purgatory is the side of the road

Mireya Martinez is a filmmaker, producer, and writer based between Los Angeles and Mumbai. Her work and collaborations have screened at numerous film festivals such as San Sebastian, Sundance, Outfest, Camden International Film Festival, IFFR, Leeds, Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, and Black Canvas. They can also be found on Mubi and The Criterion Channel. While her work ranges in form, her sole pursuit is to tell and support stories that make palpable the human experience in all of its tatteredness, fragility, magnitude, and joy. Mireya is a 2021 Sundance Institute and Women In Film Fellow and holds an MFA in Film Direction from the California Institute of the Arts.