First off, congratulations on the film! The reception has certainly been incredible; it was selected for over 200 festivals and has taken away over 60 awards, including the Goya award. How does it feel to have your film listed as an Oscar qualifier?

It is exciting! And a great way to get more people interested in our film and its message.

Where did the seeds of the project originate, and what was your creative process like?

I’d recently become a mother, with all the fear and anxieties that brings you. That summer, I saw this lonely teenage girl at the pool - the same pool the story is filmed at - and it got me thinking: why does she come here all alone? Why does she come when there’s no one else around? I wrote the short that same evening.