Filmax will produce the first feature film by Lucía G. Romero

The director and screenwriter of the award-winning short film “Cura sana”, Lucía G. Romero, will direct her first feature film with the help of Filmax.

Graduated from ESCAC with a full talent scholarship, she is one of the most promising voices in Spanish cinema after winning the Crystal Bear at the Berlin Festival with her first work as a filmmaker.

Healthy care It will be the seed of his first feature film, currently in development with Filmax. In the film, the filmmaker continues to explore this cinematographic universe, maintaining some of the themes of the original story, but adding new perspectives and delving into the complexity of the characters.

The celebrated short film has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Ex-aequo Award for Best Performance at the Malaga Festival and the Feroz Cinema Jove 2024 Award. In addition, it has received a nomination for Best Short Film at the Catalan Film Academy Awards, has been selected at the prestigious Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and has won five awards at the Pávez Awards, including Best National Film and Best Direction, among others.

The love affair of the German festival with Lucía G. Romero continues and this year she presents her second short film, Almost September, in competition in the Official Section of the Berlin Festival. Produced by ESCAC Films, Escac Studio, Escándalo Films and Filmax, and directed by the Barcelona director, the short is an ESCAC Master's Final Project and features the professional work of other students from the center such as Gemma de Miguel (photography direction), Claudia Criado y Marina Delgado (art direction), Aina Callejón (wardrobe direction), Marina Verse (assembler) Irina Canyet (production management).

The director's first film is part of the fiction feature films selected for the Residences Film Academy 2024-2025. Based on her family's story, the film seeks to delve into themes such as family, trauma and healing.

Lucía G. Romero states that her film revolves "around a teenager who, wrapped in a hostile environment, carries wounds that she does not know live inside her. Following an incident, she and her sisters will enter a socio-educational center for a summer. There the protagonist will be confronted with a reality that is paradoxically difficult to digest; another life is possible beyond the pain."