Mariana Saffon is a Colombian director
and an MFA graduate of Columbia
University. Her short film Entre tú y
milagros won the Orizzonti Award for
Best Short Film at the 77th Venice Film
Festival before receiving a total of 17
awards during its international circuit,
being featured in the The New Yorker
Magazine Screening Room and becoming
part of Criterion’s catalogue. Mariana
is currently writing her first feature
film, Mar de Leva, which participated in
the TFL ScriptLab. In 2024, the project
received the Baumi Script Development
Award and the ArteKino Award during its
participation in the Co-Production Forum
at San Sebastián.