OUBLAUM FILMES is a film production company created in 2018 by Ico Costa. It focuses on independent and socially relevant cinema by directors from the four corners of the world.
So far, OUBLAUM has produced the feature film ALVA (Rotterdam 2019) and the short films TIMKAT (Visions du Réel 2021) and DOMY+AILUCHA: CENAS KETS! (Cinéma du Réel 2022 – Tenk Award – and IndieLisboa – Best Short Film Award), O OURO E O MUNDO (FIDMarseille 2024), all films by Ico Costa, as well as the feature films ÁGUAS DO PASTAZA (Berlinale 2022) by Inês T. Alves, TERRA QUE MARCA (Berlinale 2022) by Raul Domingues, TOMORROW IS A LONG TIME (Berlinale 2023) by Jow Zhi Wei, EL AUGE DEL HUMANO 3 (Locarno 2023) by Eduardo Williams and ALGO VIEJO, ALGO NUEVO, ALGO PRESTADO by Hernán Rosselli (Directors’ Fortnight 2024).
OUBLAUM FILMES is also producing films in co-production with France, Germany, Holland, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Singapore, Taiwan and China, namely the upcoming feature films by Marcelo Martinessi, Ico Costa, Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski and Jerónimo Quevedo.
It is also the co-producer of the documentary television series CAVALO, by Ico Costa and Barnabé Freixo, to be made in 2025.
Its founder, Ico Costa, has also produced several of his works, including the short films LIBHAKETI (Curtas de Vila do Conde 2012), ANTERO (IndieLisboa 2014) and NYO VWETA NAFTA (Rotterdam 2017), and the documentary BARULHO, ECLIPSE (Cinéma du Réel 2018).