Carla Simón
Carla Simón Pipó (born 22 December 1986) is a Catalan film director. Both her 2017 debut feature Summer 1993 (Catalan: Estiu 1993) and her second feature, Alcarràs (which won the Golden Bear at the 72nd Berlinale, the first Catalan-language film to do so), were submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to represent Spain for Best International Feature Film at the 90th and 95th Academy Awards, respectively.[1]
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Simón at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival holding the Golden Bear. | |
| Born | Carla Simón Pipó 29 December 1986 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
Biography
Simón was born 22 December 1986 in Barcelona[2] and spent her youth in the Catalan village of Les Planes d'Hostoles.[3] By the age of six, both her parents died of AIDS so she had to live with her uncle and his family in Garrotxa in northern Catalonia. In 2009, Simón graduated from studying film science at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. In 2010, she studied television work at Televisió de Catalunya and later at the London Film School. During her time in London she directed the documentary film Born Positive and the short film Lipstick.[4] Her youth experience was the background to her first film Estiu 1993 which premiered in 2017.[5]
Summer 1993 was filmed in 2017, and became Simón's first feature film production. The film is about a young girl and her reaction to and ways of handling her parents' sudden death.[5] The film was produced by Inicia Films y Avalon P.C. and the filming took place over six weeks in rural Garrotxa where Simón grew up.[6]
The film has received plenty of attention at various film festivals where it was shown. It has won over thirty awards, amongst them the award for Debut Film at the Berlin Film Festival.[7] It was also chosen as Spain's submission for Best Foreign Film at the 90th Academy Awards,[8] the second film in Catalan to be submitted to the award ever.[9]
Simón's 2022 film, Alcarràs, won the Golden Bear at the seventy-second edition of the Berlinale, becoming the first Catalan-language film to receive this award.[1]
Filmography
Direction
- 2009 – Lovers
- 2009 – Women
- 2012 – Born Positive
- 2013 – Lipstick
- 2014 – Las pequeñas cosas
- 2017 – Summer 1993
- 2018 – Después también
- 2020 – Correspondencia, co-directed with Dominga Sotomayor
- 2022 – Alcarràs
- 2022 – Carta a mi madre para mi hijo[10]
Scriptwriter
- 2012 – Born Positive (documentary film)
- 2013 – Lipstick (short film)
- 2017 – Summer 1993, feature film
- 2018 – Después También (short film), co-scripted with Aina Clotet
- 2022 – Alcarràs (feature film), co-scripted with Arnau Vilaró
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref(s) |
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| 2022 | Berlin International Film Festival | Alcarràs | Golden Bear | Won | [11][12] |
References
- ^ a b Llumà, Xavi Serra, Núria Juanico (2022-02-16). "Historic triumph for Carla Simón: first Catalan Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival". Ara in English. from the original on 2022-02-17. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "Carla Simón i Pipó". Enciclopedia.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ cultural, Creación. ""El cine me ha ayudado a entender el porqué de las cosas"". eldiario.es. from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Carla Simón | TorinoFilmLab". www.torinofilmlab.it. from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ a b Belinchón, Gregorio (9 September 2017). "'Verano 1993', un filme en catalán, representará a España en los Oscar". El País. from the original on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via elpais.com.
- ^ "CVC. Rinconete. Cine y televisión. Ese «otro» cine español (18). «Verano 1993», de Carla Simón, por Jara Yáñez". cvc.cervantes.es. from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "'Summer 1993' ('Estiu 1993') Review – UCL Film & TV Society". Retrieved 7 February 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "'Estiu 1993' ja mira a l'Oscar". Ara.cat. 8 September 2017. from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "El film català «Estiu 1993» queda fora de la cursa pels Oscars | NacióDigital". www.naciodigital.cat. from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Yáñez, Manu (4 September 2022). "Crítica de 'Carta de mi madre para mi hijo' desde Venecia: el 'Regreso al futuro' de Carla Simón". Fotogramas.
- ^ Scott Roxborough (16 February 2022). "Berlin: 'Alcarras' Wins Golden Bear for Best Film". Hollywood Reporter. from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Competition Awards". Berlinale. from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
External links
Media related to Carla Simón at Wikimedia Commons