Alcarràs (2022)
Director: Carla Simón Run Time: 120 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2023
Starring: Ainet Jounou, Albert Bosch, Anna Otin, Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Xenia Roset
Country: Spain, Italy
Language: Catalan, Spanish, English
About the film:
Winner: Golden Bear, 2022 Berlin Film Festival
Spain’s submission for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards
In a small Catalonian village, the peach farmers of the Solé family spend every summer together picking fruit from their orchard. But when plans arise to install solar panels and cut down trees, the members of this tight-knit group suddenly face eviction — and the loss of far more than their home.
About the filmmaker:
Carla Simón is a Spanish film director and screenwriter who 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 Berlin Film Festival 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. Her second feature Alcarràs (2022) won the Golden Bear at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival, becoming the first Catalan-language film to win top prize at the festival. Both features 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.
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