MARCO MELGAR
Director - Scriptwriter - Producer - Editor - Photographer
Filmography
Short Films - Feature film projects - Documentaries - Video Clips - VideoArt
PLENILUNIO
Feature Film Project
Facundo lives trapped in parallel realities where the past, the present and the future converge. In the past, he searches for the truth about his father's death and falls in love with Belen a student leader, but they are persecuted by the dictatorship. In the present, he suffers from disorders on the verge of insanity. He sees Belen with different appearances, tries to rescue her but she does not recognize him. In the future, he is an old homeless man who retraces his steps to find the truth that will free him from his guilt.
URBAN LEGENDS
Feature Film Project
Fife psychopaths turn into serial killers. All their victims are women. Each of the psychopaths has its own modus operandi and works independently of the others. But all are connected to each other by an traumatic incident in the past.
JAGUAR WOMAN
Feature Film Project
Jaguar Woman, granddaughter of an Awajun shaman with the power of transformation, is captured and brought to the zoo. She has to find and rescue her cub from animal traffickers, and kills her opponents. The detective Matos in charge of the homicide case has to decide whether to enforce law or to make up for his mistakes in the past. Meanwhile, zoologist Marcos Klein tries to save Jaguar Woman’s life. The three persons are connected to each other by an incident that occurred 20 years ago.
RED NIGHTMARE
Short Film
Violet is disturbed by a series of nightmares in which a man seeks to torture and threaten her. Upon awakening, she realizes that the dream does not end and she remains captive of her terrific fantasy that keeps her imprisoned in her own unconsciousness.
STRANGE MAN
Short Film
When Julia arrives at the parking lot, she finds out that her car has a flat tire. Suddenly, a handsome man with a suitcase in his hands appears and offers his help. But when he finally asks her for a ride, she gets suspicious. She goes back to the building to get help from a security officer. The two return to the car. But when they arrive, the handsome man is already gone. All they find is his suitcase in the trunk.
AURA
Short Film
Aura just brooke up with Facundo. But when she remembers the last time she was with him, she is about to cry. At the same time, Facundo observes her from his room, remembering the happiest moments before breaking with Aura.
SPIRAL TIME
Short Film
Samuel fights against the time to get in touch with his love Marisol when she reappears after 6 years. This is his opportunity to close the time circle. The existence of parallel times goes unnoticed, but in certain moments they exist in the same space.
MUSICOS MIGRANTES
Documentary
In Mexico City, migrant musicians reveal to us their way of life and their way of seeing the world. They are stories told through their thoughts, voices and melodies. Lives full of talent that are inserted emotionally and transit with their instruments. Their music motivates new generations of migrant artists around the world to move forward, to keep their cultural rights alive.
MUSIC FROM INSIDE
Documentary
Robert Lee Fardoe was born in Wales, studied music in London and he is a composer aware of the difficulties of living in a multicultural city. With his guitar and his predominant voice he performs his own songs on the streets and squares of Berlin.
YUMI, water is life
Documentary
Yumi means ‘water’ in the Awajún language. It narrates the struggle of this Indigenous People of the Peruvian Amazon to protect the headwaters of their rivers that are threatened by gold mining.
PUERTO FIRMEZA
Documentary
The indigenous community of Puerto Firmeza Ucayali in the Peruvian Amazon has to deal with cultural changes. The bilingual school (Spanish – Shipibo) is the only public institution that supports children who want to keep their language alive.
NAPO,
Aquaculture Projects
Documentary
For centuries, the staple food of indigenous peoples´ families has been fish. However at the time being, it has become more and more difficult to catch fish due to predation in lakes and rivers. For this reason, aquaculture projects are being developed in the Napo district for that this resource continues to exist and contributes to the family livelihood.
MAZAN,
Native Culture
Documentary
During the celebration of Atun Asua, the Yagua indigenous people dance all day long to the beat of drums and drink Masato (maniok beer). Chanting tradicional songs is one way of preserving their language and culture.
CUSCO, Religious Syncretism
Documentary
The city of Cusco welcomes everone interested in becoming acquainted with the syncretism of its culture, which is reflected in the arquitecture of colonial churches, convents and monuments.
PRESENCIAS
Video Art
A mansion in Barranco, a blind woman, a priest, a daughter, a child and nine appearances. A house inhabited by each of them. Every room tells a story and an individual experience. Appearances is us and them, those who exist but mostly are not here, or those who are here but do no longer live. The latter are human beings in their own time and space, oblivious to our surroundings, subject to their fears and caught by their unresolved actions in constant reiteration.
NATURALEZA MUERTA by Claudia Sacha
Video Art
The painter Andrew and the dancer Gabriela are spouses. She died a year ago. Since then, he has dreamt of her every night. But today everything has changed. Gabriela has come to visit him as usual, but this time to take him with her. Both will have to face the new situation and find a new way of being and staying together.
LA EX SEÑORITA
by Gino Goulden
Video Art
She has not decided yet what to do. When she and her boyfriend have to make a decision about whether to bring a life into this world, they come into conflict with each other. They already were about to break up, but this incident binds them together against their will. We are going to witness their intimate conflicts.
EL TIGRE
Video Clip
Cumbia
EL Cuarteto Continental de Alberto Maraví
SED - ETC
Video Clip
Hard Rock
STEPS BEHIND
Video Clip
Pop music by Renzo Guerrero