Estiu 1993
Summer 1993 | Sommer 1993
Laia Artigas
Estiu 1993 | Summer 1993 | Sommer 1993 by Carla Simón
ESP 2017, Generation
© Inicia Films / Lucia Faraig
Laia Artigas
Estiu 1993 | Summer 1993 | Sommer 1993 by Carla Simón
ESP 2017, Generation
© Inicia Films / Lucia Faraig
Laia Artigas, Paula Robles, Isabel Rocatti
Estiu 1993 | Summer 1993 | Sommer 1993 by Carla Simón
ESP 2017, Generation
© Inicia Films / Lucia Faraig
Six-year-old Frida looks on in silence as the last objects from her deceased mother’s apartment are placed in boxes. In a send-off, her friends follow her car on foot waving goodbye. Although her uncle’s family welcomes her with open arms, it’s only very slowly that Frida begins to get used to her new home in the countryside, far away from her native Barcelona. Moments of youthful exuberance give way to ruminative detachment. At night, Frida prays for her mother, who she misses horribly, while during the day she attempts to find her place in this new life. In spite of its summery hues, the serious undertones of this coming of age drama, whose gentle images attempt to come to terms with the consequences of an unpredictable illness, prove to be extraordinarily moving.
With
- Laia Artigas (Frida)
- Paula Robles (Anna)
- Bruna Cusí (Marga)
- David Verdaguer (Esteve)
- Fermi Reixach (Abuelo)
Crew
| Written and Directed by | Carla Simón |
| Cinematography | Santiago Racaj |
| Editing | Didac Palou, Ana Pfaff |
| Music | Ernest Pipo, Pau Boïgues |
| Sound Design | Roger Blasco |
| Sound | Eva Valiño |
| Production Design | Mireia Graell |
| Costumes | Ana Aguila |
| Casting | Miria Juarez |
| Executive Producers | Valérie Delpierre, Maria Zamora |
| Producer | Valérie Delpierre |
| Co-Producers | Stefan Schmitz, Maria Zamora |
| Co-Production | Avalon Madrid |
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Produced by
Inicia Films
Paula Robles, Carla Simón
The young actress with the director.
Estiu 1993 · Generation · Feb 11, 2017
Carla Simón
The director with her team during the Q&A.
Estiu 1993 · Generation · Feb 11, 2017
Carla Simón, Valérie Delpierre
The director and the producer of the film.
Estiu 1993 · Generation · GWFF Best First Feature Award · Feb 18, 2017
Carla Simón
The directors of the winning film - the prize was awarded ex aequo.
Estiu 1993 · Generation · Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the Best Film · Feb 18, 2017
Carla Simón, Clotilde Courau, Mahmoud Sabbagh, Jayro Bustamante
The director and jury.
Estiu 1993 · Generation · GWFF Best First Feature Award · Feb 18, 2017
Film team
At the premiere.
Estiu 1993 · Generation · Feb 11, 2017
Carla Simón
The screenwriter and director was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1986 and grew up in a small Catalan village. She studied audiovisual communication in Barcelona and California and then attended the London Film School. In 2015, she participated in Berlinale Talents where the screenplay for her debut feature film Summer 1993 was selected for the Berlinale Script Station. The completed film screened at the 2017 Berlinale where it won the Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury and the GWFF Best First Feature Award. The film went on to win three Goya Awards and numerous other international prizes.
Filmography
2009 Women; experimental film 2012 Born Positive; short documentary 2013 Lipstick; short film 2014 Las pequeñas cosas; short film 2016 Llacunes; experimental film 2017 Estiu 1993 (Summer 1993) 2019 If Then Else; short film 2022 Alcarràs
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2022