MARLENE EMILIA RIOS
DIRECTOR
LUCIA & NICOLE
(US WIP - 2024)
HEATHENS
(UK/US-2021)
Winner, Audience Choice, Short Thriller/Horror/Sci-Fi, Monmouth Film Festival 2021
Winner, Best Dark Drama Micro Film, Austin After Dark Film Festival 2021
Nominee, Best Thriller Short, IndieX Film Fest 2021
Nominee, Best Women Short, IndieX Film Fest 2021
Nominee, Best Editing, IndieX Film Fest 2021
Official Selection, Indie Shorts Mag Film Festival 2021
Official Selection, Fantasm Shock Reel Film Festival 2022
Official Selection, Atlanta Horror Film Festival, 2022
WE CHOOSE TO GO
(UK-2019)
Winner, UFVF/Kodak Excellence in Filmmaking Grant 2020
Winner, Best Sci-Fi Short Film, LA Live Film Festival 2020
Winner, Audience Choice, Student Film, Monmouth Film Festival 2020
Winner, Best World Project, Latino Film Market 2020
Semi-Finalist, Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Female Eye Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, LA Festival of Cinema 2020
Official Selection, San Diego Latino Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, NYC Independent Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Sci-Fi London Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, San Francisco Latino Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, NALIP Latino Media Fest 2020
Officialn Selection, Women's International Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Tri-Cities International Film Festival 2021
Official Selection, New York Latino Film Festival 2021
SANGRE
(UK-2016)
Official Selection, San Pedro International Film Festival 2017
Official Selection, Berlin Flash Film Festival March 2017
Official Selection, Miami Independent Film Festival April 2017
FEMME
(USA-2015)
CINEMATOGRAPHER
HERMANAS
Directed by Viktoria I.V. King
(US-2022)
Official Selection, PANO Shorts Showcase, 2024
Official Selection, Dominican Film Festival, 2023
REMAINS
Directed by Stephanie Lorenesi
(UK-2017)
Best Student Film, Around International Film Festival Amsterdam October 2018
VARNISH
Directed by Andrea Vigoni
(UK-2017)
EDUCATION
Directed by Hsien Yu Niu
(UK-2017)
PRODUCER
LUCIA & NICOLE
(US WIP - 2024)
HEATHENS
(UK/US-2021)
WE CHOOSE TO GO
(UK-2019)
HALVOR’S RADIO
Directed by Michael Amundsen
(USA-2016)
Winner, Best Short Narrative, Culver City Film Festival 2016
Winner, Gold Award, Gallup Film Festival 2016
Winner, Gold Remi Award, WorldFest Houston 2017
JUBILATION
Directed by Aroonsri Khamsamran
(USA-2015)
WRITER
LUCIA & NICOLE
drama
(US WIP - 2024)
I SEE ME IN YOU - SHORT SCRIPT
horror
(2022)
Finalist, Hollywood Horrorfest 2023
Quarter-Finalist, Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition Season 3
Quarter-Finalist, LA International Horror Film Festival, 2022
Second Rounder, ScreenCraft Film Fund Spring 2022
Quarter-Finalist, Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards Season 6
NEMA - SHORT SCRIPT
sci-fi
(2022)
Second Rounder, ScreenCraft Film Fund Fall 2023
LAS CENIZAS - FEATURE SCRIPT
drama
(2020)
Finalist, Atlanta Screenplay Awards, Summer 2021
Semi-Finalist, Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival 2o21
Quarter-Finalist, San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards 2022
HEATHENS - COMPLETED WORK
thriller
(UK/US-2021)
WE CHOOSE TO GO - COMPLETED WORK
sci-fi
(UK-2019)
FLOR - SHORT SCRIPT
drama
(2017)
Quarter-Finalist, ScreenCraft Film Fund Fall 2017
Marlene Emilia Rios is an award-winning Los Angeles based writer and director. She holds an MA from the London Film School in Filmmaking as well as a BFA in Film & Digital Media from the University of New Mexico . Her 16mm horror short 'SANGRE,' premiered at the San Pedro International Film Festival in 2017 as her directorial debut.
In addition to writing and directing her capstone film, 'We Choose To Go' she successfully ran the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, raising 190% of their campaign goal with over 100 backers behind the project. 'We Choose To Go' screened at over 15 international film festivals, and was picked up for distribution by DUST, where it's accumulated 150,000 views. Marlene was also awarded the 2020 UFVF/Kodak Excellence in Filmmaking Grant for her work on 'We Choose To Go.' As she continues directing, she hopes to continue telling stories that are deeply personal and to ask tough questions through her work.
