About

Marian Mathias is a director based in Brooklyn, New York. Her thesis short film Give Up The Ghost premiered as an Official Selection at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and was made with the support of Kodak and Film Factory in Paris. Her first feature Runner was selected for the 2018 Cannes Cinéfondation Residence, the Venice Film Festival Production Bridge Program, and the Torino Feature Lab in Italy. Runner was also the recipient of the Creative Europe Co-Production Prize and the New York Foundation of the Arts NYC Women’s Fund. Runner premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival and the San Sebastián International Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize. Marian is also the recipient of the 2023 Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award presented by the Goteborg Film Festival and the Ingmar Bergman Estate. She is currently in the development of her second feature film, American Creature.