ABOUT

Maria Marrone is an emerging documentary filmmaker and photographer. She received her undergraduate degree from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and her master's from the London School of Oriental & African Studies. Her cinematography, editing and co-direction in her first film, the ritual to beauty, won the Grand Jury prize at Slamdance and received nominations at BlackStar Film Festival, HotDocs, and BFI London Film Festival. She has been part of the edit team for award-winning films has dedicated much of her work to films that promote social change, most notably for the Muslim, Latinx, and Afro-Latinx diaspora. She has used her talents to create moving pieces for charities working out of Palestine and Iraqi Kurdistan. Her photography work has been featured in a series of publications including VICE, DazedDigital, and Latina Magazine.

Filmography

Stills & BTS from my latest film, The Light that Remains ✨ It’s hard to talk about what this project has meant to me. A part of me feels scared to let it go, though I don’t really have the language for where that fear comes from. Sho
thoughts on turning 30
April 2025 - visiting the village my grandfather came from ✨ growing up, all I knew about this part of my lineage was my name and the simple recipes my grandfather would make for himself quietly after work whilst drinking litres of wine. we didn&rsq
Aya Elena age 3 - the mercy of my worldly life ✨
may 2024 - spent 8 hours in Venice on a job. My first time traveling alone since 2020. I didn’t realise how much of myself I had missed from experiencing life in translation. I’ve been on a journey of self discovery and so much of that is
product shots for my favorite Kurdish designer @sayran featuring/creative collaboration with my favorite Kurdish princess @shiliachreim ❤️✨
I have thought often about the stories from the women in my family when I’ve had to ask them “how did you get through that time?” I am learning now that many of the choices we make as mothers are not about what lives in our hearts.

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