Born in Zaragoza (Spain), Pilar Palomero graduated in Hispanic Philology from the University of Zaragoza in 2003. In 2013 she was one of the 16 filmmakers selected by Hungarian director Béla Tarr to participate in his collaborative project film.factory in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Her first feature film, Las niñas (2020), premiered in the Generation Kplus section of the Berlin Festival and received the Golden Biznaga for Best Film at the Malaga Festival. After its arrival in commercial cinemas, it was a great success with audiences and critics, and was distributed in France, Japan and Portugal, among other countries. Since then, the film has accumulated numerous awards and recognitions, including 4 Goya Awards (Best Film, Best New Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography).

In 2022, she competed in the Official Selection of the San Sebastian Festival with her second film, La maternal, which won Carla Quilez the Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance. The film was released to excellent critical and public acclaim, and earned her nominations for the Goya Awards in the categories of Best Director, Best Film and Best Supporting Actress.

Her third feature film, Los destellos (2024), premiered in the Official Selection of the San Sebastian Festival, where Patricia López Arnáiz was awarded the Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance. The film has also received 4 nominations for the Goya Awards at this year’s edition and has been hailed as one of the best films of 2024 by the Spanish press.

It is also part of the film collective BISTRIK7 and has participated in Berlinale Talents (2016 and 2021) and Sarajevo Talents (2016).

“LA MATERNAL” 2022.

• San Sebastian International Film Festival
  Best Leading Performance (Carla Quílez).
• Gaudí Awards
  Five nominations. Winner of Best Supporting Actress and Best New Performance.
• Stockholm Films Festival
  Winner of Best Film.
• Toulouse Cinespaña
  Winner Best First Film.
  Winner of Student Jury Award.
  Winner of Best Cinematography (Julián Elizalde).
  Winner of Best Sound Design (Leo Dolgan).
• Días de Cine Award
  Winner of Ha nacido una estrella Award (Carla Quílez).

“LAS NIÑAS”. 2021

• ASECAN Awards
  Winner of the award Spanish film without Andalusian production.
• Goya Awards
  Nominated for Best Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best New Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Edition, Best Original Song, Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction.
• Feroz Awards
  Nominated for Best Dramatic Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Main Actress (Andrea Fandos), Best Supporting Actress (Natalia de Molina) and Best Trailer.
  José María Forqué Film Awards. 26th Edition.
  Winner of the Best Fiction and/or Animation Feature Film Award.
• 76th CEC Medallions Edition
  Nominated for Best Film, Best New Director, Best Supporting Actress (Natalia de Molina), Best New Actress (Andrea Fandos), Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography.
• CIBRA Carlos Blanco
  Carlos Blanco Award for Best Film Featuring an Original Screenplay,
• VIII “Días de Cine” Awards
  Best Spanish Film of the Year.XIII Gaudí Awards
  Thirteen nominations. Best Non-Catalan Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Female Main Role, Best Supporting Actress (Natalia de Molina), Best Production Direction, Best Art Direction, Best Edition, Best Original Music, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Sound Design and Best Hairdressing and Makeup.