Opera Prima

2011 | Documentary | Drama | 13 min | Color

Synopsis

One morning like any other, a teacher of an elementary school surprises her students with an exciting new: we are going to make a film. But, “what do we need to make a film?” “Makeup! Customs! Popcorns!” – answer the students fast and excited. Step by step, the kids learn how to make a film, which are the most complex parts and which they enjoy most. Some of them enjoy acting, some prefer to draw and build things, some like better to touch the camera with their own hands. But they all agree on something: they need to work thinking of the premiere.

DATA SHEET

Direction: Valérie Delpierre
Script: Valérie Delpierre
Production companies: Inicia Films, with the support of ICEC
Executive production: Valérie Delpierre
Direction of photography: Antonio P. Molero
Edition: Miquel Martí Freixas
Sound edit: Roger Blasco
Music: Roudoudou

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

Shortlisted at the Japan International Contest for Educational Media 2012 (JAPÓN)

International Film Festival for kids and teenagers – Divercine 2012 (URUGUAY)

Kolibri Festival 2012 (BOLIVIA)

Other films

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Fiction 2020
David Ilundain

Summer 1993

Fiction 2017
Carla Simón

Welcome Home : A family story

Documentary 2015
Pablo Rogero

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.