Marta Balaga Spanish actress Itsaso Arana proves that “Girls Are Alright” with her directorial debut, vying for the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
Known to the festival’s audience thanks to Jonás Trueba’s “August Virgin,” which she also co-wrote, she is currently readying their next project, set to shoot in the autumn. “That experience, as well as his other films I starred in, have been profoundly significant in my life.
Jonás is a great inspiration,” says Arana. But after years of collaborations, however satisfying, she is ready to venture out on her own. “I have always created collectively or in a partnership, and I needed to prove to myself I was capable of leading a project.
For better or worse, it’s mine,” she says, calling the process “healing.” “I feel like acting, writing and directing, at least as I experience it, are part of the same thing.
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