Berlin Generation Kplus Winner Carla Simon Readies ‘Romeria,’ Selected for CineMart (EXCLUSIVE)
Emilio Mayorga Catalan auteur Carla Simón, a 2017 Berlinale Generation Kplus winner with “Summer 1993,” is preparing her third feature, “Romería,” which has been selected among 17 new feature projects to be offered at Rotterdam Film Festival’s CineMart co-production market, to be held Feb. 1-5.“Romería” (the Spanish name for a popular pilgrimage) will be produced by Stefan Schmitz-founded and Madrid-based production-distribution outfit Avalon, Spanish distributor for Wong Kar-Wai’s “In the Mood for Love,” and producers of Álvaro Gago’s “Matria,” the feature follow-up to his eponymous 2018 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning short, as well as “Summer 1993.” Barcelona’s Ringo Media is co-producing.