MARCELLE ABELA is a Maltese-American documentary filmmaker and composer. Founding director of Avinu Films and Sergius Records, Abela's documentaries have won many film festivals and her science shorts are in the European Space Agency's official archives. Abela's feature directorial debut Mikha'El (2021) won European Best Documentary Award at the Brittany International Film Festival and many Best Director / Best Original Film Score / Outstanding Achievement / Honorary Awards in Los Angeles, India, and Portugal. Meanwhile, Abela's latest short Ukraine's Soul: A Tribute to Heroes has won Best Director / Best Documentary / Best Soundtrack awards in London, Athens, Kolkata, Busan, and Odesa. An avid reader and movie lover since childhood, Abela consider her documentaries to be influenced by the works of Ken Burns, Werner Herzog, and Andrei Tarkovsky.

​As a composer, Abela's Poème for piano solo, recorded by the Steinway artist Harry Nowakowki-Fox, was awarded a Silver Medal at the Global Music Awards in California, while her orchestral composition Deep Winter won Best Music at the Tracks Music Awards in Los Angeles. Abela's first Explorations album also received an Honorable Mention at the Music Edition - 10th People's Film Festival in Harlem, New York City. Abela is currently in post-production on her second feature documentary America's Woman, ​which is expected to be released in 2024. 

Filmmaking is poetry in action.