Marcelo Martinessi

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. [1] [2]

Marcelo Martinessi
Marcelo Martinessi, 2018
Born	1 January 1973 Asuncion, Paraguay
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Website	La Babosa Cine

Filmography

• Los paraguayos (2007, documentary)
• Paraguay según Agustín Barrios (2007, documentary)
• Partida (2008, short film)
• Karai Norte (2009, short film)
• Calle Última (2011, short film)
• El baldío (2012, short film)
• Diario Guaraní (2016, documentary)
• La voz perdida (2017, short film)
• Las herederas (2018, feature film)

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
2016	Venice Film Festival	Best Short Film	La Voz Pedida	Won
2018	Berlin International Film Festival	Alfred Bauer Award	Las Herederas	Won
	Athens International Film Festival	Best Picture		Won
	Cartagena Film Festival	Best Film		Nominated
		Best Director		Won
	San Sebastián International Film Festival	Best Film		Nominated
		Best Latin American Film		Won
	Fénix Awards	Best Director		Won
		Best Screenplay		Nominated
	Seattle International Film Festival	Best Feature Film		Nominated
	Sydney Film Festival	Best Film		Won
2019	Platino Awards	Best Screenplay		Nominated
		Best Debut Film		Won
		Film and Education Values		Nominated

References

1. "Marcelo Martinessi". IMDb.
2. "Competition and Berlinale Special: Christian Petzold, Emily Atef, Lance Daly, Marcelo Martinessi, Cédric Kahn, Adina Pintilie, Markus Imhoof, Mani Haghighi, Måns Månsson and Axel Petersén, David and Nathan Zellner in the Competition programme / Raman Hui, Fernando Solanas, Paul Williams in the Berlinale Special". www.berlinale.de.