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Marcos Mereles is an Argentine film director, screenwriter and producer, 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 had a limited theatrical release in the United Kingdom in 2022. [8] [9]
Mereles participated in the 2022 Sight & Sound Directors' Poll, his selections were: 8½ , 2001: A Space Odyssey, Pulp Fiction, GoodFellas, Amarcord , Last Year at Marienbad, Barry Lyndon, Eraserhead , Citizen Kane and There Will Be Blood . [11]
Year | Film | Award | Category | Result |
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2023 | All Is Vanity | Fargo Film Festival | Best Narrative Feature | Nominated |
New Renaissance Film Festival | Best Director | Won | ||
2022 | Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | Capri Special Award for Best Feature Film | Nominated | |
2021 | BFI London Film Festival | Audience Award | Nominated | |
2020 | Nevezuchiy | Cleveland International Film Festival | FilmSlam Competition Award | Nominated |
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | Short Cut Competition | Nominated | ||
Cyprus International Short Film Festival | International Competition Award | Nominated | ||
2019 | De Dode Spreekt | Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bruxelles | Best Short Film | Nominated |
2018 | Fantasia International Film Festival | International Short Film Competition | Nominated | |
Nashville Film Festival | Graveyard Shift Competition Award | Nominated | ||
Manchester Film Festival | Best Experimental | Won | ||
Indianapolis International Film Festival | World Cinema Award | Nominated | ||
2017 | Imagine Film Festival | Méliès d'Argent | Nominated |
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