Clara Roquet


Clara Roquet is a Spanish filmmaker from Catalonia.

Biography

Roquet was born in 1988. Reported birthplaces include Malla, Vic, and Barcelona. She studied at the Pompeu Fabra University and Columbia University.
She made her writing debut in the feature film 10,000 km, which she co-wrote with Carlos Marqués-Marcet. She has since written and co-written films such as Petra, The Days to Come, Costa Brava, Lebanon, Creatura, Something Is About to Happen, and The Red Virgin. She made her directorial debut in a feature film with the 2021 drama Libertad.
In 2023 she completed the direction of her adaption of Spanish writer Elia Barceló 2018 novel Las largas sombras for a Disney+ series, Past Lies. The story is based around a group of women who discover the remains of a friend who disappeared two decades before.

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
20152nd Feroz AwardsBest Screenplay10,000 kmNomitated
20196th Feroz AwardsBest ScreenplayPetraNomitated
20229th Feroz AwardsBest DirectorLibertadNomitated
20229th Feroz AwardsBest ScreenplayLibertadNomitated
202236th Goya AwardsBest New DirectorLibertadWon
202236th Goya AwardsBest Original ScreenplayLibertadNomitated
202214th Gaudí AwardsBest DirectorLibertadNomitated
202214th Gaudí AwardsBest ScreenplayLibertadWon
2022Spanish Screenwriters' Union AwardsBest Screenplay in a Drama Feature FilmLibertadNomitated
20229th Platino AwardsBest Ibero-American Debut Feature FilmLibertadNomitated
202512th Feroz AwardsBest Screenplay in a FilmThe Red Virgin