Villano Producciones

Privately owned Villano Producciones, headquartered in Chile, was founded in 2008 and employs approximately 20 individuals, focusing on entertainment content rights. The company functions as an independent film studio, television production house, and intellectual property incubator, originally established by filmmakers, showrunners, and producers Juan Ignacio Sabatini and Juan Pablo Sallato. It was established to bridge the gap between fine art aesthetics and commercial cinematic execution. Supported institutionally by the Chilean government's export bureau, ProChile, the studio creates gritty investigative thrillers, historical dramas, and social documentaries in South America. It controls a proprietary intellectual property repository that has secured multiple Chilean National Television Council (CNTV) grants, Altazor Awards, Caleuche Awards, and invitations to international festivals, including the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), San Sebastián International Film Festival, and Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF). Its entertainment catalogue and franchise library includes audiovisual properties such as the historical political thriller Matar a Pinochet (Kill Pinochet), the true-crime drama franchise La Cacería (encompassing La Cacería: Las niñas de Alto Hospicio and La Cacería: En el fin del mundo), Zamudio: Perdidos en la noche, the Gothic folklore anthology Poemas malditos (Cursed Poems), the sports documentary Ojos rojos, Villa Olímpica, Poirot: El Último Testigo, La Quinta, and the European co-production Hangar Rojo.