Cinemino: Romería
CINEMINO - EXPATS AND LOCALS CINEMA MEETINGS
English-language film discussion series
ROMERÍA (dir. Carla Simón)
English-language film discussion series
ROMERÍA (dir. Carla Simón)
Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 6:15 PM
Kino Pod Baranami
Romería is a deeply personal story about a teenage girl's search for truth and identity as she explores her family history. Carla Simón’s latest film will be screened at Kino Pod Baranami, as part of the English-language Cinemino series, on Wednesday, May 20th, at 6:15 PM.
Carla Simón's autobiographical films allow the director to come to terms with her parents’ death and growing up under the care of relatives in northern Catalonia. The events of her youth influenced Simón's work, as she explored her childhood experiences in her feature-length debut, Summer 1993. Romería continues the reckoning with her family’s history that this time is told from the perspective of a teenage girl who longs to discover the truth about her biological parents.
Simón's latest film is a moving, personal journey back to her roots. A summer visit to her relatives gives 17-year-old Marina a chance to confront her past. A seemingly trivial bureaucratic requirement brings her to Galicia, Spain, as she tries to secure a film school scholarship. Marina’s first meeting with her grandparents unearths long-hidden secrets and forces her relatives to break their silence about her father's death. Simón is a master of cinematic family portraits that show its hidden structure, its vulnerabilities, its rituals, and its masquerades. In Romería, the past intertwines with the present, and a painful history comes to life, as materials from a private archive are woven into the fictional plot.
Simón's latest film is a moving, personal journey back to her roots. A summer visit to her relatives gives 17-year-old Marina a chance to confront her past. A seemingly trivial bureaucratic requirement brings her to Galicia, Spain, as she tries to secure a film school scholarship. Marina’s first meeting with her grandparents unearths long-hidden secrets and forces her relatives to break their silence about her father's death. Simón is a master of cinematic family portraits that show its hidden structure, its vulnerabilities, its rituals, and its masquerades. In Romería, the past intertwines with the present, and a painful history comes to life, as materials from a private archive are woven into the fictional plot.
Cinemino is a series of screenings for international audiences, during which viewers from around the world come together to watch the latest Polish and international productions. Each meeting consists of a film screening at Kino Pod Baranami and an informal post-screening discussion at Betel Club. The event is held in English, and the films are shown either in English, or with English subtitles.
The Cinemino series is hosted by Krzysztof Bielski (Jagiellonian University) and Małgorzata Mączko (Kino Pod Baranami).
TICKETS:
29 PLN (regular)
26 PLN (reduced)
23 PLN (senior/club)
23 PLN - with Cinemino participant card
ABOUT THE FILM:
ROMERÍA | ROMERÍA
(Carla Simón) ES 2025, 115'
Cannes International Film Festival 2025 - nomination: Main Competition (Carla Simón)
Goya 2026 - nominations: Best Director (Carla Simón), Best Supporting Actress (Miryam Gallego), Best Adapted Screenplay (Carla Simón), Best Newcomer Actress (Llúcia Garcia), Best Costume Design (Anna Aguilà), Best Newcomer Actor (Mitch Martín)
Adopted as a little girl, now seventeen-year-old Marina (Llúcia Garcia) travels to Vigo to meet her biological father's family for the first time. Following the trail of her mother's diary, Marina tries to piece together the story of her parents, whom she barely remembers, and relive their fragmented memories. What starts as an administrative quest reveals long-buried family secrets.
(Carla Simón) ES 2025, 115'
Goya 2026 - nominations: Best Director (Carla Simón), Best Supporting Actress (Miryam Gallego), Best Adapted Screenplay (Carla Simón), Best Newcomer Actress (Llúcia Garcia), Best Costume Design (Anna Aguilà), Best Newcomer Actor (Mitch Martín)
Adopted as a little girl, now seventeen-year-old Marina (Llúcia Garcia) travels to Vigo to meet her biological father's family for the first time. Following the trail of her mother's diary, Marina tries to piece together the story of her parents, whom she barely remembers, and relive their fragmented memories. What starts as an administrative quest reveals long-buried family secrets.
The film will be screened with Polish and English subtitles.
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