Marcos Mereles is an Argentine filmmaker based primarily in London, England, best known for his feature film debut All Is Vanity.
Career Mereles’ short films have been screened at festivals such as Nashville Film Festival, Cleveland Film Festival, Manchester Film Festival, East End Film Festival, and Fantasia Film Festival, among others. His short film De Dode Spreekt was also nominated for a Méliès d'Argent at the 33rd Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam.
His feature debut, All Is Vanity, premiered at the 65th BFI London Film Festival. The film received a limited theatrical release in the United Kingdom in 2022.
Influences Mereles participated in the 2022 Sight and Sound Directors' Poll. Held every ten years to select the greatest films of all time, contemporary directors were asked to select ten films of their choice, his selections were: 8½ (1963), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Pulp Fiction (1994), GoodFellas (1990), Amarcord (1973), Last Year at Marienbad (1961), Barry Lyndon (1975), Eraserhead (1977), Citizen Kane (1941) and There Will Be Blood (2007).
Filmography
Film +Directed featuresYearTitleDistributor2021All Is VanityVerve Pictures
Short films
Nevezuchiy (2019) De Dode Spreekt (2017) Florinda e Floriana (2017) Nochebuena (2016)
Awards and nominations +YearAwardCategoryFilmResult 2023Fargo Film FestivalBest Narrative FeatureAll Is VanityCapri Hollywood International Film FestivalCapri Special Award for Best FeatureNew Renaissance Film FestivalBest Director2021BFI London Film FestivalAudience Award2020Cleveland Film FestivalFilmSlam Competition AwardNevezuchiy2018Fantasia Film FestivalInternational Short Film CompetitionDe Dode SpreektNashville Film FestivalGraveyard Shift Competition AwardUK Film FestivalBest Short FilmIndianapolis Film FestivalWorld Cinema AwardManchester Film FestivalBest Experimental FilmFantaspoa FestivalBest International Short Film2017Imagine Film FestivalMéliès d'Argent Award
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