Mara Cracaleanu

Melancholia Pictures
Director, Screenwriter and Producer

London, England

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July 2018

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About Mara

Mara Cracaleanu is a Romanian-born film director and screenwriter. Coming from a very diverse artistic background, her experiences in the art world are reflected in her films. She performed at the Romanian National Opera Junior choir for 7 years, in operas such as La Bohème, Tosca, Carmen. Her first role in a feature film was in a Romanian production, Scoala de vara. She was an actress in a French theater group, where she received an award for best feminine interpretation in a play based on the book To Kill a Mockingbird. She also won an award for the role of Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie. She won an award for her first short film in French, Solitude. Her second short film, Fantasy Dust, was part of a competition at Los Angeles Film Festival. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Danny Elfman. Her third project, Mirrorcide, a drama about teenagers and their own image was screened on several continents and has won over 30 international awards. Her fourth personal project, The Cry Of Silence, is a Romania-UK production, a meditation on life and death, which has been screened in multiple countries and has reached international recognition.
She has worked on various other projects, including documentaries, screenplays, fashion films and stage plays, and is actively involved in numerous productions and as a film festival jury member at three US-based film festivals. She is a member of Women In Film and Television UK.
Mara is also the founder of the London-based film production company Melancholia Pictures.

Gender:
Female

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Credits

Mirrorcide (2017)
Film (Short and Mystery) Director
Mirrorcide (2017)
Film (short) by Mara Cracaleanu Emma
Mirrorcide (2017)
Film (short) by Mara Cracaleanu Producer
Mirrorcide (2017)
Film (short) by Mara Cracaleanu Writer
Fantasy Dust (2017)
by Mara Cracaleanu Director, Writer, Producer
Solitude (2017)
by Mara Cracaleanu Director, Writer, Producer

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Awards

Golden Fox Awards: Nominee
(2019)
Global Film Festival Awards: Best Young Filmmaker Award
(2019)
Lift-Off Sessions, Pinewood Studios: Official Selection
(2019)
Olympus Film Festival Los Angeles: Finalist
(2019)
Druk International Film Festival: Official Selection
(2019)
Accolade Global Film Competition:Award of Merit-Special Mention-Young Filmmaker Award
(2018)
Best Shorts Competition:Award of Merit-Young Filmmaker Award
(2018)
Los Angeles Film Awards:Young Filmmaker Award
(2018)
New York Film Awards:Young Filmmaker Award
(2018)
Top Shorts:Young Filmmaker Award
(2018)
IndieFEST Film Awards:Award of Merit-Young Filmmaker Award
(2018)
Festigious International Film Festival:Young Filmmaker Award
(2018)
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival:Outstanding Achievement Award-Young Filmmaker
(2018)
Hollywood Screenings Film Festival: Semi-Finalist, Best Drama
(2018)
Los Angeles CineFest:Semi-Finalist, Best Drama
(2018)
ARFF Berlin:Best Student Film
(2018)
Spotlight Short Film Awards:Silver Award
(2018)
Zoom Film Festival (Ljubljana):Finalist
(2018)
Wendy’s Shorts:Finalist-Young Filmmaker Award
(2018)
SFR Film Festival (Serile Filmului Romanesc): Best Short Film
(2018)
Global Shorts:Special Mention-Best Short Film
(2018)
Independent Shorts Awards: Honorable Mention- Best Young Filmmaker
(2018)
Cult Critic Movie Awards: Best Young Filmmaker
(2018)
Jean-Luc Godard Award
(2018)
Sydney Indie Film Festival: Semi-finalist- Best Short Film
(2018)