Soc filla de ma mare

Synopsis

During the early years of her life, Laura García Pérez referred to the camera as "daddy". Her father spent a significant part of the year working abroad, while her mother videoed her growing up for him to watch when he was home. Now, with her grandmother and her mother, she looks back over those home movies, as well as photographs from which her father has disappeared and the diary her mother wrote in a psychiatric facility.

In her debut feature, Laura García Pérez aims to reflect on her own identity through the reconstruction of memories. An intimate documentary about her past that helps her come to terms with her present.

Biography and Films

Laura García Pérez (Valencia) studied journalism and photography and specialised in creative documentary filmmaking at ESCAC. In 2019 she presented her first documentary short film, La posibilidad de un volcán, at DocsValència, where it received a Special Mention from the jury. Soc filla de ma mare is her first feature. It was developed in 2020 during the "21st-Century Screenwriters" workshop at the EICTV film school in Cuba and was selected for the Walden Residencies held under the umbrella of the MajorDocs film festival. She presents the nonfiction film podcast Docs&Talks with Inés Calero.