Amazing news and huge congratulations to Catalan Director and LFS alumna Carla Simón for winning the Berlinale's Golden Bear Award for Best Film with Alcarràs.
About Carla Simón
Simón grew up in a small Catalan village. After graduating in Audiovisual Communication at the Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona, Simón was awarded with the prestigious scholarships of Obra Social “la Caixa”, and moved to the UK to study at the London Film School. At LFS, she wrote and directed the documentary Born Positive and the narrative short film Lipstick; both works were selected for several international film festivals. Her graduation project Las Pequenas Cosas received a distinction and exhibited at several festivals internationally.
Her debut feature Summer 1993, produced by Inicia Films and Avalon, premiered and won the Berlinale's Best First Film Award and the Generation Kplus Grand Prix Jury Award in 2017. It also won the Golden Biznaga at Málaga Film Festival, the Jury Mention at Istanbul Film Festival, and the Best Direction Award at BAFICI, amongst others. In 2018, chosen by a panel including Salma Hayek, Simón received the Women in Motion Young Talent Prize at Festival des Cannes and participated on the 2019 Festival des Cannes Résidence.
Her second feature film Alcarràs was created whilst also teaching film to children through Cinema en Curs in Barcelona.