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Mario Alejandro Arias

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Mario Alejandro Arias

Born March 23, 1999 · Quito, Ecuador (age 27)

Mario Alejandro Arias is an Ecuadorian writer and director based in Madrid. After receiving a scholarship from the ECAM film school, he migrated to Spain in 2019. At the school, he specialized in non-fiction filmmaking, slowly crafting a style that blurs the lines between fiction and documentary. His second-year project, “It’s just a burning memory...” was selected for over a dozen international f…

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To Have TimeTo Have Time · 2022
To Have Time
★ 6.02022
MovieComedy
Madrid, 2021. The parks are empty. There are regional elections. And final exams. Meanwhile, Pedro, Kiko and Jesús agree to star in a movie.
Dos cipresesDos cipreses · 2024
Dos cipreses
★ 10.02024
MovieDocumentary
A double-edged letter in the midst of confinement. Javier starts sending videos to his son to catch him up on his new life. Through these videos, Nico will try to respond to his father.
Time capsuleTime capsule
Time capsule
Movie
Madrid. January 2020. The biggest snowfall in the history of the city has left it completely paralyzed. Trapped, and with too much time to think, a filmmaker decides to make a time capsule for his future self.
It's just a burning memoryIt's just a burning memory · 2022
It's just a burning memory
2022
MovieDrama
Decades after that first love, after that mistake that cost him everything... The anthropologist will receive a letter that will change his life.
That time we started a (small) fireThat time we started a (small) fire · 2024
That time we started a (small) fire
2024
MovieRomance
Emilio and Mia meet in springtime Madrid, both are strangers to the city. The more they get to know each other, the deeper they fall in love, making their inevitable separation all the more painful.

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