2025Winner
Best Director
The Falling Sky
Mariana de Melo
Director · Producer
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Biography
Mariana de Melo was born and lives in Minas Gerais, Brazil. She studied Cinema at the Fluminense Federal University and works in the Brazilian film industry as a producer, director, assistant director, and researcher. She has worked on more than 20 projects, including shorts, feature-length films, and series, many of which have been featured in film festivals around the world, such as the Sundance Film Festival, the Academy Awards, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, among others.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2019Winner
Best Director
The Edge of Democracy
2024Nominee
Best Picture
Suçuarana
Career Highlights
2022Highlight
Best Director
I Love You Where the Sunny Days Are
2024Highlight
Best Director
The Silence of Iron
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The Edge of Democracy