Marija Arakelyan Lučić

is a filmmaker based in Berlin.

The Enigma of an Autumn Afternoon4’, Germany, 2026

Inspired by the metaphysical paintings of Giorgio de Chirico, the film transforms an ordinary public space into a mysterious and dreamlike tableau. Like De Chirico’s silent plazas and suspended moments, “The Enigma of an Autumn Afternoon” explores stillness, ambiguity, and the subtle strangeness that can exist within familiar places, as people gather beneath a tree enchanted by an invisible orchestra of birds.

A Sweet Habit7’, Germany, 2025

At a train station, two friends wait. One will leave, and the other one will stay. Between waiting and parting, the complexity of their friendship surfaces, revealing the pain and tenderness of bonds.

The Girl and the Sea7’, Germany, 2023

On a windy summer day, a man discovers a woman drifting in a restless sea and close to death. The waves grow larger, swallowing every spoken word.

Still from The Enigma of an Autumn Afternoon

Marija Arakelyan Lučić is a Croatian filmmaker and artist based in Berlin. She studies at HFBK Hamburg in the class of Angela Schanelec, where she worked as her student assistant from 2024 to 2026.

In 2025, she received the Achievement Grant Award for International Students and is currently on an ASA-supported exchange at Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires. Her short films move between narrative fiction and experimental cinema and have been screened at international festivals and exhibitions.

FILMOGRAPHY & FESTIVALS

The Enigma of an Autumn Afternoon, 4min, 2026

ASA Open Studios HFBK, Hamburg, Germany, 2026
Filmkunsttage Sachsen Anhalt, Germany, 2026
43. Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Kassel, Germany, 2026

Hot Tea with Cold Milk, 4min, 2026

Miniaturen – Zwischen Erinnerung und Imagination (Group Screening), Metropolis Kino, Hamburg, Germany, 2026

Glutnest, 11min, 2023-2026

a sweet habit, 7min, 2025

One Shot 23th International Short Film Festival, Jerewan, Armenia, 2025
FILMZ Festival des deutschen Kino, Mainz, Germany 2025

The Girl and the Sea, 7min, 2023

Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg (section: Industry day: Filmhochschultag) - Hamburg, Germany 2024
Galichnik Film Festival - Galichnik, Nord Macedonia, 2024

The Ocean, 3min, 2020

14. Gledalište Kinokluba Zagreb, Croatia

Vision in Flames, 9min, 2020

48 hours Neukölln, Berlin, Germany 2020
Open Screening Kino Berlino, Berlin, Germany 2020
New Cinema - Lisbon Monthly Film Festival Lisbon, Portugal 2020
New Generation Film Festival NGFF Belgrade, Serbia, 2020 (Honorable Mention)

Community Guidelines, 3min, 2020

SEXY SHORTS Programm der Int. Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany 2022
Vierte Welle Festival Berlin, Germany, 2021

reticence, 3min, 2020

Demetera International Film Festival Paris, France, 2021
New Generation Film Festival NGFF Belgrade, Serbia, 2020
PSSST! Silent Film Festival Zagreb, Croatia, 2020
Split Videoart Festival, Croatia, 2020
Open Screenings Kino Berlino Berlin, Germany, 2020

Ships Sailing Nowhere, 4min, 2019

12. Gledalište Kinokluba Zagreb, Croatia, 2019
Open Screenings at Kino Sputnik Berlin, Germany, 2019
Film of the month March 2019 at “Berliner Film-Festivals” https://berliner-filmfestivals.de/video/ships-sailing-nowhere-von-marija-lucic-mrz-19/
Open KinoBerlino Screening Nr. 119 Berlin, Germany, 2019
FUSE - Film Under Severe Experiment Karlovac, Croatia, 2019
4. Revija studentskog filma Zagreb, Croatia, 2019
Blood, sweat, tears // my body - Grrl Haus Cinema Berlin, Germany, 2019
Bideodromo International Experimental Film and Video Festival Bilbao, Spain, 2019
Cittadella GeoFilmFestival 3th edition 2019/20, Italy
PSSST! SILENT FILM FESTIVAL Zagreb, Croatia, 2019
Isolation - Online Screening by Grrl Haus Cinema Berlin, Germany, 2020
Art Zagreb, exhibition, Croatia, 15.9.-18.9.2021

Beautifool Erorr, 2min, 2017

Revija Studentskog Filma Zagreb, Croatia, 2017
Sarajevo Fashion Film Festival, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2017
velcom Smartfilm Minsk, Belarus, 2018
f- Spot - Bengaluru International Women’s Film Festival Bengaluru, India, 2018
FUSE - Film Under Severe Experiment Karlovac, Croatia, 2018
Star Film Festival Sisak, Croatia, 2018
/fu:bar/ art glitch festival Zagreb, Croatia, 2018
50. Revija hrvatskog filmskog stvaralaštva Zagreb, Croatia, 2018
Croatia Fashion Film Festival Korčula, Croatia, 2019
Local film showcase - Grrl Haus Cinema Berlin, Germany,2019