Sinopsis
Fiction. Celia, an 11-year-old girl, studies at a nuns' school in Zaragoza and lives with her mother. Brisa, a new schoolmate recently arrived from Barcelona, pushes her towards a new stage in her life: adolescence. On this trip, in the Spain 92, year of the International Exhibition in Sevilla and the Olympic Games in Barcelona, Celia discovers that life is made up of many truths and some lies.
Born in Zaragoza, Pilar Palomero started in 2013 a master’s in film Directing at the Film Factory (Sarajevo) under the leadership of Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr. Before, she worked for several years as a screenwriter and film and audiovisual teacher. His short films have been screened at festivals such as the Warsaw International Film Festival, the Sarajevo Film Festival, the Doc Lisboa, the Saint Louis International Film Festival, the Huesca Film Festival, the Malaga Festival or the Busan International Short Film Festival. She has participated in the 2017 Talents section of the Berlinale Talents and in 2016 Sarajevo Talents (Pack & Pitch). His first feature film Las Niñas, was premiered at the Berlinale 2020 and won the Silver Biznaga at the Malaga Film Festival. The film won four Goya Awards including Best Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best New Direction and Best Cinematography, and four Gaudí Awards including Best Film in a non-Catalan language and Best Director.
Sala Berlanga de la fundación SGAE
Spanish Female Authors Competition
Year of Production: 2020
Running Time: 100’
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
Director: Pilar Palomero
Cast: Andrea Fandós, Natalia de Molina, Zoe Arnao, Julia Sierra and Francesca Piñón
Producers: Valérie Delpierre and Alex Lafuente
Production Companies: Inicia Films and BTeams Prods
International Sales: BTeams Pictures
Main Festivals and Awards: Winner of the awards at the Golden Biznaga for Best Spanish Film at the Malaga Film Festival and of the Generation Berlinale Section at the Berlin International Film Festival. Winner of the 2020 Goya Awards categories of Best Film, Best New Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Photography Direction. Others: Forqué Award for Best Fiction/Animation Feature Film.
