Company Profile

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Ukbar Filmes is an independent production company founded in 2009 by Pandora da Cunha Telles and Pablo Iraola. The company has distinguished itself by producing more than 80 features, shorts, docs and TV-Series, 80% of which are internationally financed, consolidating its position in the national and international film and audiovisual scene.

With a strong presence at international festivals, Ukbar Filmes has produced SUPERNATURAL (Berlinale 2022 | Forum Section - FIPRESCI Prize) and the short film SHROOMS (NYFF and TIFF 2023), and co-produced films such as THE MAN WHO KILLED D. QUIXOTE (Cannes 2018), BRIDGES OF SARAJEVO (Cannes 2014), JOAQUIM and VAZANTE (Berlinale 2017), THE TRAIN OF SALT AND SUGAR (Locarno 2016), GAZA MON AMOUR (Venice 2020 and TIFF 2020 | NETPAC Award) and ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA (Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard – Best Directors Award).

In recent years, Ukbar has stood out for its production of series such as PRIVATE MILLIONS, 24 LAND (first Portuguese TV-Series selected for Drama Producers Pitch at CannesSeries; nominated for the PRIX Europa 2020 for Best TV-Series), GOOD CROOKS’ CHRONICLES, TOLD BY WOMEN S1 (directed by 10 up-and-coming first time female directors), and BROKEN SPIES (Berlinale Series Market Select 2025), all of which garnered notable audiences for the national broadcaster, RTP. They co-produced MILLENNIAL MAL (Spain) for RTP and Filmin, the first Portuguese-Spanish series with Amazon Prime Video, OPERACIÓN MAREA NEGRA (S1 & S3), PUNTO NEMO S1-S2, as well as TURN OF THE TIDE S1-S3, produced with Netflix, which became a global success, reaching the top 10 in more than 30 countries.

In the future, Ukbar Filmes will continue to expand boundaries, tell new stories and develop exciting, large-scale productions, such as the series THE MARQUISE (Berlinale Series Market Selects 2026), CREEP (Iberseries Forum Co-Production Pitch 2026), and TOLD BY WOMEN S2 (20 TV-Movies), as well as the co-productions SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS (BR-PT), CREEKS (PT-BR), CURIUA-CATU (PT-BR) and THE THEORY OF HATE (PT-BR).

Ukbar is always on the lookout for tales of bravery, people, and narratives that make a difference in the world, for filmmakers who want to tell stories, entertain, and question the world and our place in it.