Marcel Mrejen (FR/DZ) born in 1994 (Paris, FR) is a visual artist and filmmaker exploring the articulation of technology within living and economic metabolisms. The form of his work spans various time-based media — installations, filmmaking, sound, and machine-learning.
He graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in 2018, before being a resident of
Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains from 2021 to 2023. His work has been exhibited/screened in various cultural institutions, including the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London), Eye Filmmuseum (Amsterdam) or Nottingham Contemporary (Nottingham). Parallel to his artistic practice, he co-curated the first edition of REFRESH: Future-Proof in 2021.
His debut film Memories of an Unborn Sun was awarded Best Short Film at Visions du Réel in 2024 and screened in numerous festivals around the world and won awards in Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, São Paulo International Short Film Festival and Passaggi d’Autore. In 2025, it was awarded the Scam Prize for Best Experimental Film.
In collaboration with Eliott Déchamboux, his book: L’Europe c’est Deutshland quand tu rate laba tu est foutue mon frère, le reste c’est du fouma-fouma, was published by Jungle Books.
Upcoming:
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2025
Lago International Film Festival, Lago
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2025
Concorto Film Festival, Piacenza
Exhibitions:
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2024
Rencontres Internationales Amsterdam/Loods6, Amsterdam
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2024
Some Strings, La Compagnie, Marseille (read more())
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2024
Prospects, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (read more())
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2023
Panorama 25, Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains
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2022
Panorama 24, Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains (read more())
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2022
Dancing with the Trouble, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (read more())
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2021
Refresh: Future Proof, Paimpol (read more())
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2019
GROWTH, Laurel Project Space, Amsterdam (read more())
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2018
Moonshine Mondays, REDO, Pristina (read more())
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2018
Ant Drop Ant, This Art Fair, Amsterdam
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2018
Graduation Show, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
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2018
No Pain, No Gain, Short-Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand
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2017
ISOLA 3000, ISO, Amsterdam
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2017
$wiss Llif3, Studio Laurenz Brunner, Zurich
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2017
Always in Risk, yet never in Danger, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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2017
Tentaculum (Rietveld Uncut), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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2017
Self is Plural, Het Finjout Theater, Amsterdam
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2017
Foam Fusion Festival, FOAM, Amsterdam
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2017
Tentaculum (Rietveld Uncut), KunstRAI, Amsterdam
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2016
Dotclope.com (Rietveld Uncut), De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
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2016
R. Stayfunny, fanfare, Amsterdam
Screenings:
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2025
Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam (read more())
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2025
Forde Screenings, Geneva
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2025
Ann Arbor International Film Festival, Ann Arbor
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2025
Glasgow Short Film Festival, Glasgow
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2024
Visions du Réel, Nyon (Jury Prize for Best Short Film) (read more())
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2024
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (read more())
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2024
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
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2024
São Paulo International Short Film Festival, São Paulo (API Award) (read more())
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2024
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Paris
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2024
Dokufest, Prizren (read more())
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2024
Reykjavík Film Festival, Reykjavík
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2024
Cairo International Film Festival, Cairo
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2024
Indie Cork, Cork
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2024
FIC Monterrey, Monterrey
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2024
Passaggi d’Autore (Grand Jury Award), Sant’Antioco
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2024
Festival du film d’Amiens, Amiens (read more)()
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2024
13th Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival , Athens
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2024
Beijing International Film Festival, Beijing
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2024
Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Winterthur (read more)()
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2024
Message to Man IFF, Saint Petersburg
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2024
Uppsala ISFF, Uppsala (read more())
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2024
The Mosaic Rooms, London
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2024
États généraux du film documentaire, Lussas (read more())
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2024
25 FPS, Zagreb (read more())
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2024
FID Marseille, Marseille (read more())
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2024
Syncro Film Festival, Buenos Aires (read more())
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2024
Rencontres Cinématographiques de Béjaia, Béjaia
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2024
Sign of the Night, Bangkok
Grants & Awards:
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2025
SCAM Award for Best Experimental Film for Memories of an Unborn Sun (read more())
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2025
Special Mention of the Jury for Memories of an Unborn Sun, Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival
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2024
Jury Prize for Best Short Film, Visions du Réel, Nyon
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2024
API Award, São Paulo International Short Film Festival, São Paulo
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2024
Grand Jury Award, Passaggi d’Autore, Sant’Antioco
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2023
Amsterdam Fonds voor de kunst, project grant
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2023
Creative Industries fund NL, Digital Culture Fund
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2022
Mondriaan Fonds, Kunstenaar Start
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2021
Creative Industries fund NL, Talent Development Fund
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2020
Mondriaan Fonds, project grant for Ecologies of the Non-Living
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2020
The Best Dutch Book Design 2020 (Student jury selection)
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2019
Creative Industries fund NL, grant for L’Europe c’est Deutshland quand tu rate laba tu est foutue mon frère, le reste c’est du fouma-fouma
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2018
Creative Industries fund NL, grant for Le Trouble at REDO
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2018
Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst, grant for Le Trouble at ISO
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2017
The Best Dutch Book Design (Student jury selection)
Residencies:
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2025
XXIX CSAV – Low Realisms with Ed Atkins, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como
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2023
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice
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2019
Overtoon, Brussels
Curatorial:
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2021
Refresh: Future Proof, Paimpol (read more())
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2019
GROWTH, Laurel Project Space, Amsterdam (read more())
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2018
Le Trouble, ISO, Amsterdam (read more())
Publications:
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2021
Deep Scroll, Anne de Vries, Onomatopee, Eindhoven
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2020
Kichta, Témoin, Brussels
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2019
L’Europe c’est Deutshland quand tu rate laba tu est foutue mon frère,
le reste c’est du fouma-fouma, Jungle Books, St. Gallen -
2018
GRAPHIC #38, Seoul
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2018
Diorama, Paris
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2017
*See Also, Amsterdam
Teaching, Workshop, Talks:
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2023
Workshop for 2nd year students, 3IS, Paris
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2022
Relating to Land(scape), Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
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2022
Artist talk and guest-teacher, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
Education:
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2023
Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains
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2015
BA Arts & Design, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
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2013
BTS Graphic design, ÉSAA Duperré, Paris
