Biography

Marino Darés (June 7, 1994) is a Spanish screenwriter and director from Valencia. At 21, he premiered his first feature film, Red Clouds (2016), a western shot in natural landscapes with a small independent crew. The film won the Audience Award at the Almería Western Film Festival in 2016. In 2018, he released Blind Hawk, a neo-noir thriller that premiered at the 33rd Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove. In recent years, he has directed several short films, including Last Trial: A Star Wars Collateral Story (2023), which was selected at festivals such as Cinema Jove, the Lanzarote International Film Festival, the Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival, FIFF London, and the Birmingham Film Festival. Recently, he directed Rebel Storm: A Star Wars Collateral Story (2025), selected and awarded internationally, including a premiere at LA Comic Con.
- IMDb mini biography by: Natalia Lidon