Melisa Liebenthal

Biography

Melisa Liebenthal (1991, Buenos Aires) is a film director and editor. She directed the films The pretty ones (2016, 77 min.), Constanza (2018, 27 min.), Here and there (2020, 21 min.) and The face of the jellyfish (2022, 75 min.). Her films were awarded at Rotterdam, Berlinale, Mar del Plata and BAFICI international film festivals, and screened in FIDMarseille, Edinburgh and Torino film festivals, MoMA and Film at Lincoln Center, amongst others. Her work reflects on the way we construct our identity in a contemporary world, from a clearly female perspective and playfully articulating differe…