Janus Films has secured all North American rights to the film Pilgrimage<\/em>, directed by Carla Sim\u00f3n, known for her previous works Alcarr\u00e0s<\/em> and Summer 1993<\/em>. The film had its competition premiere in Cannes and is set to make its North American debut at the New York Film Festival.<\/p>\n Pilgrimage<\/em> follows the story of 18-year-old Marina, who is traveling to the Atlantic coast of Spain for the first time to meet her grandparents on her father’s side. Marina’s parents were drug addicts who died of AIDS, and she is trying to piece together their memories with stories from her relatives, who have secrets of their own. Like Sim\u00f3n’s debut film Summer 1993<\/em> and her Berlin Golden Bear winner Alcarr\u00e0s<\/em>, Pilgrimage<\/em> is largely autobiographical, inspired by the director’s life and family.<\/p>\n In an interview, Sim\u00f3n explained that the idea for Pilgrimage<\/em> came from her frustration at not being able to know her parents’ history. After trying to research and interview friends and family, she found that "memory is very subjective" and that the pieces of her parents’ history never quite fit together. She decided to imagine and invent a large part of their story, saying that "this film comes more from this desire to build a story, to build my own identity." Through the film, Sim\u00f3n aimed to create a narrative that would help her understand her own history and identity.<\/p>\n The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>‘s main film critic, David Rooney, gave Pilgrimage<\/em> a mixed review, describing it as "visually seductive" but also "meandering." Rooney praised Sim\u00f3n’s immersive portrayal of her painful family history, but noted that the film’s pace and narrative structure were sometimes uneven.<\/p>\n Pilgrimage<\/em> is a Spanish-German co-production, produced by Mar\u00eda Zamora, Olimpia Pont-Choper, and \u00e0ngels Masclans. The film features cinematography by H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Louvart, known for her work on The Chimera<\/em> and The Lost Daughter<\/em>. Janus Films negotiated the deal with MK2 Films, which handles world sales. Janus has acquired several Cannes titles for release this year, including Magellan<\/em>, Resurrection<\/em>, The Love Remains<\/em>, and Two Prosecutors<\/em>.<\/p>\n Janus plans to release Pilgrimage<\/em> in theaters next year, following its premiere at the New York Film Festival. The film is expected to generate significant interest and attention, given its autobiographical nature and Sim\u00f3n’s reputation as a rising talent in the film industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Introduction to Pilgrimage Janus Films has secured all North American rights to the film Pilgrimage, directed by Carla Sim\u00f3n, known for her previous works Alcarr\u00e0s and Summer 1993. The film had its competition premiere in Cannes and is set to make its North American debut at the New York Film Festival. The Story of Pilgrimage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[3396,1295,899,3386,10542,3385,7921,10540,353,1196,10541,377,10539,186,785,3341,923,1353,4301],"class_list":{"0":"post-23333","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-film-tv","8":"tag-alcarras-film","9":"tag-berlin","10":"tag-cannes-film-festival","11":"tag-carla-simon","12":"tag-chimera-stargate-sg-1","13":"tag-christian-pilgrimage","14":"tag-cinema-of-germany","15":"tag-cinema-of-spain","16":"tag-cinema-of-the-united-states","17":"tag-family","18":"tag-helene-louvart","19":"tag-idea","20":"tag-janus-films","21":"tag-memory","22":"tag-new-york-film-festival","23":"tag-pilgrimage","24":"tag-scientific-method","25":"tag-spanish-empire","26":"tag-subjectivity-and-objectivity-philosophy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23335,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23333\/revisions\/23335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Story of Pilgrimage<\/h2>\n
The Inspiration Behind Pilgrimage<\/h2>\n
Critical Reception<\/h2>\n
Production and Distribution<\/h2>\n
Release Plans<\/h2>\n