Estiu 1993 (Verano 1993)

Frida, a six-year-old girl, faces the first summer of her life with her new adoptive family following her mother’s death. Away from her familiar surroundings, in the countryside, she must learn to adapt to her new life.

Carla Simón (Barcelona, 1986) is one of the most prominent voices in contemporary Spanish cinema. Her work is characterised by a strong autobiographical component and an intimate look at the family, memory and the Catalan rural world. After studying Audiovisual Communication at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and completing her training at the London Film School thanks to a scholarship, she began directing short films and documentaries, before making the leap to feature films.

Her debut came with "Summer 1993" (2017), a story inspired by her own childhood after the death of her parents from AIDS. With a delicate and naturalistic style, the film narrates the adaptation of a girl to her new life with her aunt and uncle in a rural environment. The work conquered critics and audiences, was selected as a Spanish candidate for the Oscars and won the Best First Film Award and the Grand Jury Prize in the Generation Kplus section at the 2017 Berlinale, as well as the Goya for Best New Director.

In "Alcarràs" (2022), Simón delved into the life of a family of peach farmers in western Catalonia. Shot with non-professional actors, the film authentically shows the disappearance of a way of life threatened by modernity. The film made history by winning the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, the first time a Spanish director had received this award.

Her third feature film, "Romería" (2025), delves into family memory from another perspective: a young woman's search to know the story of her biological father in Galicia. Presented in the official section of Cannes, the film closed what many critics call Simon's "family memory trilogy", consolidating her as a filmmaker of reference on the international scene.

Throughout her career she has received the Spanish National Cinematography Award (2023) and the Creu de Sant Jordi (2025), among other recognitions. With a poetic and deeply human style, Carla Simón has turned the personal into the universal, placing her cinema at the centre of global conversation.

Year of Production: 2017

Time: 97'

Country: Spain

Language: Catalan. Original version with Spanish subtitles

Director: Carla Simón

Cast: Laia Artigas, Bruna Cusí, David Verdaguer

Production: Valérie Delpierre, Stefan Schmitz, María Zamora

Script: Carla Simón

Director of Photography: Santiago Racaj

Production Companies: Avalon, Inicia Films

International Sales: New Europe Film Sales

Distribution: Avalon

Festivals: 38 awards and 59 nominations