Paraguayan director and screenwriter, Marcelo Martinessi works and studies the relationship between film and literature. He has studied Film at the London Film School. His most recent short films, Karai Norte (2009) and Calle Última (2011), have been screened in more than 40 festivals, amongst which the Berlinale, Clermont-Ferrand and Locarno. He is currently finishing his newest short film, El Baldío.