Film production company founded in Barcelona in 2018 by the producer and director Antonio Chavarrías after an extensive and fruitful career. Oberon Media aims to develop a rigorous, quality production line, with an international component and a special interest in promoting new creative talents.
Oberon Media’s latest productions include The Exiles (2025, Belén Funes), which premiered internationally at the Toronto Film Festival; Miralles (2024, Maria Mauti), also premiered internationally at the Leipzig Festival; Campolivar (2024, Alicia Moncholí), premiered at the Gijón Festival; Holy Mother (2024, Antonio Chavarrías) and In the company of women (2023, Sílvia Munt), both premieres in the Official Section of the Malaga Film Festival, among others.
The fiction feature film Glaç, by Lydia Zimmermann, and the feature film Mestres, by Sílvia Munt, are currently in development. On the other hand, in post-production is Another Man, David Moragas second feature film, in addition to several projects under development.
TRAJECTORY
TEAM
ANTONIO CHAVARRÍAS
Director, screenwriter and producer
In his extensive career, Chavarrías has written and directed many films, with notable works including Dictado (Berlin Film Festival - Official Section); Las Vidas de Celia (San Sebastián Film Festival - Official Section); El Elegido (world premiere on Netflix); Volverás, 2002 (Best Director at the Mar del Plata Film Festival; Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography at the Ariel Awards; Susana, 1996 (Karlovy Vary Film Festival), among others.
As a producer, he stands out for La teta asustada (Golden Bear at the Berlinale and nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film); La hija de un ladrón by Belén Funes (premiered at the San Sebastián Film Festival and awarded Best New Director at the Goya Awards); Aro Tolbukhin in the Mind of a Killer by Agustí Villaronga, Lydia Zimmermanne, and Isaac P. Racine (7 Ariel Awards, San Sebastián Film Festival); Petra by Jaime Rosales (Directors' Fortnight at Cannes); Elisa K by Judith Colell and Jordi Cadena (Special Jury Prize at the San Sebastián Film Festival); or Pau y su hermano by Marc Recha (Official Selection at Cannes); among many other productions.
NATALIA PEÑA
Financial Director
Graduated in Business Administration and Management at the University of Barcelona, she specializes in tax advantages for film financial investments and complements her training with a Master's in Financial and Accounting Management at UPF Business School Management. After working for over 5 years as a production accountant at Nostromo Pictures, a film, series, and musical theater production company in Barcelona, she joins the Oberon Media team in 2023 as a Financial Director.
MANUELA MATASSINI
Production and development
Graduated in Audiovisual Communication at UPF. Currently, she is studying a Master in Creative Documentary at the Barcelona School of Management, while developing her first documentary project as a director. In 2022, she started working as a development assistant in Catalan film production companies such as Distinto Films and Eddie Saeta. Then, she works as head of development at the emerging production company Materia Cinema. At the same time, she creates and directs, together with the collective Les Daines, her first fiction short film Vinguin les Feres, premiered at the D'A Festival de Cinema d'Autor de Barcelona 2024. She joins Oberon Media at the beginning of 2025.
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CARLA GUTIÉRREZ
Production and development
Graduated in Audiovisual Communication at UPF. Her work has been quite diverse, covering film, radio, and photography, with one of her projects (“If I Could Bear Myself Like Trees Do”) premiering at the SSIFF. In 2024 she joins Oberon Media as production assistant and, in January 2025, she becomes fully integrated into the team as production and development. At the same time, she is working on her first short film as scriptwriter and director, Abans de, while balancing with other audiovisual projects.