Mario Alejandro Arias

Mario Alejandro Arias

Birth : 1999-03-23, Quito, Ecuador

History

Mario Alejandro Arias started making short films when he was in his teenage years. After graduating high school he took a gap year, worked at a sushi place in Washington DC for 4 months, then travelled from Quito to Buenos Aires by bus. During this 5 month trip he decided to study filmmaking. He received a scholarship from the ECAM (Escuela de Cinematografía y del Audiovisual de la Comunidad de Madrid) and moved to Madrid, Spain. Here he specialized in Documentary Filmmaking, where he was taught by filmmakers like Lois Patiño, Luis Lopez Carrasco, Chema García Ibarra, amongst others. During his second year in film school he wrote, shot and edited "It's just a burning memory". His final film school project, a feature length film called "To Have Time" premiered at the Festival de Málaga in official competition, and is currently in its festival route. The film was also selected at the D'A Film Festival in Barcelona, Atlántida Film fest, Visions du Reel market... He graduated first of his class, and is currently in post production of a fiction short film, a love story called "Que Calor hará sin vos en verano" which will be ready by winter 2022. His films swim between fiction and non-fiction, always working with non-actors, writing for friends and new acquaintances, adapting stories for real people. Many of his works are often autobiographical.

Profile

Mario Alejandro Arias
Mario Alejandro Arias
Mario Alejandro Arias

Movies

To have time
Screenplay
Madrid, 2021. The parks are empty. There are regional elections. And final exams. Meanwhile, Pedro, Kiko and Jesús agree to star in a movie.
To have time
Editor
Madrid, 2021. The parks are empty. There are regional elections. And final exams. Meanwhile, Pedro, Kiko and Jesús agree to star in a movie.
To have time
Production Director
Madrid, 2021. The parks are empty. There are regional elections. And final exams. Meanwhile, Pedro, Kiko and Jesús agree to star in a movie.
To have time
Director
Madrid, 2021. The parks are empty. There are regional elections. And final exams. Meanwhile, Pedro, Kiko and Jesús agree to star in a movie.
Time capsule
Director of Photography
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.
Time capsule
Editor
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.
Time capsule
Director
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 memory
Script
Decades after that first love, after that mistake that cost him everything... The anthropologist will receive a letter that will change his life.
It's just a burning memory
Director
Decades after that first love, after that mistake that cost him everything... The anthropologist will receive a letter that will change his life.
At the end of This Journey...
Director of Photography
During Quarantine, a father tells his son his day to day. Soon it becomes clear a dark past haunts his tapes. With this material the son realize he want to be a filmmaker.