Marian Mathias
Directing
Biography
Marian Mathias is a director based in Brooklyn, New York. Her 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 for 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 Göteborg Film Festival and the Ingmar Bergman Estate. She is currently packaging her second feature film, American Creature, and attended the 2025 Berlinale Talents Program with the project.
Known For
Nine-year-old Johnny sends his spirit into his babysitter Melanie and gets to be a woman for a day.
Homebody
Haas is an 18-year-old girl who was raised by her father in the rural Midwest. When her father suddenly dies, she must carry out his wish to be buried in the town where he was born. There, she meets a young man named Will, a lonely, creative soul who is working to support his family back home. The two of them form a friendship that challenges both of their understandings of love and loss.
Runner
After giving birth to a briefcase, a woman kidnaps her neighbor's baby.
Briefcase
A young woman goes about her day despite the impending departure of her lover. A portrait of someone determined to carry on and an exploration of the pain of being left.
Alice
Floyd has worked his whole life. One day, while out a new job, he discovers something that alters his way of thinking.
Give Up the Ghost
Following the death of her parents, 15-year-old Ida attempts to commit suicide to join her family in heaven.