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Carla Simón

“I believe there’re many common aspects in childhood everywhere –the games, how the adults’ world is seen from a different perspective. Besides that, I believe Summer 1993 delivers a positive sense about life that sometimes we all seek at the movies. ”

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    ALCARRÀS

    CARLA SIMÓN Spain, 2022

    Carla Simón’s luminous feature—the Golden Bear winning Spanish submission to the Oscars®— is a vibrant generational portrait of farming life told from multiple perspectives. As the clash between tradition and modernity becomes harder to ignore, a family searches for solutions under the baking sun.

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    SUMMER 1993

    CARLA SIMÓN Spain, 2017

    Before her award-winner Alcarràs, Carla Simón wowed audiences with this poignant, autobiographical look at the world through the eyes of a child. Featuring some astonishing child performances, the film unspools with the freshness of real life, in all its messiness, pain, and luminescent beauty.

    LETTER TO MY MOTHER FOR MY SON

    CARLA SIMÓN Spain, 2022

    Made while pregnant with her son, this grainy Super-8 gem from Golden Bear-winner Carla Simón (Alcarràs) glimmers with fecundity. Traveling through time and across generations and mediums—from letter writing and flamenco to various film stocks, it celebrates the promise of new beginnings.

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