Festival, and ‘Soul’ (2017) which was released at Berlin Film Festival. In 2016, he completed a Ph.D. in film studies at Complutense University in Madrid and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study documentary at the New York Film Academy, Los Angeles branch. While in California, he directed five short documentaries focused on the Latino population that screened and won awards at some festivals and allowed him to become a Logan Non-Fiction Fellow in 2020. Previously in Spain, Pedro was Director of Sales for BocaBoca Producciones from 2005 to 2009 and Advisory Member of the Committee of Promotion of the Spanish Film Institute from 2010 to 2011. He has lectured at TAI University of the Arts, Universidad Camilo José Cela and at EAE Business School. Additionally, Pedro writes articles for Spanish film industry magazine Cineinforme.
Carmen de Couto
Post-Production Director
Bachelors in Audiovisual Communication (Complutense University of Madrid) / Editing specialist.
She began her career in film editing in 2014, when she worked as an editing assistant in the film Isla Bonita (Fernando Colomo). She has participated in some other feature films, documentaries and fiction shows, highlighting The Good Boss (Fernando León de Aranoa) and the TV show Mentiras Pasajeras (Félix Sabroso). In 2019, she joined the Festimania team, where she edited the documentary feature Free Way. She currently works on the editing of some short films, documentaries and music videos with feature films.
He studied at the RTVE Institute and joined TVE in 1999. In 2009, he became director and producer of its Sports Department, from where he has directed live broadcasts of the Beijing, London and Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, as well as the Champions League and Tour of Spain programs.
In 2017 he directed the documentary Soul, following chefs Eneko Atxa and Jiro Ono and, in 2020, he helmed Free Way, a family story of the chefs Raül Balam and Carme Ruscalleda.