Cinema Releases - Summer 1993
Winner Best First Feature Film and Generation KPlus Grand Prix International Jury - Berlin Film Festival 2017
Summer 1993 was the Spanish Oscar entry for 2018
Winner 'Best New Director', 'Best New Actress' and 'Best Supporting Actor' Goya awards 2018
Winner 'Best Film' 'Best Director' 'Best Screenplay' Gaudi awards 2018
Curzon Bloomsbury | 3.30pm | (programme start) |
June 30 |
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BFI Southbank |
3.00 pm | July 1 |
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ICA Cinema |
8.15 pm | July 1 |
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Week Commencing 13 July |
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Curzon Bloomsbury | Brunswick Centre | London WC1N 1AW | 0333 321 0104 |
all week |
ICA Cinema | The Mall | London SW1Y 5AH | 020 7930 3647 |
all week |
Showroom Sheffield | 15 Paternoster Row | Sheffield S1 2BX | 0114 275 7727 |
all week |
Watershed Bristol | 1 Canons Road | Bristol BS1 5TX | 0117 927 5100 |
all week |
Arthouse | 159a Tottenham Lane | London N8 9BT | 020 8245 3099 | all week |
Depot | Pinwell Rd | Lewes BN7 2JS | 01273 525354 | all week |
Week Commencing 20 July |
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Curzon Bloomsbury | Brunswick Centre | London WC1N 1AW | 0333 321 0104 | all week |
ICA Cinema | The Mall | London SW1Y 5AH | 020 7930 3647 | all week |
Lexi Cinema | 194B Chamberlayne Rd | London NW10 3JU | 020 3011 5523 | 22,24-26 July |
IFI Dublin | 6 Eustace St | Dublin 2 | 1 679 3477 | all week |
Watershed Bristol | 1 Canons Road | Bristol BS1 5TX | 0117 927 5100 | all week |
Broadway | 14-18 Broad St | Nottingham NG1 3AL | 0115 952 6611 |
all week |
Watermans Brentford |
40 High St |
Brentford TW8 0DS |
020 8232 1010 |
all week |
Film Theatre Glasgow | 12 Rose St |
Glasgow G3 6RB | 0141 332 6535 | all week |
Phoenix Picturehouse | 57 Walton St | Oxford OX2 6AE | 0871 902 5735 | 20-22,24, 25 July |
Week Commencing 27 July |
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Curzon Bloomsbury | Brunswick Centre | London WC1N 1AW | 0333 321 0104 | all week |
ICA Cinema | The Mall | London SW1Y 5AH | 020 7930 3647 | all week |
HOME | 2 Tony Wilson Place | Manchester M15 4FN | 0161 200 1500 | all week |
Quad | Market Place | Derby DE1 3AS | 01332 290606 | all week |
JW3 Hampstead | 341-351 Finchley Rd |
London NW3 6ET |
020 7433 8988 |
all week |
Kiln (ex Tricycle) |
269 Kilburn High Rd |
London NW6 7JR |
020 7238 1000 |
27-30 July |
Lexi Cinema | 194B Chamberlayne Rd | London NW10 3JU | 020 3011 5523 | 29/7, 1/8 |
Hyde Park Picture House | 73 Brudenell Rd | Leeds LS6 1JD | 0113 275 2045 | all week |
DCA | Nethergate | Dundee DD1 4DY | 01382 909900 | all week |
Castle Cinema Hackney |
64-66 Brooksby's Walk | London E9 6DA | 27/7, 1/8 | |
Week Commencing 3 August |
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Curzon Bloomsbury | Brunswick Centre | London WC1N 1AW | 0333 321 0104 | all week |
ICA Cinema | The Mall | London SW1Y 5AH | 020 7930 3647 | all week |
Phoenix Leicester | 4 Midland St | Leicester LE1 1TG | 0116 242 2800 | all week |
Filmhouse | 88 Lothian Rd | Edinburgh EH3 9BZ | 0131 228 2688 | from Aug 5 |
Castle Cinema Hackney | 64-66 Brooksby's Walk | London E9 6DA | from Aug 5 | |
Regent Street Cinema | 309 Regent St |
London W1B 2UW |
020 7911 5050 |
3-4Aug |
Warwick Arts Centre |
University of Warwick |
Coventry CV4 7AL |
024 7652 4524 |
8-9 Aug |
Barn Theatre | Dartington Hall | Totnes TQ9 6EL | 01803 847000 | 6-7 Aug |
Rex Cinema | High St | Berkhamsted HP4 2FG |
01442 877759 | 6 Aug |
Malvern Theatres | Grange Rd | Malvern WR14 3HB | 01684 892277 | 7-8 Aug |
Week Commencing 10 Aug.
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Curzon Bloomsbury | Brunswick Centre | London WC1N 1AW | 0333 321 0104 | 10-12 Aug |
ICA Cinema | The Mall | London SW1Y 5AH | 020 7930 3647 | 10,12,15/8 |
MAC Birmingham | Cannon Hill Park | Birmingham B12 9QH | 0121 446 3232 | 10-14 Aug |
Phoenix Exeter | Gandy St | Exeter EX4 3LS | 01392 667080 | 12-14 Aug |
Gulbenkian | University of Kent |
Canterbury CT2 7NB |
01227 769075 |
11 Aug |
New Park Cinema |
New Park Rd |
Chichester PO19 7XY |
01243 786650 |
10, 14 Aug |
Forum Cinema | Market Place | Hexham NE46 1XF | 01434 601144 | 14 August |
Week Commencing 17 August |
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Tyneside Cinema | 10 Pilgrim St | Newcastle NE1 6QG | 0191 227 5500 | dates tba |
Mareel Shetland | North Ness | Lerwick ZE1 0WQ | 01595 745500 | 19 & 22 Aug |
Firstsite | Lewis Gardens | Colchester CO1 1JH | 01206 713700 | 19 Aug |
Hyde Park Picture House | 73 Brudenell Rd | Leeds LS6 1JD | 0113 275 2045 | 17 Aug |
ICA Cinema | The Mall | London SW1Y 5AH | 020 7930 3647 | 18 Aug |
Week Commencing 24 August
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ICA Cinema | The Mall | London SW1Y 5AH | 020 7930 3647 | 24,25 Aug |
Tyneside Cinema | 10 Pilgrim St | Newcastle NE1 6QG | 0191 227 5500 | 24,29,30 Aug |
Lighthouse | 21 Kingland Rd | Poole BH15 1UG | 01202 280000 | 25-29 Aug |
Ultimate Picture Palace | Jeune St | Oxford OX4 1BN | 01865 245288 | 25-30 Aug |
Week Commencing 31 August |
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ICA Cinema | The Mall | London SW1Y 5AH | 020 7930 3647 | 2 Sept |
Arts Centre | 27 St Mary's St | Stamford PE9 2DL | 01780 763203 | 5 Sept |
Filmhouse | 88 Lothian Rd | Edinburgh EH3 9BZ | 0131 228 6382 | 3-6 Sept |
Towner Art Gallery | Devonshire Park | Eastbourne BN21 4JJ | 01323 434670 | from Sept 1 |
Forum | Weston Favell Mall | Northampton NN3 8JR | 01604 837300 | 4 Sept |
Coming in later September: Theatre Chipping Norton (13/9), David Lean Croydon (13/9), Errol Flynn Northampton (17/9), Film Theatre Reading (18/9), Film Theatre Stoke (20/9), Royal Leamington Spa (21/9), back again at the New Park Chichester (21-23/9), Eden Court Inverness (21/9), South Hill Park Bracknell (24/9), Robert Burns Dumfries (24/9), Palace Broadstairs (25 & 26/9), Film Theatre Ipswich (27/9). In October and later: Assembly Rooms Ludlow, Stroud Theatre Street, Theatr Mwldan, Alhambra Keswick, No 8 Pershore. |
Las Pequeñas Cosas / Those Little Things (Fiction, Short, 2014)
Lipstick (Fiction, Short, 2013)
Born Positive (Documentary, Short, 2012)
Lovers (Fiction, Short, 2010) Co-director
Women (Fiction, Short, 2009)
CAST | |
Frida | Laia Artigas |
Anna | Paula Robles |
Marga | Bruna Cusí |
Esteve | David Verdaguer |
Avi | Fermí Reixach |
Lola | Montse Sanz |
Ávia | Isabel Rocatti |
Ángela | Berta Pipó |
Irene | Etna Campillo |
Cesca | Paula Blanco |
Gabriel | Quimet Pla |
CREW | |
Director | Carla Simón |
Screenplay | Carla Simón |
Cinematography | Santiago Racaj |
Editing | Ana Pfaff and Didac Palou |
Art Director | Mónica Bernuy |
Production Director | Mireia Graell |
Sound Design | Roger Blasco |
Production Company | Inicia Films |
Producer | Valérie Delpierre |
Co-production Company | Avalon P.C. |
Co-producers | Maria Zamora and Stefan Schmitz |
Executive producers | Valérie Delpierre and Maria Zamora |
With support of | TVE, TVC, iCEC, iCaa, and mEDia |
Spain 2017 98 mins Certificate 12A | |
★★★★★
"Stunning drama...brilliantly realised...miraculous child performances...a jewel. In its subtlety, richness and warmth it is entirely beguiling - complex and simple at the same time.
It is also very moving...What a lovely film it is."
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
★★★★★
"An utterly beguiling debut feature from Spanish writer-director Carla Simón."
‘Eloquent…a finely crafted portrait of personal upheaval...It’s such a sad, wise insight into the way children process grief, the way happiness and mourning can coexist. It destroyed me."
Wendy Ide, The Observer
★★★★★
"Carla Simón’s debut feature Summer 1993 is a gem of a film by any standards, but when you learn that its story is based closely on the thirtysomething Catalan director’s own early life, its intimacy becomes almost overwhelming. It has at its heart a simply terrific performance from Laia Artigas as Simón’s six-year-old heroine Frida, the intonations of her face conveying variations of emotion that are powerful beyond anything words could achieve.
It's a profoundly humanistic film, bringing home powerfully the sheer achievement of parenthood, as well as how the surrounding society comes through to show its implicit tolerance...A small, but very special film."
Tom Birchenough, The ArtsDesk
★★★★★
"So lovely it hurts. The film is just right for this sultry weather. Don't miss the chance to be transported."
Charlotte O'Sullivan, The Standard
★★★★★
"Simón is building to something here, but she does so in such an unobtrusive manner, allowing small moments to unfold and build in a way that, despite a running time only a little over 90 minutes, has a languorous approach that contributes to the summery feel of the film. Even when the emotional crux of the film comes, Simón never overplays her hand.
A hugely impressive directorial debut."
Sam Inglis, The London Economic
★★★★★
"A fantastic debut...Summer 1993 burns slowly across the screen"
Victor Fraga, DMovies
★★★★★
“A stunning debut… A gorgeous, wistful remembrance of a troubled childhood, whose beguiling naturalism mines a deep vein of emotion…heartbreaking.”
Simon Kinnear, Total Film
★★★★★
'Frida’s discovery of the world is depicted with crystal clarity and extraordinary delicacy in a movie that conveys all the mysteries of childhood and a fair few of its pains. A talent to watch Simón has crafted something special. '
Sergi Sanchez, Time Out
'As Sean Baker did in The Florida Project, Simón allows us, as sentient adults, to intuit a situation while preserving the blithe innocence of the youngsters corralled centre frame.'
Mike McCahill, Cinesthesia
'Rather than revelling in blind nostalgia, Simón reminisces in atmospheres and moods – that which is perceptible to a child...(Simón) presents a humbled reflection on the impact of the AIDS crisis in Catalonia, and further on the extent to which youth predetermines the rest of our lives. In the case of Simón, we are sure to expect wonderful things.'
Lillian Crawford, LITTLE WHITE LIES
"Spain has produced some of cinema’s most resonant child protagonists and there is something of the spirit of Saura’s Cría Cuervos and Erice’s The Spirit of the Beehive in Carla Simón’s beautifully crafted film. Balancing an acute sense of place and time with a broader autobiographical slant, Summer 1993 is a distinctive film realised with heartfelt sensitivity and a keen sense of visual poetry."
'Simón foregoes the bells and whistles of many other family melodramas, crafting instead an extraordinary and beautiful work of grief and memory.'
'Movingly understated and beautifully acted.'
Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times
'Uniquely vivid and evocative kind of storytelling reminiscent of The Spirit of the Beehive.'
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
'Entered in the Berlinale’s Generation Kplus sidebar but winner of the festival’s overall best first feature award, Catalan director Carla Simon’s debut is both tender and determined.'
'Its perception that gives Summer 1993 its strength, helping it become much more than just a period-set rites of passage film.'Sara Ward, Screen International
"Sensitive, understated… A delicate sleeper of a film...Authentic and memorable. Affectionate but yearning. Much more than just a period-set rites of passage film. It might be with a child’s eyes that Summer 1993 relates the efforts of a six year-old trying to cope with grief, but it is with maturity, empathy and heartfelt emotion that it conveys the uncertain reality that follows.”Jay Weissberg, Variety
“Thoughtful, delicately crafted and moving… establishes Simón as a talent to watch.”
Jonathan Holland, The Hollywood Reporter
“Dreamlike. A beautiful and personal film, impressively and sensitively crafted. Its director and screenwriter Carla Simón is an exciting emerging filmmaker to watch.”
Melissa Palmenter, Jury President, BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL SUTHERLAND AWARD JURY
'Hailed as the Best Film of the Year (last) year by different factions of Spanish critics...'
Film Comment
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Download full size pro-res of trailer here
Carla Simón on the autobiography behind her films, in Talkhouse