The Euro 75: Mogambo (Spain)

Need to know: Madrid-based finance and production company Mogambo was founded in 2014 by producer Ignacio Salazar-Simpson and finance specialist Ricardo Marco Budé. It has more than 40 films to its name, and works with established and up-and-coming talent like Maria Perez Sanz (Karen). Mogambo co-produces with Spanish and international companies, with high-profile credits including Sam Mendes’s 1917. The company has a track record of Spanish box-office hits including Father There Is Only One, Undercover Wedding Crashers and The Perfect Family. Mogambo is also working with Pedro and Agustin Almodovar’s production company El Deseo on Not A Bride, a documentary series narrated by Penélope Cruz about underage girls forced into marriage.

Key personnel: Ignacio Salazar-Simpson and Ricardo Marco Budé, founders, CEOs and producers.

Incoming: Mogambo is working with Protagonist Pictures on new feature project The Outrun, alongside Sarah Brocklehurst’s Brock Media, and Jack Lowden and Dominic Norris’s Arcade Pictures. Co-producers are Jonas Weydemann and Jakob D Weydemann of Weydemann Bros. Directed by Nora Fingscheidt and starring Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun is an adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s memoir. Mogambo is also developing several projects with Ikiru Films, Pokeepsie, Bowfinger International and 4 Cats Pictures.

Ignacio Salazar-Simpson says: “Co-productions help create more culturally relevant and ambitious projects with higher budgets. In Europe we should try to reduce administrative barriers and allow tax credits to be as competitive as possible.”

Contact: cami@mogambo.es