The interpreter

2015 | Documentary | Drama | 83 min | Color

Synopsis

How does a mother feel when she finds out about her son’s death? Is there any comfort? How can anyone ask then for an organ donation? Would she be able to overcome her own pain and see the potential those organs have to save other lives? Silvia Mira, a nurse in Alicante, has been facing those questions for fifteen years. Mastering five different languages, she has been able to conduct more than 100 donation interviews to tourists and foreigners living in Spain. The Spanish Model, known worldwide, is based on the coordination of several professionals and, above all, on the attention given to donors’ families . But Silvia is convinced she is not the one to thank. “It’s not because of me, is because of the donors’ families and its generosity”, she replies, when asked about her job.

DATA SHEET

Direction: Antonio Pérez Molero
Script: Antonio Pérez Molero
Production companies: Inicia Films with the support of MEDIA, the ICEC, the ICAA, and the CDA (Centro de Desarrollo Audiovisual).
Executive production: Valérie Delpierre
Direction of photography: Antonio Pérez Molero
Artistic direction: Mónica Bernuy
Direct sound: Roger Blasco and Alvaro Silva
Original soundtrack: Gonzalo Perales
Edition: Antonio Pérez Molero and Nuria Campabadal
Locations: Barcelona, Alicante, Germany and the UK

Casting

Sílvia Mira

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

SunnySide of the Doc 2010 (FRANCE)
Best Pitch Award

Montreal World Film Festival – Festival des Films du Monde 2015 (CANADA)

Pitching FIPADOC 2010 (FRANCE)

Cross Video Days 2013 (FRANCE)

IDOCLAB, Visions du Réel 2013 (FRANCE)

Invisible Cinema 2016 (SPAIN)
Best Documentary

ALPA 2016 (UNITED STATES)

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In Inicia Films we understand that production is a way to influence society and connect emotionally with the audience. Since 2006 we have been working to promote new generations of filmmakers and give them a voice in today’s audiovisual world.

Through the eyes of our creators and the sensitivity of our authors, we accompany the development of international projects and multicultural talent, building bridges between their experiences abroad and their roots. We deal with themes that respond to current concerns and we believe that by connecting people and emotions we can help to draw new narrative and visual horizons.

Films produced by Inicia Films have been selected and awarded at numerous festivals including “Queens” by Klaudia Reynicke in co-production with Switzerland and Peru, which premiered at Sundance 2024 and won the Grand Prix at Berlin Generation; “20.000 species of bees” by Estibaliz Urresola winner of the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance, two Forque Awards including Best Film, two Feroz Awards including Best Dramatic Film and three Goya Awards 2024; “Foremost by night by Víctor Iriarte, premiered at Giornate degli autori in Venice and winner of the Feroz Arrebato Award for Fiction; “Schoolgirls by Pilar Palomero with four Goya Awards 2021, including Best Film; “Summer 1993” by Carla Simón, Best Opera Prima at the Berlinale 2017; “La Maternal” also by Pilar Palomero, winner of the Silver Shell for Best Acting in San Sebastian 2022, “Unicorns” by Àlex Lora, with Premiere in the Official Selection of the Malaga Festival and “Teresa” by Paula Ortiz, premiered in this edition of Tallinn.

For documentaries such as “The west Indies fleet“ by Antonio Pérez Molero produced in collaboration with RTVE, Canal Sur and Telemadrid or “Singing on the rooftops” by Enric Ribes, with Premiere at Sheffield DocFest.

Also, for short films such as “The disinherited” by Laura Ferrés, Best Short Film at the Semaine de la Critique de Cannes, “The bus” by Sandra Reina, premiered at SXSW, nominated for the Goya Awards and winner of the Gaudí Award.