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Marcos Mereles is an Argentine filmmaker, best known for his feature film debut All Is Vanity.
Mereles’ early short films have been screened in festivals like Nashville Film Festival, [1] Cleveland Film Festival, [2] East End Film Festival, [3] Fantasia Film Festival, [4] among others.
He was nominated for a Méliès d'Argent at the 33rd Imagine Film Festival for his short film De Dode Spreekt. [5]
His feature debut, All Is Vanity, premiered at the 65th BFI London Film Festival. [6] [7] The film received a limited theatrical release in the United Kingdom in 2022. [8] [9]
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). [11]
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Distributor |
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2021 | All Is Vanity | Yes | Yes | Yes | Verve Pictures |
Award | Date of Ceremony | Category | Film | Result | Ref. |
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Fargo Film Festival | 25 March 2023 | Best Narrative Feature | All Is Vanity | Nominated | [12] |
New Renaissance Film Festival | 1 October 2023 | Best Director | Won | [13] | |
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | 2 January 2023 | Capri Special Award for Best Feature | Nominated | [14] | |
BFI London Film Festival | 17 October 2021 | Audience Award | Nominated | [15] | |
Cleveland Film Festival | 5 April 2020 | FilmSlam Competition Award | Nevezuchiy | Nominated | [2] |
Fantasia Film Festival | 2 August 2018 | International Short Film Competition | De Dode Spreekt | Nominated | [4] |
Nashville Film Festival | 19 May 2018 | Graveyard Shift Competition Award | Nominated | [1] | |
Indianapolis Film Festival | 6 May 2018 | World Cinema Award | Nominated | [16] | |
Manchester Film Festival | 4 March 2018 | Best Experimental Film | Won | [17] | |
Imagine Film Festival | 22 April 2017 | Méliès d'Argent Award | Nominated | [5] |
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