Marcos Mereles

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Marcos Mereles is an Argentine filmmaker based primarily in London, England,{{Cite web |last=Sirisuk |first=J.L. |title=All is Vanity: a movie about a fashion shoot gone weird |url=https://hero-magazine.com//article/221823/all-is-vanity-a-movie-about-a-fashion-shoot-gone-weird |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Hero Magazine |language=en}} best known for his feature film debut All Is Vanity.

Career

Mereles’ early short films have been screened at festivals such as Nashville Film Festival,{{Cite web |last=Prickett |first=Macon |title=The 49th Annual Nashville Film Festival Announces The 2018 Shorts In Competition Selections |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/The-49th-Annual-Nashville-Film-Festival-Announces-The-2018-Shorts-In-Competition-Selections-20180406 |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=BroadwayWorld |language=en}} Cleveland Film Festival,{{Cite web |title=Nevezuchiy - Cleveland International Film Festival |url=https://dev.clevelandfilm.org/films/2020/unlucky |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028120810/https://www.clevelandfilm.org/films/2020/unlucky |archive-date=2020-10-28 |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=Cleveland Film |language=en}} Manchester Film Festival, East End Film Festival,{{Cite web |title=EEFF18 - I Think You're Freaky and I Like You a Lot! |url=https://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-archive/i-think-youre-freaky-and-i-like-you-a-lot/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119005000/https://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-archive/i-think-youre-freaky-and-i-like-you-a-lot/ |archive-date=2019-11-19 |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=East End Film Festival |language=en-US}} Fantasia Film Festival,{{Cite web |last=Kermode |first=Jennie |title=The Dead Man Speaks - Film Review |url=https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-dead-man-speaks-2017-film-review-by-jennie-kermode |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Eye For Film |language=en}} and others.

He was nominated for a Méliès d'Argent at the 33rd Imagine Film Festival for his short film De Dode Spreekt.{{Cite web |last=Febre |first=Arnold le |date=2017-02-08 |title=Imagine Film Festival maakt eregast en korte filmprogramma’s bekend |trans-title=Imagine Film Festival announces guest of honour and short film programs |url=https://www.entertainmentbusiness.nl/film/imagine-film-festival-maakt-eregast-en-korte-filmprogrammas-bekend/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Entertainment Business |language=nl}}

His feature debut, All Is Vanity, premiered at the 65th BFI London Film Festival.{{Cite web |last=Dalton |first=Ben |title=BFI London Film Festival unveils 2021 programme for “full force” hybrid edition |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/bfi-london-film-festival-unveils-2021-programme-for-full-force-hybrid-edition/5163055.article |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Screen Daily |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Ali |first=Umar |title=London Film Festival 2021: All Is Vanity - Review |url=https://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2021/10/11/london-film-festival-2021-all-is-vanity-review/ |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=The Upcoming}} The film received a limited theatrical release in the United Kingdom in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Phelan |first=Zehra |date= |title="What part do you regret the most?" Trailer lands for All Is Vanity |url=https://www.heyuguys.com/all-is-vanity-trailer/ |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=HeyUGuys |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Dalton |first=Ben |title=UK-Ireland cinema release calendar: latest updates for 2022 |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/uk-ireland-cinema-release-calendar-latest-updates-for-2022/5166161.article |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Screen Daily |language=en}}

= 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).{{Cite web |title=Marcos Mereles {{!}} BFI |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time/all-voters/marcos-mereles |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Sight and Sound}}

Filmography

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2021

|All Is Vanity

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|Verve Pictures

= Short films =

Nevezuchiy (2019)
De Dode Spreekt (2017)
Florinda e Floriana (2017)
Nochebuena (2016)

Awards and nominations

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rowspan="3" |2023

|Fargo Film Festival

|Best Narrative Feature

| rowspan="4" All Is Vanity |All Is Vanity

|{{Nominated}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web |last=Knollin |first=Scottie |title=Fargo Film Festival kicks off 2023 edition |url=https://www.northdakotafilmsociety.com/news/2023-fargo-film-festival |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=North Dakota Film Society |language=en-US}}

Capri Hollywood International Film Festival

|Capri Special Award for Best Feature

|{{Nominated}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web |title=All Is Vanity - Capri, Hollywood |url=https://www.mymovies.it/ondemand/capri-hollywood/movie/13332-all-is-vanity/ |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=Capri Hollywood Film Festival |language=it}}

New Renaissance Film Festival

|Best Director

|{{won}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web |title=Winners 2023 – NRFF London |url=https://newrenaissancefilmfest.com/winners-2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927211533/https://newrenaissancefilmfest.com/winners-2023 |archive-date=2024-09-27 |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=New Renaissance Film Festival |language=en}}

2021

|BFI London Film Festival

|Audience Award

|{{Nominated}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web |date=2021-10-11 |title=All Is Vanity - BFI London Film Festival |url=https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=allisvanity&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011162651/https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=allisvanity&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id= |archive-date=2021-10-11 |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=BFI}}

2020

|Cleveland Film Festival

|FilmSlam Competition Award

|Nevezuchiy

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rowspan="5" |2018

|Fantasia Film Festival

|International Short Film Competition

| rowspan="6" |De Dode Spreekt

|{{nominated}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web |last=Danielle |first=Tori |date= |title=Fantasia Film Festival 2018: Small Gauge Trauma Horror Shorts |url=https://pophorror.com/fantasia-film-festival-2018-small-gauge-trauma-horror-shorts/ |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=PopHorror |language=en-US}}

Nashville Film Festival

|Graveyard Shift Competition Award

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Indianapolis Film Festival

|World Cinema Award

|{{Nominated}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite AV media |url=https://schedule.indyfilmfest.org/2018/films/the-dead-man-speaks |title=Indy Film Fest: De Dode Spreekt (The Dead Man Speaks) |language=en-us |access-date=2024-09-29 |via=}}

Fantaspoa Festival

|Best International Short Film

|{{Nominated}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web |date=2018-05-15 |title=XIV Fantaspoa: Sala Redenção receberá mostra competitiva de curtas-metragens |trans-title=XIV Fantaspoa: Sala Redenção will host a competitive short film exhibition |url=https://www.ufrgs.br/prorext/xiv-fantaspoa-sala-redencao-recebera-mostra-competitiva-de-curtas-metragens/ |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=UFRGS |language=pt-BR}}

Manchester Film Festival

|Best Experimental Film

|{{won}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web |date=2018-03-08 |title=Highlights from MANIFF 2018 |url=https://mancunion.com/2018/03/08/highlights-from-maniff-2018/ |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=The Mancunion |language=en-GB}}

2017

|Imagine Film Festival

|Méliès d'Argent Award

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References

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