Mariana Meraz is a filmmaker and photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. Rooted in documentary and drawn to the space between reality and imagination, her work explores people, music and everyday life through an intimate, cinematic and sometimes surreal lens. Working across digital, Super 8, 16mm and direct animation, she collaborates with artists, musicians and record labels internationally, creating short films, music films, artist portraits, album covers and visual narratives.
Awards/Recognition:
Best short film at the NYC Quarantine Film Festival 2020.
Best short film under New York Stories at the DUMBO Film Festival 2021.
Official selection Guanajuato Film Festival (GIFF) Mexico, 2020.
Official selection New Wave Film Festival, Germany, 2021.
Official selection Roma Short Film Festival, Italy, 2022.
Official Selection Seoul Short Film Festival, South Korea, 2022.
Original Short Films:
“Solitudine“ (2017)
“Dark” (2018)
“Last Angry Man” (2019)
“19 Times“ (2020)
“Little Jade” (2022)
Exhibitions:
Lemo Art Gallery (Berlin)
Musart (New York)
Photobook 19 Times published by the German Publisher Kerschensteiner Verlag in 2020.
Press:
Downbeat USA.
New York City Jazz Record USA.
Jazzthing, Germany.
Die Zeit, Germany.
Zitty, Germany.
Mittelbayerische Zeitung, Germany
El Universal, México.
Revista Aire, México.
Milenio, México.
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