BIO

BIO

 

Anna Molins is a cinematographer with over twenty years of experience behind the camera. She graduated as a Cinematographer from ESCAC (Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya). Her work mainly focuses on fiction and documentary.

 

Notably, her collaboration with filmmaker Neus Ballús deserves attention. Their first collaboration was the feature film The Odd-Job Men” (2021), awarded at the Locarno Festival and the Seminci in Valladolid. This feature film also won five Gaudí Awards from the Catalan Film Academy, including the Gaudí for Best Film. They also worked together on the project Care” (2022) and the short film Blow!” (2023), which was nominated for the Goya Awards and the Gaudí Awards. Recently, she shot the fiction feature “La Furgo” (2024), the debut film of director Eloy Calvo and also photographed “La Peli de mi tío” (2024), a feature film directed by Natalia Cabral that was produced and filmed in the Dominican Republic.

 

Throughout her career, Molins has shot documentary feature films. Notable works include The Thousand Lives of Jorge Semprún (2023), Me llamo Violeta” (2019), which won the Audience Award and the International Amnesty Prize at the DocsBarcelona Festival, and Kanimambo” (2012), which won the Special Jury Prize at the Málaga Film Festival. He has also filmed documentary series such as Publio, el secuestro sin fin”  (2024) for HBO Max and La Gran Il·lusió” (2019) for CCMA.

Moreover, Molins has collaborated extensively with filmmaker Lyona, producing over a hundred music videos and advertisements. She specializes in stop-motion cinematography, a technique she has applied in both fiction and advertising projects.

 

Her experience is also linked to the performing arts. She has directed photography for programs that combine different artistic disciplines, such as Nit de Nits” (2021) and El Temps de les Arts” (editions 2021-2022-2023), both directed by Lluís Danés, where various artistic disciplines converge. She has also collaborated in recording performances for theater companies like Dagoll Dagom, La Brutal, and T de Teatre.

 

Her versatility, sensitivity, and passion for capturing moments and telling stories drive her to engage in diverse projects and experiences.

 

AWARDS

THE ODD-JOB MEN 

5 GAUDÍ AWARDS – Catalan Film Academy, 2022
BEST ACTOR LEOPARD – Locarno Festival, 2021
EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL – Locarno Festival, 2021
SPECIAL MENTION YOUTH JURY – Locarno Festival, 2021
SILVER SPIKE – Seminci, Valladolid Festival, 2021
AUDIENCE AWARD – Seminci, Valladolid Festival, 2021

MY NAME IS VIOLETA 

AUDIENCE AWARD – Docs Barcelona, 2019
SPECIAL MENTION DOCUMENTARY JURY – CineHorizontes de Marseille, 2019
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM – Gilbert Baker Film Festival (USA), 2020

WUT

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD – My Love Michelle Short Film Festival, Texas USA, 2016
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD – FesciMed Madrid, 2017

CANIS

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD – MECAL PRO International Short Film Festival, 2014
CANAL+ AWARD – Alcine Festival Alcalá de Henares, 2014
SILVER MÉLIÈS – Haapsalu Horror & Fantasy Film Festival Estonia, 2014

KANIMAMBO 

SPECIAL MENTION JURY – Málaga Festival, 2012

THE TWIN GIRLS OF SUNSET STREET

KODAK BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD – XII CORTOS VERSIÓN ESPAÑOLA SGAE, 2011
GAUDÍ AWARD BEST SHORT FILM – Catalan Film Academy, 2011
SILVER MÉLIÈS BEST EUROPEAN FANTASY SHORT FILM – Sitges International Festival, 2010

 

FILMOGRAPHY

Feature Films

  • La peli de mi tío (Dir: Natalia Cabral. Prod: Lantica Media, Faula Films, Casa Latina Films, Cornelius Films, 2024) In post-production
  • La Furgo (Dir: Eloy Calvo. Prod: Teidees Audiovisuals, 2024) In post-production
  • The Odd-Job Men (Dir: Neus Ballús. Prod: Distinto Films & El Kinògraf, 2021)
  • My name is Violeta (Dir: David Fernández de Castro & Marc Parramon. Prod: Polar Star Films & Media Pro, 2019)
  • Kanimambo (Dir: Adan Aliaga, Hwidar, Carla Subirana. Prod: Eddie Saeta & Hispanocine, 2012)

Documentary Series

  • Publio, el secuestro sin fin (4 chapters) – Directed by Fèlix Colomer. Prod: Producciones del Barrio (2022)
  • La Gran Il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català (7 chapters) – Directed by Àlex Gorina & Esteve Riambau. Produced by CCMA, Filmoteca de Catalunya & Costa Est Audiovisuals (2019)

Second Unit

  • The light of Aisha (Dir: Shadi Adib. Prod: Mago Productions, 2024). Stopmotion Unit In post-production
  • Sica (Dir: Carla Subirana. Dir.Foto: Mauro Herce. Prod: Miramemira, Alba Sotorra Prod, 2022). Second Unit
  • Fuerza, Cuerpo, Embrujo: The Making of a Dior Cruise collection (Dir & Prod: Alba Sotorra). Second Unit
  • Dictadura, divisas y biquinis (Dir: David Fernández de Castro. Dir.Foto: Alex García. Prod: Lastor Media, TVE, 2020) Second Unit
  • Amics per Sempre (Dir: Roman Parrado. Dir.Foto: Alex García. Prod: BataBat, Lastor Media, CCMA, 2017). Second Unit
  • 13 dies d’Octubre (Dir: Carlos Marquès-Marcet. Dir.Foto: Alex García. Prod: BataBat, Lastor Media, CCMA, 2015). Second Unit
  • Íngrid (Dir: Eduard Cortés. Dir.Foto: Bet Rourich. Prod: Benecé Produccions, 2009) Camera Operator
  • Peixos al desert (Dir: Sergi Pérez, Oriol Aubets. Dir.Foto: Bet Rourich. Prod: Fair Play Produccions, 2008). Second Unit

Documentaries

  • The Thousand Lives of Jorge Semprún (Dir. Albert Solé. Prod: Minimal Films, 2023)
  • Fantasia by Escribà (Dir. Xavier Atance. Prod: Benecé Produccions, 2017)
  • Double Epidemic (Dir. Marc Serena. Prod: GTT Barcelona, 2015)
  • La càpsula del temps. 40 anys de Dagoll Dagom (Dir: Mar Orfila. Prod: CCMA & Dagoll Dagom, 2015)
  • Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer. Història d’un exili interior (Dir: Amparo Solís. Prod: Benecé Produccions, 2013)
  • Una flama al cor (Dir: Josep Mª Mañé. Prod: Benecé Produccions, 2011)
  • To de re per mandolina i clarinet (Dir: Jordi Turtós. Prod: CCMA, 2011)
  • El club (Dir: Rose Kowalski. Prod: Polar Star Films, 2009)
  • La batalla de la memòria (Dir: Mario Pons. Prod: Pons Prod. Audiovisuals, 2009)

TV

  • L’Alegria que passa (Directed by Marc Rosich, Andreu Gallén, Ariadna Peya Orfila. Realization by: Mar Orfila. Produced by Dagoll Dagom, CCMA, 2023)
  • III Premis El Temps de les Arts (Directed by: Lluís Danés. Produced by: SantaMandra Produccions & Fundació Francesc Eiximenis (2023)
  • Bye bye Monstre (Directed by Anna Rosa Cisquella. Realization by: Mar Orfila. Produced by Dagoll Dagom, CCMA, 2023)
  • II Premis El Temps de les Arts (Directed by: Lluís Danés. Produced by: SantaMandra Produccions & Fundació Francesc Eiximenis (2022)
  • T’estimo si he begut (Directed by David Selvas. Realization by Mar Orfila. Produced by T de Teatre, Dagoll Dagom, La Brutal and CCMA, 2022)
  • I Premis El Temps de les Arts (Directed by: Lluís Danés. Produced by: SantaMandra Produccions & Fundació Francesc Eiximenis, 2021)
  • La Dansa de la Mort (Directed by Lluís Danés. Produced by: Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat Catalunya & Ajuntament de Verges, 2021)
  • Nit de Nits (4 capítols) – Directed by Lluís Danés. Produced by: Brutal Media, 2020-2021)
  • Aquesta Terra, Acte Institucional de la Diada de Catalunya (2020) – Directed by Lluís Danés. Produced by SantaMandra & Events, 2020)
  • Maremar  (Directed by Joan Lluís Bozz. Realization by Mar Orfila. Produced by Dagoll Dagom, CCMA, 2019)
  • Manual de supervivència (13 chapters) (Directed by Ruy Balañá. Realization by Alan Fàbregas. Produced by CCMA & BataBat, 2019)
  • La Gent Normal (6 chapters- 2a Season) (Directed by Agnès Marquès. Realization by Raul Cuevas. Produced by CCMA & Sticaki, 2017)

Shorts

  • Mater Benefacta (Dir. M.Riba & A.Solanas. Prod: I+G Stopmotion, 2024)
  • La Roba Estesa (Dir. Àlex Martín Fusté. Prod: Alhena Produccions, 2024)
  • Blow! (Dir. Neus Ballús. Prod: Distinto Films, El Kinògraf, 2023)
  • The morning of Mr. Xifró (Dir. M.Riba & A.Solanas. Prod: I+G Stopmotion, 2021)
  • Ineffable (Dir. Gerard Oms. Prod: Zabriskie Films, 2020)
  • L’extraordinària història de la Bruna (Dir. M.Riba & A.Solanas. Prod: I+G Stopmotion, 2020)
  • Candela (Dir. M.Riba & A.Solanas. Prod: I+G Stopmotion, 2020)
  • Hummus (Dir. Gerard Oms & Eu Manzanares. Prod: Producciones de la Pradera, 2019)
  • Matilda (Dir. Irene Iborra & Edu Puertas. Prod: Arnaud Demunyck & Citoplasmas Stopmotion, 2018)
  • Júpiter & Mart (Dir. Carla Subirana. Prod: Diversitat en curt – Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2016)
  • Dead Horses (Dir. M.Riba & A.Solanas. Prod: I+G Stopmotion, 2016)
  • Lucrecia (Dir. Eva Marín. Prod: Quatre Films, 2016)
  • Atma (Dir. Carla Subirana. Prod: Mar Ximenis & Carla Subirana, 2016)
  • Ana Ismi Cárol (Dir. Anna Molins. Prod: Anna Molins, 2015)
  • Wut (Dir. Sergi Martí. Prod: Nanouk Films, 2014)
  • Blocked, Piled (Dir. M.Riba & A.Solanas. Prod: I+G Stopmotion, 2014)
  • El experimento (Dir. Maja Djókic. Prod: La Movie, 2014)
  • Canis (Dir. M.Riba & A.Solanas. Prod: I+G Stopmotion, 2013)
  • División Azul (Dir. Sergi Martí. Prod: Nanouk Films, 2012)
  • Grand Prix (Dir. M.Riba & A.Solanas. Prod: I+G Stopmotion, 2011)
  • Twins of Sunset Street (Dir. M.Riba & A.Solanas. Prod: I+G Stopmotion, 2010)
  • Algo Queda (Dir. Ana Lorenz. Prod: Christian Guijarro, 2010)
  • Cabaret Kadne (Dir. M.Riba & A.Solanas. Prod: I+G Stopmotion, 2008)
  • Sonata in Motion (Dir. L.Gil & JA Duran. Prod: Laia Gil, 2007)
  • Violeta (Dir. M.Riba & A.Solanas. Prod: I+G Stopmotion, 2006)
  • Lupe and Bruno (Dir. M.Riba & A.Solanas. Prod: I+G Stopmotion, 2005)
  • La otra mirada (Dir. Ángeles Hernández. Prod: Escándalo Films, 2004)
  • Hogar (Dir. Sol Caramilloni. Prod: Escándalo Films, 2003)
  • Black is the color of Gods (Dir. M.Riba & A.Solanas. Prod: Escándalo Films, 2002)

Music Videos

Chica Sobresalto, Elena Gadel, Love of Lesbian, Lory Meyers, Amaral, Sidonie, La Pegatina, Zahara, Morat & Aitana, Carlos Sadness, Mürfila, Trezor, Kakkmaddafakka, Els Pets, Mazoni, The New Raemon, Álex Ferreira, Marc Salvador, La Caza Azul, Beth, Anna Roig i l’ombre de ton chien, Maria Coma, Inspira, Pau Vallvé, Patricia Atzur, Ix, Ezra Furman, Ultraplayback, Oblique & Carlos Bayona, The Crab Apples, Eme DJ, Prats, Presidente, Los seis días, Belushi, Band a part, Wantun, Nitoniko, Vinodelfín, Mono, Jules, Febrero, Spam, Laura Flores, Crazy Notes, Magnética, Kabul Babá, Lanco, Berta, Cris Joanico, Tugores.

Directors

Neus Ballús, Carla Subirana, Lyona, Natalia Cabral, Lluís Danés, Eloy Calvo, Albert Solé, David Fernández de Castro, Marc Parramon, Mar Orfila, Gerard Oms, Rafa de los Arcos, Fèlix Colomer, Mai Balaguer, Rose Kowalski, Raúl Cuevas, Ruy Balañá, Jordi Call, Abel López, Pep Prior, Ariadna Relea, Ivan Labanda, Àlex Martín Fusté, Sergi Portabella, Josep Mª Mañé, Sergi Milà, Victor Carrey, Àlan Fàbregas, Ana Lorenz, Marc Serena, Àngel Leiro, Jordi Turtós, Anna Solanas, Marc Riba, Edu Puertas, Maja Djókic, Sergi Martí, Laura Gutierrez, Laia Gil, Amparo Solís, Sol Caramilloni, Irene Iborra, Mario Pons.

Production Companies

Distinto Films, Media Pro Studio, Polar Star Films, El Kinògraf, Teidees Audiovisuals, Lantica Media, Faula Films, Alba Sotorra, Brutal Media, Minimal Films, Alhena Produccions, Producciones del Barrio, Sidecar Media, Santa Mandra Produccions, Cornelius Films, Benecé Produccions, Implícate, Eddie Saeta, Nanouk Films, Lastor Media, Zabriskie Films, Astrolabi Films, Comodo Screen, Casa Latina Films, Reno Films, Barça Studios, I+G Stopmotion, Citoplasmas Stopmotion, Attic Films, Massa d’Or Produccions, Minoria Absoluta, BataBat, Bosalay, Montuno Producciones, Costa Est Audiovisuals, The Production Club, Horizontal Films, Dagoll Dagom, La Brutal, Misògines, Modiband, Arriska, Sticaki, Gtt, Fair Play Producciones, Sègula Films, CCMA, Atresmedia, Paral·lel 40, Sony Pictures Producciones, RepresentArte, Soul Produccions Audiovisuals, La Movie, Escándalo Films.