We Were a Great Family

Runtime: 85'

Expected release: June 2025

Production stage: Post-production

Budget: € 364.168,45 (89% in place)

1st feature: Yes

Looking for: Festivals, sales agents

Synopsis:

Miquelina, Josep, and later their son Pattet film their lives between 1942 and 1999, with no other purpose than to create future memories. Unknowingly, they capture the essence of the 20th century: everyday life shaped by Francoism, a camera that changes hands, a dictatorship transforming into a democracy, and images filled with aspirations, contradictions, and dreams of change.

Director’s Profile:

Cristina Rosselló is a film and TV editor with a solid career in the Spanish audiovisual industry. A graduate in Audiovisual Communication from the Complutense University of Madrid, she has strong expertise in narrative, editing, and post-production. Currently at LaCima Producciones, she was previously at AMC Networks (2016–2024), editing for Canal Decasa and other TV projects. As a freelancer, she has edited videos for Skeyndor and fashion films for GQ, Esquire, and L’Officiel Hommes. She edited the trailer for “Quest” (La Perifèrica Produccions), pilots like “Ovo” (Globomedia), “Crush” (Phileas), and “Una y No Más” (Netflix). She has also worked on “El Chiringuito de Pepe”, “Feis tu Feis” (Mediapro), “J Kramer” (Notodofilmfest), “Otro Verano” (Mirabal Films), “Plaza de España” (Hillvalley), and “Muchachada Nui”

Co-Director’s Profile: 

Chiara Marañón is a filmmaker and Director of Programming at MUBI. She holds two master’s degrees in Screenwriting (EICTV Cuba) and Filmmaking (University of Westminster). She has served on juries at Mar del Plata, Jeonju, Documenta Madrid, Sheffield Doc/Fest, and FDC Colombia. As a director, she worked with Abbas Kiarostami and has been mentored by Lucrecia Martel, Carlos Reygadas, and Jaime Rosales. Her films include “Niños en Piscina”, “La Chica de la Fábrica de Limones”, and “The Boy Who Never Went Ice Skating”.”

“Juan Soto Taborda is a director, editor, and archivist. Trained at EICTV, he has edited 40+ projects and works at Filmoteca de Catalunya. He teaches at EICTV, UCL, and Kingston, and is a member of multiple Colombian film institutions. He won Best Editing at Black Canvas (2020) and edited “El Father Plays Himself”. His films include “Revelaciones” and “Parábola del Retorno”.

Producer’s Profile:

Ricard Sales Lacima holds a degree in Audiovisual Communication from Ramon Llull University and a Master’s in Executive Production from the School of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts of the Community of Madrid. In 2016, he co-founded LaCima Producciones, where he works as an Executive Producer. He has produced acclaimed films such as “Afternoons of Solitude” (2024 – Golden Shell at San Sebastián), “The Year of the Discovery” (2020 – Two Goya Awards), “Ummo: The Alien Spain” (2022), “Where Were You When You Were?” (2025), and “God’s Hill” (2019). His productions have been recognized at prestigious festivals such as Rotterdam, Seville, Mar del Plata, and Sitges. He is currently producing projects including “Elena Gave Birth to a Beautiful Child”, “From Dawn to Dawn”, “Dancing with Death”, and “The Reserve”