Simon Maria KUBIENA

Simon Maria Kubiena, born in 1998, is an Austrian writer-director based in Vienna and Berlin. He began studying film directing in 2019 at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, with a semester at La Fémis. In 2023, he started a Master’s degree in screenwriting at the London Film School (LFS). His short film Blue Noise received an award at the 72nd Berlinale, followed by the co-directed short film Mise à nu, which premiered at the 73rd Berlinale. His latest short film At home I feel like leaving was shown at Premiers Plans d’Angers. Simon is currently developing his first feature film, The Flowering of a Chimera, which explores the journey of a disturbed young man coming to terms with his guilt through a healing, yet unusual, connection with an older man.