Paloma Zapata
La Singla
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La Singla

La Singla

Paloma Zapata

2022
90 min.
Catalonia, Spain and Germany
Spanish, German and English
Subtitles: English

Antonia Singla, raised in Somorrostro, Barcelona, became deaf shortly after her birth. Nevertheless, she became an acclaimed flamenco dancer.

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Show
Direction
Paloma Zapata
Executive Production
Paloma Zapata, Paola Sainz de Baranda, Nadja Smith
Sound
Hannes Schulze
Synopsis

A filmmaker is fascinated by the art of a flamenco dancer seen in archival footage from the 1960s and decides to follow the thread. The investigation leads her to Antonia Singla, a dancer who was born at the beach of Somorrostro in Barcelona and became deaf shortly after her birth. At the age of 17 she became a cult dancer internationally and in countries such as Germany she was considered the best in the world. When she turned 30, La Singla abruptly disappeared from the stage without a trace. Behind her fascinating gaze, La Singla hid a tragic story. The filmmaker, determined to unveil it, rescues from oblivion a woman who was ahead of her time, who made a great contribution to flamenco, gypsy culture and the deaf community and was unjustly erased from history. Q&A

About the direction
Paloma Zapata

Paloma Zapata

Directora

With a degree in Fine Arts and a master in Creative Documentary, in 2008 she founded her production...

Awards and festivals

Hot Docs
Canadà, 2023
Festival de Màlaga
Espanya, 2023
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Grècia, 2023
FICCI
Colòmbia, 2023
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Reviews

'La Singla' is pure reality, an excellent suspense thriller and a double discovery. About a woman with impressive wings that breaks with her time and that of the certainty that cinema serves to restore forgotten people who prefer to silence rather than face the truth.

— Carlos Loureda · Filmand

'La Singla' is pure heart, and that's enough to be a real standout and transform on stage.

— José Miguel Ramírez · Diario Sur
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