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Marcelo Martinessi is a Paraguayan filmmaker. His films include "Karai norte" (2009), "The Lost Voice" (2016), and The Heiresses ( Spanish : Las herederas ), the latter being selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival .
YearAwardCategoryFilm2016Best Short FilmLa Voz Pedida20182018Athens International Film FestivalBest Picture2018Best FilmMarcelo Martinessi (Asunción, 1 de enero de 1973) es un guionista y director de cine paraguayo ganador de un Oso de Plata en la Competencia Oficial de la Berlinale 2018 [1] y del Premio Orizzonti al Mejor Cortometraje en la Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematográfica di Venezia en el 2016.
Marcelo Martinessi. The film's appeal is best encapsulated in a moment after a screening in Mumbai last year. An elderly lady rose from her seat, struggling to hold onto the mic, she declared how...
Jan 15, 2019 · The opening scenes of “The Heiresses,” Marcelo Martinessi’s debut feature, play a subtle game with the audience’s assumptions.
- Marcelo Martinessi
Jul 8, 2018 · Tiana (17) interviewed Paraguayan filmmaker Marcelo Martinessi who directed The Heiresses. His debut feature screened at the 65th Sydney Film Festival and was awarded the prestigious Sydney Film Prize, out of a selection of 12 Official Competition films.
Aug 6, 2018 · Marcelo Martinessi is the writer-director of the award-winning The Heiresses, a story of relationship breakdown set in his native Paraguay – a country which after decades living under a dictatorship is only now starting to develop a film industry.
Jan 18, 2019 · Paraguayan filmmaker Marcelo Martinessi ‘s feature debut is one of the more unique queer cinema film examples of recent memory in terms of offering a glimpse into homosexuality via a demographic that is not often cinematically put on display.
