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[[File:Marcelo Mosenson (Filmmaker).jpg|right|thumb|200px|Marcelo Mosenson.]]
'''Marcelo Mosenson''' is the founder and executive director of the film production company '''Nomade Films'''.

Mosensen was born in [[Buenos Aires]] in 1969. He traveled to Paris at the age of 20 where he met his mentor, cinematographer [[Ricardo Aronovich]].  He worked as his assistant on a number of films in France and Argentina.  They wrote the book ''Exponer una historia: la fotografía cinematográfica'' (Exposing a Story: the cinematographic photography), originally published in Spanish by [[Gedisa]], and most recently in French by [[Dujarris]] and in Portuguese by [[Griphus]].

Before returning to Argentina, he has worked for filmmaker, [[Costa Gavras]], in the film ''[[La petite apocalypse]]'' (The Little Apocalypse).

Upon his return to Argentina he made two award-winning{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} documentaries ''[[Bajo el mismo techo]]'' (Under the Same Roof, 1996) and ''[[Nadie se parece tanto a si mismo como cuando intenta ser distinto]]'' (The more you try to be different, the more you look like yourself, 1997)

In 1998 he received a grant from the Argentine National Fund for the Arts in conjunction with the U.S. [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright Foundation]].  Two years later he receives a national Antorchas grant which supported him in obtaining a master's degree in Film at [[The New School]] University (NYC).  In New York he taught scriptwriting at [[Ramapo College]] while working for [[New York Times Television]] (NYTTV) collaborating on the production of various documentaries.

==Nomade Films==
He returned to Argentina in 2003 and created his film production company, Nomade Films.  Nomade Films produced the play, ''[[Amanecí y tu no estabas]]'' (2007), directed by [[Alicia Zanca]].<ref>''Amanecí y tu no estabas [http://www.inforo.com.ar/noticias/amaneci_y_tu_no_estabas_una_obra_musical_en_teatro_el_cubo inforo.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118024355/http://www.inforo.com.ar/noticias/amaneci_y_tu_no_estabas_una_obra_musical_en_teatro_el_cubo# |date=2009-11-18 }}''2009-11-9</ref> It also produced the award-winning{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} short film ''[[Vecinos]]'' (Neighbors, 2006). written and directed by Marcelo Mosenson; and his first feature, [[No one's normal when you're near|De cerca nadie es normal (No one’s normal when you’re near, 2008)]], which he wrote and directed.

He is currently working with Executive Producer Mario Levit,<ref>''Cruz del Sur, Mario Levit's Production Company [http://www.cruzdelsurcine.com/ Cruz del Sur Cine website]''2009-11-9</ref> on the funding of his feature film, Lágrimas (''Tears'').<ref>''Tears Technical data and Synopsis [http://www.cinando.com/DefaultController.aspx?PageID=FicheFilm&IdC=16700&IdF=81982 Tears on Cinando]''2009-11-9</ref>

Tears’ script participated in the ''[[Sundance Institute|Sundance Lab]]'' (U.S.), the Film Lab organized by the ''[[Fundación Antorchas]]'' (Argentina) with the support of the ''[[Hubert Bals Fund]]'' and the ''[[Gothenburg Film Festival|Göteborg Film Festival]] Fund''.  ''Tears'' also got into the finals of the script competition organized by the ''Foundation Emergence'' (France). The movie also participated in the ''First Mercosur Producers Market'' in Buenos Aires, the ''IV International Film and Audiovisual Seminar, SEMCINE 2008'' in [[Salvador, Brazil]], and in the ''International Co-Production Encounters and Lab of the [[Cartagena Film Festival|Cartagena International Film Festival]]'' in March 2009.

Mosensen is planning to take part in the jury of the 2009 [[Cairo International Film Festival]].<ref>''33rd Cairo International Film Festival Website [http://www.cairofilmfest.org/jury/Marcelo%20Mosenson.aspx Official International Jury Members]''2009-11-5</ref>

==Current projects==

===Lágrimas (Tears)===

Narrative Drama (2010)

Script: Marcelo Mosenson & Pablo Del Teso

Direction: Marcelo Mosenson

Currently seeking funding

Tears was chosen amongst 5 Latin-American projects to attend the scriptwriting workshop organized by The [[Sundance Institute]] in Barcelona. At the same time it was selected by The Antorchas Foundation (Buenos Aires) in collaboration with The Hübert Bals Fund and The [[Gothenburg Film Festival|Göteborg Film Festival]] Fund to participate of the workshop for feature film analysis. It also took part in the pitching sessions at The Buenos Aires Lab of [[Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema|The Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival]] (BAFICI).
Tears was also finalist of the Emergence Contest in Paris, presided by actor [[Gérard Depardieu]]. It has recently participated of The First Mercosur Producers Market in Buenos Aires, the IV International Film and Audiovisual Seminar, SEMCINE 2008 in Salvador, Brazil, and was selected to participate in the International Co-Production Encounters and Lab of the [[Cartagena Film Festival|Cartagena International Film Festival]] in March 2009.

===Rody===
(Production Title)

Fiction (2010)

Script: Marcelo Mosenson
Co-Writer : [[Santiago Kovadloff]]

Director: Marcelo Mosenson

Currently in script and project development.

===La Piel (The Skin)===
(Production Title)

Documentary (2010)

Producer | Director: Marcelo Mosenson

Currently seeking funding.

The skin was chosen to participate in the DocBsAs Documentary Forum, and its pitching sessions for project development.

===De Cerca nadie es normal (No one’s normal when you’re near)===

Fiction (2008)

Script and Direction: Marcelo Mosenson

Video / Color / 84 min.

Currently seeking distribution.

Official Selection, Competition for Digital Feature Films, ''[[Cairo International Film Festival]]''.<ref>''32nd Cairo International Film Festival [http://www.cairofilmfest.org/sections/International_competition.aspx International Competition for Digital Feature Films]''2009-11-5</ref>

Selected to take part in the Festival del ''Cinema Latinoamericano de Trieste'',<ref>''Films competing on the Trieste Film Festival (in Spanish) [http://encontrarte.aporrea.org/noticias/n11602.html News on the Trieste Film Festival] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218133012/http://encontrarte.aporrea.org/noticias/n11602.html |date=2008-12-18 }}''2009-11-5</ref> Italy and the ''MARFICI 2009'' (Mar del Plata International Independent Film Festival).<ref>''De cerca nadie es normal [http://www.marfici.com/dclnp.php?id=150 Mar del Plata International Independent Film Festival]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}''2009-11-5</ref>

It participates in the Mercato Internazionale del Film of the ''[[Rome Film Festival|Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma]]''.

Shown at [[Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute|The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute]] in NYC, the Festival Transterritorial de Cine Underground in Buenos Aires,<ref>''Festival Transterritorial de Cine Underground's Website [http://www.festivalunderground.com.ar/ficha.php?id=59 De cerca nadie es normal screend at the FTCU]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}''2009-11-5</ref> and the [[Centro Cultural Recoleta]], in Buenos Aires.

==Filmography, Prizes and Festivals==

===Vecinos (Neighbors)===

Narrative Drama

Script and Direction: Marcelo Mosenson

Super 16&nbsp;mm / Color / 20 min.

It received the Special Jury Prize in the Sixth Edition of the ''University of Verano'' (France) organized by the Franco-American Cultural Fund, sponsored by the ''[[Directors Guild of America|DGA]]'' ([[Directors Guild of America]]), the ''[[Motion Picture Association|MPA]]'' ([[Motion Picture Association]]), ''[[Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique|SACEM]]'' ([[Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique|Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique]]), and the ''[[Writers Guild of America|WGA]]'' ([[Writers Guild of America]]). It participated in several international film festivals such as: ''Carrefour des Cinémas'' festival, Paris, 2005. The ''XVIII Argentinian Conference of Independent Film and Video of UNCIPAR'', Buenos Aires, 2006.

It also participated in ''The International Film Festival of Sax'' (May, 2006), ''The Iberamerican Competition of the Huesca Film Festival'' (June, 2006), and ''The International Festival of Independent Cinema of Elche'' (Julio, 2006).  It was also invited to participate in the prestigious ''International Short film Competition of the Nation of Bidasoa'' (Navarra, Spain) and The ''El Ojo Cojo Film Festival'' of Madrid.<ref>''El Ojo Cojo Film Festival [http://www.elojocojo.org/test2/?p=827 Vecinos Technical Data, Synopsis and Festival Run]'' Retrieved 2009-11-9</ref>

Vecinos was screened at the ''[[Cannes Film Festival]] Market'' (May, 2006).

Vecinos was screened in the 3rd Argentinische Filmtage, Leipzig (Argentinian Cinema Showcase in Leipzig, Germany), 2009

====TV Broadcasting====
'''[[Independent Film Channel|IFC]]''' (The [[Independent Film Channel]], USA-Canada) programmed it for its 2008-2009 schedule.<ref>''Vecinos broadcast on IFC [http://www.ifc.com/episodes/EP005171870051/Short-Vecinos IFC website, Vecinos Synopsis] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805122223/http://www.ifc.com/episodes/EP005171870051/Short-Vecinos |date=2009-08-05 }}''2009-11-9</ref>

'''[[I.Sat]]''' (Argentina): programmed it for its 2007-2008 schedule.

'''[[Movieola|MovieOla]]'''

===Nadie se parece tanto a sí mismo como cuanto intenta ser distinto (The more you try to be different, the more you look like yourself)===
Documentary

Producer | Director: Marcelo Mosenson

Video - Color - 47 min.

In 1998 it received an award from the ''Secretary of Culture of the Nation'' of Argentina.

Among the festivals in which it participated were: ''The Latino Festival of Montreal'' (2000), The ''International Festival of Uruguay'' in Montevideo (1997), and The ''II International Theater Festival of Buenos Aires'' (1999).

It was also screened at ''[[Centro Cultural Recoleta|The Recoleta Cultural Center]]'' (1998), ''The Filmoteca of Buenos Aires'' (1999), the exhibition of ''Independent Films of the Cities'' (1999) and The ''VI Santa Fe Film and Video Exhibition'' (1998).

===Bajo un mismo techo (Under the Same Roof)===
Documentary

Producer | Director: Marcelo Mosenson

Video - B & W - 52 min.

Shot in Buenos Aires and Paraguay in 1996.  It won the First Prize at the ''XV International Film Festival of Uruguay'' in Montevideo (1997), the Special Jury Prize at the ''First Documentary Film Festival of Avellaneda'' in Buenos Aires (1997), and the First Prize at the ''VI Video Festival of Buenos Aires'' (1997).

It also participated in ''The [[Havana Film Festival]]'', in Cuba in December 1996, the ''International Human Rights Festival of Latin America'' in Buenos Aires in March 1997, The ''VI Exhibition of Venezuela'' organized by its National Library in September, 1998, in The Santa Fe Film and Video Exhibition in December 1997, the exhibition of ''Independent Films of the Cities'' (1999) and The ''Filmoteca of Buenos Aires'' (1999).

In 1996 it was screened at the ''[[Centro Cultural Recoleta|Recoleta Cultural Center]]'' and the ''Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center'' in Buenos Aires.

It was also broadcast by ''El Canal de la Mujer'' in 1996/1997 and was programmed for the 2009 season of ''[[Canal 7 Argentina]]''.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1402992}}
*[http://www.cinenacional.com/personas/index.php?persona=25561 Marcelo Mosenson on cinenacional.com (in spanish)]
*[http://www.clarin.com/diario/2003/08/13/c-00801.htm Interview in the Argentinean newspaper Clarin (in spanish)]
*[http://www.cairofilmfest.org/jury/Marcelo%20Mosenson.aspx Marcelo Mosenson's bio on the Cairo International Film Festival site]
*[http://www.nomadefilms.com/pressKit.pdf De cerca nadie es normal Press Kit]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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