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About Kapas

What we do

Kapas Films is a film and photography production company based in Colombia, South America. We develop original films in the forms of fiction and documentary, as well as shooting unit stills and studio photography for films and series.  

Original Films

Kapas develops original films and series for fiction and documentary projects. Our goal is to tell exciting stories that reach the hearts, minds and souls of audiences all around the world through streaming platforms, theaters and events.

Photography

We shoot professional unit stills photography as well as studio and editorial shoots for films and series, capturing the essential images that every project needs to thrive and reach a wide audience. Amongst our clients are: Netflix, Paramount, Apple, HBO and others.

Pálpito Family Photo Team. 2023

Making movies since childhood, 1996.

Making movies since childhood - Cali, Colombia. 1996

Shooting "The Nomad's Path" in Colombia. 2022

Shooting "Echo 3" with Pablo Trapero. 2021

Shooting "Echo 3" with Pablo Trapero. 2021

Shooting "Echo 3"with Sharone Meir and Sylvain D'Hautcourt. 2021

Shooting "Echo 3" with Sharone Meir and Sylvain D'Hautcourt. 2021

Shooting Echo 3 in Bogotá, Colombia. 2021
Shooting "Saturno Madrid" in Spain. 2018

Shooting "Saturno Madrid" with Humberto Busto in Spain. 2018

Shooting in Berlin, Germany. 2019

Shooting with Tomás Cortés in Berlin, Germany. 2019

Shooting undisclosed teaser. 2015

Shooting in Colombia. 2015

Shooting with Jim Belushi in Medellin, Colombia. 2019
Photo by Harmyrson Lugo

Shooting with Jim Belushi in Medellin, Colombia. 2019

Shooting in military base. 2021

Shooting "Echo 3" in Colombia. 2021

Shooting "Malayerba" in Santa Marta, Colombia. 2021

Shooting in Madrid, Spain. 2018
Photo by Humberto Busto

Shooting "Saturno Madrid" in Spain. 2018

Shooting "El Chapo" in Colombia. 2017

KAPAS FILMS DIRECTOR & PHOTOGRAPHER

Pablo Arellano Spataro

Born in Cali, Colombia in October 21, 1989. Son of an artist mother and musician father. Formed as a Cinematographic Director at the Fundación Universidad Del Cine (FUC) in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 2008 to 2013. Here he directs his first short film: "Sartén" (2012), and co-directs, co-produces and co-writes the feature film "Delta" (2014) in collaboration with other six filmmakers. His work continually varies between direction, still photography and cinematography.


His first documentary feature film is "Algo más que fútbol" (Beyond Football) released in 2018, set during the 2014 Men's Football World Cup in Brazil  and exhibited in 6 international film festivals in 4 different continents. In 2022 he directs "The Nomad's Path", a documentary web series portraying the creation of Waco OS, a technology app developed for digital nomads.  His directorial work includes fiction and documentary short and feature films, advertising, music videos, educational, corporate, making off, and technology content. 


In 2017 he begins working as a Unit Stills Photographer, in the following years he works in several series such as Echo 3, El Chapo, Wild District, La Reina del Sur 2, Los Espookys, Echo 3, Eva Lasting,

One Hundred Years of Solitude and several other national and internacional productions. 

Our clients include Netflix, Paramount, HBO and Apple, amongst others.


The experience gathered throughout his career has led him to work next to filmmakers like Pablo Trapero, Carlos Moreno, Andrés Baiz, Claudia Llosa, Ernesto Contreras, Carlos Bolado, Laura Mora, Álex García, Mateo Stivelberg, Sebastián Silva, Julio Jorquera and several other internationally recognized directors in the film industry. He has photographed talents such as Sofía Vergara, Luke Evans, Kate Del Castillo, Omar Sy, Franka Potente, Fred Armisen, Yalitza Aparicio, Jim Belushi, Kerry Washington, Juan Pablo Raba, Cristina Umaña, Juan Pablo Urrego, Carolina Gaitán, Michel Brown, Martina Gusman, Humberto Busto, Michiel Huisman, Eric Roberts, Christian Tappan, Mónica Lopera and other well recognized talents.


Pablo has also developed as a cinematographer and camera operator for short films like Saturno Madrid (2019) shot in Spain, and series like Vikingas (2021) and Growing Belushi (2020), both shot in Colombia. 


After working in partnership with other production companies for years, he decides to create Kapas Films in 2021, with the goal of creating original content in film and photography, as well as providing unit stills and editorial photography for film and television studios, production companies and platforms. 


Pablo is a dual citizen from Colombia and Italy, fluent in Spanish, English and Portuguese.  


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