Carla Simón

29.12.1986, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Photo: Elena Ternovaja (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Spanish screenwriter and director raised in a small Catalan village. She studied audiovisual communications in Barcelona and California and attended the London Film School (LFS). Her debut feature Summer 1993 (2017) won the Generation Kplus Grand Prix at Berlinale and the GWFF Award for Best First Feature.

Filmography

Films by this director

Alcarràs

(Spain, Italy, 2022)

Directed by: Carla Simón

PHOTOGRAPHY: Daniela Cajías

Synopsis:

Spain’s entry for this year’s Oscars and the first Catalan film to win the Golden Bear for best film at Berlinale. For as long as they can remember, the Solé family has spent their summers picking peaches in their orchard in the tiny village of Alcarràs. But this year, the property landowners have other plans – to cut down the orchard and install solar panels. Faced with the end of an era, the loud and boisterous family gathers for one last harvest. As the branche...

color, 120'

Summer 1993

(Estiu 1993, Spain, 2017)

Directed by: Carla Simón

PHOTOGRAPHY: Santiago Racaj

Synopsis:

Španjolska autonomna zajednica Katalonija tijekom ljeta 1993. godine. Nakon što joj majka premine poslije dugogodišnjeg bolovanja od AIDS-a, bistra i senzibilna šestogodišnjakinja Frida dospije na selo, gdje će život nastaviti uz ujaka Estevea, ujnu Margo i njihovu kćerkicu Annu. Seoska svakodnevica i sve što ona donosi izazovi su za Fridu, koja nije navikla na takav način života. Osim što joj se čini da u novom domu vrijeme drugačije protječe, se...

color, 97'

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