Personal details
Born:
- Birthday: 1986-12-22
- Born Place: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Also Known As:
卡拉·西蒙
Carla Simón
Carla Simón Pipó (born December 22, 1986, in Barcelona) is a critically acclaimed Spanish auteur, celebrated for her intimate, autobiographical films. After losing both her parents to AIDS in her early childhood—a traumatic event she later channeled into her art—she was raised by relatives in Catalonia . She earned a degree in film studies from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 2009, followed by advanced training at Televisió de Catalunya and the London Film School, where she directed early documentaries and shorts. Simón’s feature debut, Summer 1993 (2017), drew directly from her own past, earning the Grand Prix at Berlinale’s Generation section and Spain’s Goya for Best New Director. Her sophomore film, Alcarràs (2022), further cemented her reputation by winning the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival—the first Catalan-language film to do so. In 2025, she presented her third feature, Romería, a deeply personal exploration of her paternal lineage and the collective trauma of Spain’s 1980s drug and AIDS epidemic, marking her debut in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
Person History
Romería 2025
2025