POLKA

Pol-ka Producciones, commonly known as Pol-ka, is an Argentine television and film production company based in Buenos Aires. It was launched in 1994 and became associated with locally produced television fiction, particularly the prime-time programming shown on Canal 13, now known as eltrece. The company was created during a period when Argentine television producers were expanding the role of independent production houses in the development of scripted programming. Its first television production was Poliladron, a crime-oriented series that established the company’s presence in Argentine fiction. Pol-ka’s business has centered on the development and production of scripted television, while also extending into feature films and music-related activities. Its television work has been closely linked to Canal 13: after a successful run producing programs for the channel, Adrián Suar became the channel’s programming director. Pol-ka subsequently served as an important production partner for the channel’s prime-time fiction schedule, helping create series designed for broad domestic audiences. The company’s film activity includes a substantial group of Argentine and international co-productions released from the late 1990s through the 2000s. The listed filmography includes Comodines, Cohen vs. Rosi, Alma mía, Los Pintín al rescate, Apariencias, Déjala correr, El hijo de la novia, El Bonaerense, El día que me amen, Familia rodante, Luna de Avellaneda, 18-J, La educación de las hadas, Abrígate, El niño de barro and Maradona, la mano di Dio. These projects span comedy, romance, drama, animation, crime and biographical subjects, reflecting a production model that combined commercially oriented entertainment with films associated with prominent Argentine directors and performers. Pol-ka is owned by Adrián Suar, Fernando Blanco and Artear, the broadcasting and media company associated with the Clarín Group. Suar’s dual role as a leading television executive and a central figure in the production company connected Pol-ka’s creative output with the programming strategy of Canal 13. The company is also described as a record label in reference material, although the available information provides substantially more detail about its television and film production than about a distinct recorded-music catalog. Public reference material does not establish a definitive current operating status, a current executive roster, or a detailed account of the company’s activities after the documented filmography. Accordingly, Pol-ka is best characterized here as an Argentine screen-production brand with a major historical role in Canal 13’s fiction programming, while its present corporate status remains unverified.

Pol-ka Producciones was launched in Buenos Aires in 1994 as an Argentine television and film production company. Its first television program was Poliladron, a crime series that helped establish the company as a producer of domestic scripted entertainment. The company’s early development took place within an Argentine television market in which broadcasters increasingly relied on specialist production companies to create locally targeted fiction. Pol-ka built a close relationship with Canal 13. The company produced a succession of successful programs for the channel, and its work became particularly important to the channel’s prime-time fiction offering. Adrián Suar, one of the people associated with Pol-ka’s ownership, later became Canal 13’s programming director. This created an institutional link between the production company and the broadcaster’s programming operation, while Pol-ka continued to be identified with the fiction titles aired in the channel’s most prominent schedule. Alongside television, Pol-ka developed a feature-film portfolio from the late 1990s onward. Its documented filmography begins with Comodines in 1997 and Cohen vs. Rosi in 1998, followed by Alma mía, Los Pintín al rescate and Apariencias in 1999 and 2000. The company subsequently participated in films including Déjala correr, El hijo de la novia, El Bonaerense, El día que me amen, Familia rodante, Luna de Avellaneda and the co-production 18-J. Later titles included La educación de las hadas, Abrígate, El niño de barro and Maradona, la mano di Dio. The range of these works shows Pol-ka operating across mainstream comedy and romance, social and family drama, animation, crime stories and biographical cinema. The company is identified as being owned by Adrián Suar, Fernando Blanco and Artear, with Artear connected to the Clarín Group. This ownership structure placed Pol-ka within a broader Argentine media ecosystem linking content production, television broadcasting and corporate media interests. Reference material also describes Pol-ka as a record label, but the available historical information is principally concerned with its screen-production activities rather than with a separately documented music business. The available reference record does not provide a reliable current management list, a confirmed closure date, or enough recent information to determine whether Pol-ka remains actively producing content. Its documented historical importance rests on its contribution to Argentine television fiction and on its feature-film output, especially during the 1990s and 2000s.

• 2004

  Multiple film releases and co-production

  [1]Pol-kaen.wikipedia.org

  Pol-ka’s documented 2004 projects included Familia rodante, Luna de Avellaneda and the co-production 18-J.

• 2001

  Expansion of film output

  [1]Pol-kaen.wikipedia.org

  The company’s filmography included El hijo de la novia, one of its best-known documented film projects.

• 1997

  Feature-film activity begins

  [1]Pol-kaen.wikipedia.org

  Comodines was released as the first title in the company’s documented feature-film filmography.

• 1994

  Company launched

  [1]Pol-kaen.wikipedia.org

  Pol-ka Producciones was established in Buenos Aires as a television and film production company.

• 1994

  First television production

  [1]Pol-kaen.wikipedia.org

  Poliladron became the company’s first television production and introduced Pol-ka as a producer of Argentine scripted fiction.

Argentine scripted-content producer focused on locally made television fiction and feature films, with a strong connection to Canal 13’s prime-time schedule.

• Television production · 1994

  Television fiction

  Pol-ka’s core activity has been the development and production of scripted television, especially Argentine fiction for Canal 13’s prime-time schedule. Its first listed production, Poliladron, helped establish the company’s identity in domestic television.

• Film production · 1997

  Feature films

  The company produced or co-produced Argentine feature films across genres including comedy, romance, drama, animation, crime and biography. Its documented filmography includes Comodines, El hijo de la novia, El Bonaerense, Familia rodante, Luna de Avellaneda and Maradona, la mano di Dio.

• Recorded music

  Music and record-label activities

  Reference material identifies Pol-ka as a record label in addition to its screen-production work. The available sources do not provide enough detail to identify a definitive catalog, artist roster or current music operation.

1. 1Pol-kaen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Pol-ka Producciones official websitepol-ka.com