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Carla Simón: ‘In Spain people use words like shame and blame. But my parents just had bad luck‘

The rising star of Spanish cinema discusses being orphaned at six, new feature Romería and why she always works with children

The Guardian - UK

Amandaland to Olof Dreijer: the week in rave reviews

Lucy Punch’s middle-class antihero is back, and one half of the Knife presents an album of dazzlingly inventive psychedelia. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews

The Guardian - UK

Desperately seeking viewers: What Spain must do to attract people into cinemas again

Despite having more investment, productions and a new wave of celebrated young cross-platform talent, Spain's film industry is failing to match audience figures from a decade ago.

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Six female film directors celebrating Spain’s linguistic diversity on screen

The Spanish film industry has historically been dominated by men and, perhaps unsurprisingly, by the Spanish language. The country doesn’t have a great track record for valuing minority languages, or the cultural outputs made in them.

The Conversation

Romería review – Carla Simón’s gripping pilgrimage tackles Aids, parents and the legacy of secrets

A young woman arrives in a Spanish coastal city to meet the family of her dead father, who are hiding information about his life and death, in Simón’s distinctive drama

The Guardian - UK

Pillion, Phoenician and Panahi: superb lineup set to extend Cannes’ Oscar-sweeping streak

After a tricky few years, the world’s pre-eminent film festival has come roaring back and is set to feature new work by Kelly Reichardt, another Joachim Trier drama starring Renate Reinsve and Cannes icons the Dardenne brothers

The Guardian - UK

Solar power on film

A new drama reminds us that things aren’t always rosy for those on the front lines of clean energy development

Salon

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Losing "this way of life" in Catalonia

Carla Simón spoke to Salon about her film following a family of peach cultivators who must change with the times

Salon

Berlin film festival 2022 roundup – earnestness, joy, and the best film won

At an unusually quiet, Covid-strict festival, it was a good year for the French, and female directors – and we got to see Jean-Luc Godard do his ironing

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