Carta a mi madre para mi hijo

Letter to My Mother for My Son


Direction: Carla Simón
Screenplay: Carla Simón
Production company: Elastica Films, Kino Produzioni, Hi Production
Producer: María Zamora, Giovanni Pompili, Max Brun
Cinematography: Alana Mejía González
Edition: Ana Pfaff
Sound: Eva Valiño, Verónica Font, Alejandro Castillo
Music: Ernest Pipó
Artistic direction: Laia Serra, Mónica Bernuy
Cast: Angela Molina, Cecilia Gómez, Jesús Carmona, Carla Simón, Ainet Jounou, Anna Otin, Elna Folguera, Manel Canadell Simon


Runtime: 24:17
Format: Super 8mm
Dialogues: Catalan, Spanish
Subtitles: English
Country: Italy, Spain
Year: 2022


Carla is pregnant and naked, just like in the photos where her mother poses pregnant with her. Then, a young woman travels from the 60s to the present day, via the 80s, crossing the thresholds of femininity and history, until she meets Carla pregnant next to the blue sky of the Catalan coast.


Festivals

Festival de Cine de San Sebastián | Spain, Sep 2022
Premios Goya - Academia de Cine | Spain, Feb 2024 Nominated for Best Fiction Short Film
Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay | Uruguay, Apr 2023
Giornate degli Autore | Italy, Aug 2022
L'Alternativa - Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona | Spain, Nov 2022
ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares | Spain, Nov 2022
Festival de Cortometrajes de Aguilar de Campoo | Spain, Dec 2022
Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival | Portugal, Jul 2023
CINESPAÑA Festival du Film Espagnol de Toulouse | France, Oct 2023
LA GRAN PANTALLA, Festival Internacional de Cinema de la Gent Gran | Spain, Jun 2023
Festival de Curtmetratges de Manlleu | Spain, Jul 2023
Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy | Finland, Sep 2023