Carla Simón

Carla is pregnant and naked, imitating the poses her mother took when she was pregnant with her. Sunlight filters through the windows. You see pictures in Super-8 of mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, smiling, sewing, reciting poems. Then, a young girl travels from the Sixties to the Eighties, until today, crossing the thresholds of femininity and history, until the meeting with Carla by the Blue Sea of Catalonia and with Manel, Carla's newborn son.

Carla is pregnant and naked, imitating the poses her mother took when she was pregnant with her. Sunlight filters through the windows. You see pictures in Super-8 of mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, smiling, sewing, reciting poems. Then, a young girl travels from the Sixties to the Eighties, until today, crossing the thresholds of femininity and history, until the meeting with Carla by the Blue Sea of Catalonia and with Manel, Carla's newborn son.

Carla is pregnant and naked, imitating the poses her mother took when she was pregnant with her. Sunlight filters through the windows. You see pictures in Super-8 of mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, smiling, sewing, reciting poems. Then, a young girl travels from the Sixties to the Eighties, until today, crossing the thresholds of femininity and history, until the meeting with Carla by the Blue Sea of Catalonia and with Manel, Carla's newborn son.

해가 내리쬐는 작은 마을, 알카라스 매 여름마다 복숭아를 수확하기 위해 3대째 모이는 솔레 가족은 찬란한 계절을 누린다. 탐스러운 복숭아처럼 영글어가는 가족의 이야기. 그 해 여름의 복숭아는 저마다의 기억으로 자란다.

해가 내리쬐는 작은 마을, 알카라스 매 여름마다 복숭아를 수확하기 위해 3대째 모이는 솔레 가족은 찬란한 계절을 누린다. 탐스러운 복숭아처럼 영글어가는 가족의 이야기. 그 해 여름의 복숭아는 저마다의 기억으로 자란다.

편지 형식의 대화로 이루어진 작품. 두 명의 젊은 감독들은 영화, 현재와 과거의 가족, 문화 유산, 모성에 대하여 토론한다. 일상적으로 촬영된 우아한 이미지들로 표현된 개인적이고도 심오한 성찰은 갑작스러운 국가적 비상사태와 공명한다.

편지 형식의 대화로 이루어진 작품. 두 명의 젊은 감독들은 영화, 현재와 과거의 가족, 문화 유산, 모성에 대하여 토론한다. 일상적으로 촬영된 우아한 이미지들로 표현된 개인적이고도 심오한 성찰은 갑작스러운 국가적 비상사태와 공명한다.

편지 형식의 대화로 이루어진 작품. 두 명의 젊은 감독들은 영화, 현재와 과거의 가족, 문화 유산, 모성에 대하여 토론한다. 일상적으로 촬영된 우아한 이미지들로 표현된 개인적이고도 심오한 성찰은 갑작스러운 국가적 비상사태와 공명한다.

편지 형식의 대화로 이루어진 작품. 두 명의 젊은 감독들은 영화, 현재와 과거의 가족, 문화 유산, 모성에 대하여 토론한다. 일상적으로 촬영된 우아한 이미지들로 표현된 개인적이고도 심오한 성찰은 갑작스러운 국가적 비상사태와 공명한다.

Edu is dancing in a bar when Alex comes looking for him. He has some news that will have a profound effect on Edu.

Edu is dancing in a bar when Alex comes looking for him. He has some news that will have a profound effect on Edu.

1993년 여름, 어른들이 쉬쉬하며 알려주지 않았지만 프리다는 알고 있었다. 아픈 엄마는 세상을 떠났고, 남겨진 자신은 시골 외삼촌 집으로 가야 한다는 것을. 외삼촌부부와 사촌동생 ‘아나’는 프리다를 따듯하게 맞아주었고, 새 가족과 잘 지내고 싶은데 어쩐지 점점 미움만 사는 것 같다. 볼 수 없는 엄마를 향한 그리움을 어떻게 달래야 할지, 아나를 더 예뻐하는 것 같아 속상한 마음을 어떻게 표현해야 할지, 내가 말썽을 피워 화가 난 외숙모에겐 뭐라 말해야 할지, 몰랐을 뿐인데… 결국 앞이 보이지 않는 깜깜한 밤, 프리다는 자신을 사랑해줄 가족을 찾아 떠난다.

1993년 여름, 어른들이 쉬쉬하며 알려주지 않았지만 프리다는 알고 있었다. 아픈 엄마는 세상을 떠났고, 남겨진 자신은 시골 외삼촌 집으로 가야 한다는 것을. 외삼촌부부와 사촌동생 ‘아나’는 프리다를 따듯하게 맞아주었고, 새 가족과 잘 지내고 싶은데 어쩐지 점점 미움만 사는 것 같다. 볼 수 없는 엄마를 향한 그리움을 어떻게 달래야 할지, 아나를 더 예뻐하는 것 같아 속상한 마음을 어떻게 표현해야 할지, 내가 말썽을 피워 화가 난 외숙모에겐 뭐라 말해야 할지, 몰랐을 뿐인데… 결국 앞이 보이지 않는 깜깜한 밤, 프리다는 자신을 사랑해줄 가족을 찾아 떠난다.

Anita is the story of a complex and interdependent relationship between a mother and daughter. They have difficulties living together and have never been able to express their love for each other. Joana has dwarfism, and Maria, a beautiful, elegant and sophisticated woman, has never accepted her daughter's condition. The silenced taboos between the two women will echo more than ever when they get the house ready for Juan's visit, the son and brother who lives far away.

Anita is the story of a complex and interdependent relationship between a mother and daughter. They have difficulties living together and have never been able to express their love for each other. Joana has dwarfism, and Maria, a beautiful, elegant and sophisticated woman, has never accepted her daughter's condition. The silenced taboos between the two women will echo more than ever when they get the house ready for Juan's visit, the son and brother who lives far away.

Lacuna is an experimental short film that recuperates Neus Pipó character, the director’s mother, combining the reading of her letters, with a trip through the places where she wrote them.

Lacuna is an experimental short film that recuperates Neus Pipó character, the director’s mother, combining the reading of her letters, with a trip through the places where she wrote them.

Lacuna is an experimental short film that recuperates Neus Pipó character, the director’s mother, combining the reading of her letters, with a trip through the places where she wrote them.

Lacuna is an experimental short film that recuperates Neus Pipó character, the director’s mother, combining the reading of her letters, with a trip through the places where she wrote them.

Lacuna is an experimental short film that recuperates Neus Pipó character, the director’s mother, combining the reading of her letters, with a trip through the places where she wrote them.

Lacuna is an experimental short film that recuperates Neus Pipó character, the director’s mother, combining the reading of her letters, with a trip through the places where she wrote them.

Sophia and Oliver are two little siblings who enjoy playing at their grandma's place while she sleeps. However, their games get interrupted when Oliver realizes that grandma is not moving anymore. Sophia and Oliver encounter death for the first time and have to deal with it on their own.

Sophia and Oliver are two little siblings who enjoy playing at their grandma's place while she sleeps. However, their games get interrupted when Oliver realizes that grandma is not moving anymore. Sophia and Oliver encounter death for the first time and have to deal with it on their own.

A reunion between a mother and her pregnant daughter, who need a moment to recognize themselves and to understand that they will live together again in a new situation for both of them. An exercise made by the author during her second trimester at the London Film School, inspired by the painting "La Coiffure" by Edgar Degas.

A reunion between a mother and her pregnant daughter, who need a moment to recognize themselves and to understand that they will live together again in a new situation for both of them. An exercise made by the author during her second trimester at the London Film School, inspired by the painting "La Coiffure" by Edgar Degas.

A reunion between a mother and her pregnant daughter, who need a moment to recognize themselves and to understand that they will live together again in a new situation for both of them. An exercise made by the author during her second trimester at the London Film School, inspired by the painting "La Coiffure" by Edgar Degas.

A station. A boy. A girl. The same book. An exchange of looks and movements that tends to a loving dream with an unexpected ending. A 16 mm black and white exercise made by the author during her first trimester at the London Film School.

A station. A boy. A girl. The same book. An exchange of looks and movements that tends to a loving dream with an unexpected ending. A 16 mm black and white exercise made by the author during her first trimester at the London Film School.

The bodies of women lying on the ground weave relationships around them, they breastfeed, they connect with the ground ... Carla Simón's first short, shot on 16 mm in the Californian forests. An experimental exercise that connects with the cinematographic avant-gardes of the early twentieth century.

The bodies of women lying on the ground weave relationships around them, they breastfeed, they connect with the ground ... Carla Simón's first short, shot on 16 mm in the Californian forests. An experimental exercise that connects with the cinematographic avant-gardes of the early twentieth century.

The bodies of women lying on the ground weave relationships around them, they breastfeed, they connect with the ground ... Carla Simón's first short, shot on 16 mm in the Californian forests. An experimental exercise that connects with the cinematographic avant-gardes of the early twentieth century.

The bodies of women lying on the ground weave relationships around them, they breastfeed, they connect with the ground ... Carla Simón's first short, shot on 16 mm in the Californian forests. An experimental exercise that connects with the cinematographic avant-gardes of the early twentieth century.