MARIANA VON SECKENDORFF DE ASSIS, BRAZIL

Sound Designer, Sound Recordist, and Mixer from São Paulo, currently residing in Dublin, Ireland with projects in different European countries. Graduated with a BA in Cinema and Audiovisual from Federal Fluminense University, UFF (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) as a sound designer. Currently attends the Sound Design specialization on Kino Eyes Movie Master Course.

In 2019 she participated in a year-long course on Live Sound set up by SENAC – Brazil: which focused on live sound operation for recordings and broadcasts in events and live programs. She also participated in workshops and masterclasses on sound from Rio de Janeiro Int’l Film Festival (Festival do Rio) and through Erasmus Mundus, with the acclaimed sound designer Paul Davies.

Has signed the sound of projects ranging from short films to medium films, and documentaries including a feature in 2021, TV shows, podcasts, and music. 

FILMOGRAPHY:

  • The Things We Fear the Most / short fiction / 2023 / as sound recording mixer, sound designer
  • Mum / short documentary / 2023 / as a sound designer
  • The Broken Painter) / short fiction / 2023 / as a sound recording mixer
  • Fado Menor/ short fiction / 2021 / as a sound recording mixer, sound designer
  • Desejos de Memória (“Desires for Memories: The History of DAE Village and Forest Reserve of Morro Grande”) / feature documentary / 2022 / as sound recording mixer
  • Batchan (dir. Hugo Katsuo) / short documentary / 2020 / as a sound designer
  • Deadly Gorgeous / short documentary / 2020 / as a sound designer
  • Who Do They Think I Was / short fiction / 2019 / as a sound recording mixer, sound designer
  • Nothing Remais / short fiction / 2020 / as a sound mixer
  • Who Misses Amélia / short fiction / 2019 / as sound recordist
  • Sprout / short fiction / 2018 / as a sound recordist, sound designer
  • Grandma, Are You Lesbian? / short fiction / 2018 / as sound recordist
  • Wound / short fiction / 2018 / as a sound recordist, sound mixer
  • Giving Wings to Imagination / short fiction / 2017 / as a sound mixer
  • Gardênia / short fiction / 2017 / as sound recordist

AWARDS:

  • Fado Menor / 2022 / Awarded as Best Short Film Narrative in Festival of Moving Image, FOMI, London
  • Wound / 4º Toró – Festival Audiovisual universitário de Belém / 2018-2019 / Awarded Best Experimental Short Film