Pilar Palomero

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Pilar Palomero

Born May 31, 1980 · Zaragoza, Spain (age 46)

Born in Zaragoza in 1980, she has worked as camera operator, assistant, electrician, cinematographer, script editor, editor, scriptwriter and director. She studied at the University of Zaragoza and at the ECAM, where she earned a degree as cinematography director in 2006. After her debut as director in Sonrisas (2005, short film), she directed other short films such as Niño Balcón and Chan Chán. …

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SchoolgirlsSchoolgirls · 2020
Schoolgirls
★ 6.62020
MovieDrama
In early 1990s Spain, eleven-year-old Celia lives with her mother and studies at a convent school in Zaragoza. When Brisa, a confident new classmate from Barcelona, arrives, Celia is drawn into a world that challenges the strict religious teachings and sheltered life she has known. Their friendship pushes her to confront hidden truths at home and the uncertainties of adolescence, leading her to explore questions of identity, independence, and belonging.
UnicornsUnicorns · 2023
Unicorns
★ 4.82023
MovieDrama
Isa is a feminist, bisexual, and polyamorous posh girl, she passionately defends her life. When Guillem proposes to be a monogamous couple, Isa is not sure if he wants to change her life and, given her lack of decision, Guillem decides to break the relationship. Living in a world of appearances and comforts, her contradictions come to light and her universe is crumbling at the blow of likes and moral judgments in this web that social networks have become.
GlimmersGlimmers · 2024
Glimmers
★ 6.42024
MovieDrama
Isabel's life is turned upside down the day her daughter Madalen asks her to visit her sick ex-husband Ramón on a regular basis.
Private LessonsPrivate Lessons · 2005
Private Lessons
★ 10.02005
Movie
Letters from the Ends of the WorldLetters from the Ends of the World · 2021
Letters from the Ends of the World
★ 4.02021
MovieDocumentary
A world in lock-down. As a global pandemic unfolds, 13 international filmmakers pen cinematic letters from their places of isolation, whether home or far from home. A work of accidental science-fiction from the Bistrik7 collective, graduates of Béla Tarr's Sarajevo film.factory.
MotherhoodMotherhood · 2022
Motherhood
★ 7.32022
MovieDrama
At the age of 14, Carla is a wild and rebellious teenager. Living in a modest restaurant on the outskirts of a town with her young single mother, she skips school and passes the time with her friend Efraín. When a social worker realizes that Carla is five months pregnant, she is taken to ‘La Maternal’, a center for teenage mothers, to live with other young women like herself. Together with their babies, they will learn to cope with this new adult life for which they had no time to prepare.
The Night of All ThingsThe Night of All Things · 2016
The Night of All Things
★ 5.02016
MovieDrama
Joana, seven years old, waits for her mother to recover from an illness. She wiles away the hours in her grandfather’s warehouse of antiques.
While We Were HereWhile We Were Here · 2021
While We Were Here
2021
MovieDrama
Briefly depicted fragments from the characters' lives, through summer and winter, as each of them suffers a loss. Cinematic meditation on inevitable loss.

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