Directing
Lucila Mariani
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lucila Mariani is a filmmaker from and based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her first short film, Wekwaindu (2018), was selected for the BFI Future Film Festival. Her second short film, Resonancias (Echoes, 2019), premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and was subsequently selected for New Directors/New Films (presented by MoMA and Film at Lincoln Center) and BAFICI. Her third short film, Luna que se quiebra sobre la tiniebla de mi soledad (Moon That Cracks Over the Darkness of My Loneliness, 2022), premiered in the Pardi di Domani International Competition at the 75th Locarno Film Festival. Her debut feature film, Los Días Libres (The Days Off, 2026), premiered in the Concorso Cineasti del Presente competition at the Locarno Film Festival, winning a Special Mention.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
NRIn this ruminative snapshot, a swimmer with a clogged ear finds herself drawn back to the sea.
Echoes
2019
NRIn this ruminative snapshot, a swimmer with a clogged ear finds herself drawn back to the sea.
Echoes
2019
NRIn this ruminative snapshot, a swimmer with a clogged ear finds herself drawn back to the sea.
Echoes
2019
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Magopelusa_1028
2024
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Magopelusa_1028
2024
No synopsis available yet.
Las Horas
2021
No synopsis available yet.
Las Horas
2021
NRIn the near future, during a relentless summer break and with a solar eclipse approaching, 12-year-old Bego struggles to find her place within her family and among girls of her age. As the moon seems to eclipse the animals and people around her, she meets REN__, an online friend, who introduces her to “shifting” – a practice where teens believe they can enter other realities through lucid dreaming.
The Days Off
2026
NRIn the near future, during a relentless summer break and with a solar eclipse approaching, 12-year-old Bego struggles to find her place within her family and among girls of her age. As the moon seems to eclipse the animals and people around her, she meets REN__, an online friend, who introduces her to “shifting” – a practice where teens believe they can enter other realities through lucid dreaming.
The Days Off
2026
2.0A woman’s daily life is suddenly disturbed when a vampire hacks into her computer. After a few nights, he finally visits her and takes her for a stroll through the dark night of Buenos Aires.
Moon that cracks over the darkness of my loneliness
2022
NRA fiction that imagines anxiety as literal explosions of light, surging out of one's body. Tonight's anxiety, this girl's, is linked to her interrupted pregnancy.
Quisiera no sentir todo este ruido
2025
NRA fiction that imagines anxiety as literal explosions of light, surging out of one's body. Tonight's anxiety, this girl's, is linked to her interrupted pregnancy.
Quisiera no sentir todo este ruido
2025
8.0An 11 year-old goes through her first period as she tries to find new ways to understand herself and her body.
Wekwaindu
2018
8.0An 11 year-old goes through her first period as she tries to find new ways to understand herself and her body.
Wekwaindu
2018