Photo: Monika Davies
BIO
Mariana Duarte is a Brazilian filmmaker and academic based in Scotland, with a particular interest in intercultural cinema. A Berlinale Talents alumna, her work has been screened at international festivals including Edinburgh, Aspen, Curta Kinoforum, Tiradentes, and Rio de Janeiro Int'l Film Festival. She directed Newcomers (2013), and her latest short, Headland (2024), was commissioned by the Scottish Documentary Institute, and won the Best Mini-doc Award at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Previously a video editor at TV Globo for over seven years, Mariana graduated from the Kino Eyes Erasmus Film Masters. She is currently a practice-based PhD candidate in Film at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. Her most recent publication, A Camera in the Water: Reframing the Migrant Image in Documentary Film, was featured in Screen Journal.
QUALIFICATIONS
PhD by Practice in Film, 2021–Present. Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh (Funded by the ECA PhD Scholarship).
MA in Film Editing, Kino Eyes Film Masters, 2018–2020. Screen Academy Scotland (UK), Baltic Film School (Estonia), Lusófona University (Portugal). Funded by the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship.
SELECTED FILM AND TV PROJECTS
Headland (Director), 2024, UK, Documentary (Creative), 13min
Thread (Editor), UK/Brazil, In Post-Production, Documentary (Creative), Approx. 85min
Three Graces (Editor), 2021, Brazil, Drama, 20min
Faux Detective (Editor), 2019, Estonia, Drama, 6min
Albergue Carioca (Editor), 2014, Brazil, Doc-Reality Television/Discovery TLC, 16 Episodes x 45min
Newcomers (Director), 2013, Belgium, Documentary, 15min
Sparkling Girls (Editor), 2012, Brazil, Television, Globo Studios, 10 Episodes x 45min
The Life We Lead (Editor), 2011, Brazil, Television, Globo Studios, 18 Episodes x 45min
PUBLICATIONS
Duarte, Mariana. A Camera in the Water: Reframing the Migrant Image in Documentary Film, Screen, Volume 65, Issue 2, Summer 2024, Pages 212–232. Read here
TEACHING
Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh: Design & Screen Cultures Tutor, 2023, 2024, 2025.
Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh: Contemporary Cinema Tutor, 2023, 2024, 2025.
Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh: Postgraduate Teaching Assistant (Creative Industries), 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.
Universidade Lusófona, Centro Universitário de Lisboa: Assistant Lecturer in Film Editing, 2021.
LANGUAGES
Portuguese (Native), English (Fluent), and Italian (Intermediate).