About Me
Maria Castro is a sound designer currently based in France. She worked in London for several years, mainly on film and documentary, and has been involved in various projects related to the London Film School, Royal Holloway College, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, UK Film Council, Final Cut, Modem Media, Berlinale Talent Campus, Le Centre du Son and CineArchives/Toiles d'Humanite.
In 2004 Maria was an official participant of the Berlinale Talent Campus during the 54th Berlin International Film Festival, and she was also part of the team working on THE MAKING OF documentary. Maria was one of the three finalists selected by David Holmes for the VOLKSWAGEN SCORE COMPETITION that took place during the Berlinale.
Her string quartet in tribute to Jeff Buckley features in the documentary AMAZING GRACE: JEFF BUCKLEY - 'best use of music in film' award at the CMJ Filmfest New York 2004, best music documentary at the San Francisco World Film festival 2005, and best film and best documentary at the D.I.Y. Film Festival, Los Angeles 2006.
Maria was awarded a PhD by the University of London in 2006, specialising in music and sound design for the moving image.
FILMOGRAPHY:
.SOMETHING I PREPARED EARLIER, dir. Richard Harris, UK 2007
.EAST 3 (EXPLORING A FROZEN FRONTIER), dir. Mr Young, UK 2006
.SUR LES MONTAGNES RUSSES, dir. Chiara Malta, France 2005
.PRESTO'S MAGIC ROBOT, dir. Sam Mitchell, UK 2005
.HEAVEN, dir. Sarah Gibson, UK 2004
.AMAZING GRACE: JEFF BUCKLEY, dir. Laurie Trombley & Nyla Bialek, USA 2004
.THE MAKING OF, dir. Chiara Malta, Berlinale Talent Campus, Germany 2004
.3 CLIPS FOR THE VW COMPETITION, Berlin Film Festival, Germany 2004
.SERIAL KILLER, dir. Joao Costa Menezes, Portugal 2004
.LAPTOP JAM, dir. Richard Harris, UK 2003
.UN CHIEN ANDALOU, dir. Luis Bunuel (new soundtrack), UK 2003
.KNOCK KNOCK, dir. Sam Noor, UK 2003
.TAKING A BATH, dir. Sam Noor, UK 2003
.SENSES, dir. N. Nebot, J. Marsala, J. Palmer, N. Macedo & Coke Ayala, UK 2002
Maria's work has been screened at various film festivals and events, which include, among others: 28me Festival International de Films de Femmes de Creteil; Les Rencontres Internationales de Cinema Documentaire de Montreal; La Fete de l'Humanite; Independent Film Festival of Boston; Belfast Film Festival; Nemo Film Festival/Forum des Images (Les Halles); FEST (Festival de Cinema e Video Jovem de Espinho); Bloor Cinema (Toronto); Leeds International Film Festival; CMJ's FilmFest (New York); Vue cinemas/Leicester Square; Fantasporto Film Festival; House of World Cultures (Berlin); The Garage (London); Augsburg Film Festival; MIFED; SIN-E (New York); The Other Cinema (London); Edinburgh International Film Festival; Portobello Film Festival; Brighton Fringe Festival; Curzon Soho cinema (London).
