Marcelo Martinessi

Marcelo Martinessi is a Paraguayan director and screenwriter born in 1973 in Asunción Paraguay A communications student at the Catholic University of Asunción Marcelo spent time in New York London and Madrid where he studied film and production at various institutions From his short films Karai Norte 2009 Calle Última 2010 and El Baldío 2012 the director has imbued his stories with social and identity themes His shorts which have received support from National Geographic have been successfully presented at several festivals around the world He made his feature film debut with the acclaimed film Las Herederas 2018 which has won awards at prestigious festivals such as Berlin Cartagena Montreal and San Sebastián among others