Sinopsis
Deaf from birth, La Singla learned to dance without listening to music. With only 17 years she came to revolutionise flamenco, but before turning 30 she disappeared from the stage. 50 years later, the documentary tells her story trying to unravel the mystery behind.
Paloma Zapata is a director, screenwriter, editor and producer, born in Murcia in 1979. After graduating in Fine Arts, she debuted in the film industry as assistant director and screenwriter in “Los Caprichos de Goya”. In 2005 she founded in Barcelona "La Fábrica Naranja", initially a collective that in 2008 became an audio-visual production company, specialised in music videos, working with important record labels and singers. She also made some forays into fiction with the short film “La Fábula del dibujante “, and in advertising. Interested in independent and auteur cinema. From 2016 she has focused on music documentary filmmaking, aspiring to reach international circuits and festivals. She has also done research in hybrid cinematographic language between documentary and fiction. Her projects concentrate on themes related to music, culture and dance, always integrating social themes elements. In 2016 her feature documentary “Casamance, la banda sonora de un viaje” was premiered. In 2018 she directed “Peret: yo soy la rumba”, which received several awards. In 2022“Juliette & Camille'' was selected at various festivals Like Malaga receiving an award.
Director: Paloma Zapata (Spain)
Genre: Documentary
Country of production: Spain/Germany
Year of production: 2023
Running time: 95’
Language: Spanish
Cast: Antonia Singla (La Singla), Helena Kaittani
Production: Paloma Zapata, Paola Sainz de Baranda, Nadja Smith
Screenwriter: Paloma Zapata
Director of photography: Dani Mauri, Iñaki Gorraiz
Production companies: La Fábrica Naranja, Malandar Films, inselfilm produktion.
International sales: Rise and Shine World Sales
Selected in Malaga, DocsBarcelona, Hot Docs, Doxa, Guadalajara, Krakow,.
Premiere in Madrid.
