Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

Summer 1993

Carla SIMÓN 2017 Spain Fiction color 97min Catalan DCP
Spain, summer 1993. Following the death of her parents, six-years-old Frida faces the first summer with her new adoptive family in the Catalan province. Before the season is over, the girl has to learn to cope with her emotions and her parents have to learn to love her as their own daughter.

Director

Carla SIMÓN

Carla SIMÓN studied at the University of California and the Audiovisual Communication Department Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona. After that she directed TV series and programmes for TV Catalan and she moved to the UK to study at the London Film School. Summer 1993 is her feature film debut produced by Inicia Films and co-produced by Avalon. The project was developed at Berlinale Script Station, Ekran program in Poland, Sources 2 in Barcelona and won the SGAE screenwriting fund. In 2013, Carla created Young for Film!, an association which taught cinema to children and teenagers.

Director's Statement ▾

Carla SIMÓN
  • 2017 Summer 1993
  • 2015 Las pequeñas cosas
  • 2013 Lipstick
  • 2012 Born Positive
  • 2010 Lovers

Director : Carla SIMÓN
Producer : Valérie Delpierre
Cinematography : Santiago Racaj
Editors : Didac Palou, Ana Pfaff
Music : Ernest Pipo, Pau Boïgues

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