Ventanarosa is a
production company formally founded by
Salma Hayek in 1999. Its
Spanish language translation literally means "
rose-colored window" or "pink window."
Ventanarosa's first feature film was the
Arturo Ripstein-helmed
El Coronel No Tiene Quien le Escriba based on the
Gabriel García Márquez novel of the same name. The film was
Mexico's official selection for submission to the Best Foreign Film category at the
Academy Awards.
In 2001 the Ventanarosa-produced
Showtime movie
In the Time of the Butterflies, another adaptation of a
Hispanic author's work, was broadcast. The next year,
Frida, a film Hayek had been involved with since 1997, was released in theaters. The biographical film about the life of artist
Frida Kahlo went on to win two
Oscars. The success of
Frida, coupled with the good reception of
In the Time of the Butterflies, was followed by the 2003
Emmy-winning
The Maldonado Miracle, also for Showtime.