ABOUT
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MARCELLE ABELA is a Maltese-American writer-director, producer, and composer. She is the founding director of the film production entity Avinu Films and the music label Sergius Records, both of them at Mixxejn Studio, which she runs. Abela's documentaries have won several international film festivals and her science shorts have been accepted into the official archives of the European Space Agency.
Abela's space science films Pillars of Creation, Aurora, Materre, and Red Glory were collectively awarded the Gold Prize at the prestigious Tsiolkovsky Space Film Festival held in Kaluga, Russian Federation, a festival supported by Roscosmos. Materre and Aurora have been awarded 1st and 2nd prize respectively at the China International Festival of Popular Science Works held in Beijing, while Red Glory also won Best Short Documentary in Cannes, Saint Petersburg, and Rome. Her poetic film Creation was awarded the Prix Hommage at the Festival International de Court-Metrages d'Auteurs et Narratif in Quebec, and Best Experimental Film at the Long Story Shorts International Film Festival in Bucharest. Abela's feature directorial debut Mikha'El (2021) has won the European Best Documentary Award at the Brittany International Film Festival and Best Director at both the L-Age D'Or International Arthouse Film Festival and at the Great Message International Film Festival in India. The documentary also won Best Score at the Tracks Music Awards in Los Angeles, the Award of Recognition for Original Score at The Impact DOCS Awards, and the Bronze Medal at the Global Music Awards in San Diego, California. L'Age D'Or also awarded Mikha'El two Outstanding Achievement Awards: one for Best Documentary and one for Best Film Score. An avid reader and movie lover since childhood, Abela considers her films to have been influenced by the works of Werner Herzog, Ken Burns, and Andrei Tarkovsky. On the musical front, Abela's composition Deep Winter, an orchestral single inspired by frozen tundras, was awarded Best Music at the Tracks Music Awards. Her first EP titled Explorations, inspired by the coronavirus lockdowns, won an Honorable Mention at the 10th People's Film Festival - Music Edition in Harlem, New York City. Abela is currently in pre-production on her second feature documentary America's Woman: The History Not Told. Its promo poster was already an Official Selection for public exhibition at the Artbug Gallery in the heart of the Arts District of Los Angeles. America's Woman is expected to be released in 2023, pandemic conditions permitting. |
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