Born in Barcelona in 1986, Carla Simón was orphaned of both parents, who died of AIDS-related illnesses, and was raised by relatives in the Catalan countryside, an experience at the heart of her debut Summer 1993 (2017). It won the best first feature award in Berlin. Her second film Alcarràs (2022), about a family of peach farmers in Catalonia about to lose their land, was made with non-professional actors and won the Golden Bear. Romería (2025) followed, with a young woman searching for her father's family in Vigo.
Filmography
- Summer 1993 (2017)
- Alcarràs (2022)