Marine de Contes

Filmmaker and editor, Marine de Contes trained at ECAM (Madrid School of Cinema and Audiovisual) and now works in both documentary and fiction. Her films and video installations address ecological and social themes.
Member of the French Academy of Fine Arts, she was selected for an artist’s residence at Casa de Velázquez in 2019–2020, where she made Silabario in the Spanish whistled language and developed her project for a feature film.
Her previous film, Les Proies, was awarded the Louis Macorelles prize at the 2018 Cinéma du réel and received a special mention at the Linea d’Ombra festival in Salerne. The film has been shown in various cinemas, art centres and festivals (ICA, Lincoln Center, Viennale, Sheffield…)