VOLF ENTERTAINMENT is a company created by an investment company, LISBON VENTURES, to produce series, films and documentaries. This production company counts with the trajectory and experience of 25 years of director and producer Leonel Vieira.
Leonel Vieira founded Stopline Films in 2004, a production company dedicated to the production of films and series, adding over the years more than 30 titles and almost 200 advertising films. “O PÁTIO DAS CANTIGAS” (2015), directed and produced by Leonel Vieira, became the biggest box office success of Portuguese cinema. This film is part of a trilogy of comedies that was a great success in Portugal and were sold to Netflix, Prime Video, AXN, Canal Hollywood, TVCine and RTP1. To this day, it holds the 1st place in the most watched national films. Leonel Vieira has been working for more than a decade with important producers in Brazil and Spain. In 2013 he was co-producer of “RED BRAZIL”, a major historical production filmed in English (with a budget of €10M). A co-production between France, Brazil, Portugal and Canada. In 2010, he directed and produced with Spain the miniseries “CONEXÃO” (2x90’), about drug trafficking in Galicia, which was nominated for the FIPA D’OR in Biarritz (2010). In 2015, he performed the biggest production service in Portugal for a Hollywood production of that time. Directed by Terry Jorge and produced by Survival Pictures, “THE PROMISE”, with Oscar Isaac and Christian Bale, had a team of 500 technicians and almost 40 trucks of equipment.
Volf Entertainment is currently preparing the release of the thriller “THE LAST ANIMAL”, directed by Leonel Vieira in Rio de Janeiro, which was nominated as Best Foreign Film at the Gramado Film Festival (2022). It also premiered “THE CRIME OF FATHER AMARO” (6x45’), a period series for the public channel RTP (Portugal) also directed by Leonel Vieira, which won Best TV Series and Best TV Pilot at the Buenos Aires International Film Festival - Web Series (2023).