mercuria
We shoot films for advertisement and for cinema.
Agile, daring, cross-cultural. A newly formed production company, a collective of experienced audiovisual creatives trained in cinema, advertising, and art.
Independent. Young. Cost-effective.
Films, commercials, documentaries, music and fashion videos. Versed in all the commercial production hybrids broadly grouped under “branded content.”
We are based in Costa Rica. Local teams in El Salvador, Peru, USA, Italy, France, Spain, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and China.
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Our team is multicultural and award-winning:
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Our directors and producers have an average of 12 years’ filming experience and can supply the highest quality audiovisual product for both commercial and cultural projects.
All our directors have trained and worked in various countries, and this means their point of view is international by nature, their mindset open and able to communicate in a wide range of advertising and cinematic languages.
All our directors have trained and worked in various countries, and this means their point of view is international by nature, their mindset open and able to communicate in a wide range of advertising and cinematic languages.
Mercuria’s collaborators in the industry include:
Executive Producers
Creative Directors
Producers & Assistants
Directors & Assistants
Script Writers
Photography Directors & Assistants
Art Directors & Assistants
Image postproduction including Editors, Colorists & Assistants
Executive Producers
Creative Directors
Producers & Assistants
Directors & Assistants
Script Writers
Photography Directors & Assistants
Art Directors & Assistants
Image postproduction including Editors, Colorists & Assistants
The Founders:
Pietro Bulgarelli
Pietro graduated as director of photography from CFP-SICA, Buenos Aires, Argentina. In his 12-year career he has shot short films, feature films, and advertising campaigns in countries such as Italy, China, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Tanzania, and Madagascar. The feature films Wik (Peru) and Jewel of Space (Italy-Spain) stand out. In 2020 he won the Best Cinematography Award at the Global Film Awards, Los Angeles, for his work on branded content for Mazava, filmed in Super16mm. His works have been screened at the Guadalajara International Film Festival, Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Valdivia International Film Festival, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, and the International Film Festival Message to Man Saint Petersburg, among others. He is a founding member of the Association of Authors of Cinematography of Costa Rica.
Mandarava Bricaire
Mandarava is a new director bringing her experience as a visual artist and researcher and a decade of cross-continental travels in the world of photography, video, and museum curation. Born in Italy, trained in photography and critical philosophy in London and Geneva, she worked as an assistant curator for the Italian Ministry of Culture, in the permanent exhibition on Italian Identity in the Vittoriano Museum in Rome.
In 2018 she made her debut as a music video director in Italy and Peru, where in 2019 she filmed two short documentaries on Afro-Peruvian music as editor and director. She is currently writing her first movie on the subject of isolation, illusion, and spirituality, which she will shoot in the Caribbean jungle of Costa Rica.
The Directors
Sofia Quiros
Sofía grew up between Argentina and Costa Rica. Her short film SELVA and her feature film CENIZA NEGRA premiered at the Cannes La Semaine de la Critique. In its journey through more than 40 festivals, CENIZA NEGRA received the award for Best Film of the Critics' Week at the Cairo Film Festival and Best National Film at the Costa Rica Culture Awards 2019.
Coral Brown
Crossing the boundaries between documentary and branded content, Coral has brought her cinematic aesthetic and love of human storytelling to brands like Volvo, Facebook, Gillette, and Lego. Constantly pushing the limits and always testing tradition.
Sofía grew up between Argentina and Costa Rica. Her short film SELVA and her feature film CENIZA NEGRA premiered at the Cannes La Semaine de la Critique. In its journey through more than 40 festivals, CENIZA NEGRA received the award for Best Film of the Critics' Week at the Cairo Film Festival and Best National Film at the Costa Rica Culture Awards 2019.
Coral Brown
Crossing the boundaries between documentary and branded content, Coral has brought her cinematic aesthetic and love of human storytelling to brands like Volvo, Facebook, Gillette, and Lego. Constantly pushing the limits and always testing tradition.
Miqy de la Barra
Miqy started his path as an editor. He has more than ten years of experience as one of the most sought-after advertising film directors in Lima.
Heinz Köbernik
German-Salvadorean, Heinz’s last work won the prize for best direction at the Los Angeles Short Film Festival. His work combines genres, creating films that are dynamic and visually stunning. The scope of his work extends to projects in the Anglo-Saxon and Hispanic markets of the US, Mexico, UK, and Latin America.
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Miqy started his path as an editor. He has more than ten years of experience as one of the most sought-after advertising film directors in Lima.
Heinz Köbernik
German-Salvadorean, Heinz’s last work won the prize for best direction at the Los Angeles Short Film Festival. His work combines genres, creating films that are dynamic and visually stunning. The scope of his work extends to projects in the Anglo-Saxon and Hispanic markets of the US, Mexico, UK, and Latin America.
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See the rest of the crew here:
Victor Checa
Peruvian director, his first feature film Esquema de los Tiempos Futuros won the Spanish distribution award at the Malaga Festival (work in progress) and two prizes for Cine del Mañana awards at the Lima Film Festival.
Hector Herce
This young filmmaker from Madrid started his career just over three years ago, more than enough time to highlight his style and good taste in all kinds of work. Commercials for brands like Motorola exude a symbiosis between message and aesthetics.
Peruvian director, his first feature film Esquema de los Tiempos Futuros won the Spanish distribution award at the Malaga Festival (work in progress) and two prizes for Cine del Mañana awards at the Lima Film Festival.
Hector Herce
This young filmmaker from Madrid started his career just over three years ago, more than enough time to highlight his style and good taste in all kinds of work. Commercials for brands like Motorola exude a symbiosis between message and aesthetics.
Mercuria is Unqiue
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Multi-Location:
We feel just as comfortable filming in a busy cities like New York and Madrid as deep in the jungle of the Amazon and Caribbean or in the deserts of Peru. We offer a wide range of location choices with highly creative professionals trained in cinema, advertising, and art.
Multi-Budget:
Because of our extensive experience working in different countries and with different budgets, crews, and languages, Mercuria has attracted clients around the world.
Our view of work and visual references is diverse, adaptable, and driven by our passion for filmmaking in all circumstances.
Film-Like experience:
All our directors and producers are more than just technical operators. Beyond working in the advertisement industry for years, the people in Mercuria’s team have also studied cinema, shot feature films, and won awards.
Mercuria’s participation in the production of a commercial or film can bring added value to the script from the outset of the concept. Our passion for filmmaking means we are committed to the story and to making the most out of a creative idea.
Sophisticated Aesthetic Look:
Thanks to our experienced technical team, we offer our clients the possibility to shoot with traditional filming gear, like 16mm or 35mm cameras, as well as high-end digital technologies at all levels.
Budget-Benders:
Since we each have a long background in working on independent and limited-budget productions of our own, we have become experts in finding the most cost-effective way to get the best looking images and most communicative stories.
Agile Management:
We are able to provide lower production costs thanks to our horizontal structure and agile working management. Producers historically make more money than directors or any other crew member. Since at Mercuria we cut the costs of executive producers, our so-called “production markup” is much lower than most production companies. We avoid the typical expensive production risks that commercial agencies are exposed to because of the early working engagement we offer to agencies. For the same price we offer more time in preproduction to assure the best results during the filming days, prioritizing quality and creativity instead of the cramped time management common in the industry for higher, nonhorizontal profits and markups.
︎Mercuria’s selling points:
Broad international experience
Agile relationships of collaboration
Sophisiticated aesthetic look
︎ Market Strenght:
No other production company in Costa Rica provides our kind of film-quality service backed by an award-winning team.
All other commercial production companies in the current market are solely focused on finding technical solutions for a creative brief informed by advertising companies. We offer a film-like experience from the smallest to the most high-end commercial and creative/cultural productions.
No other production company in Costa Rica provides our kind of film-quality service backed by an award-winning team.
All other commercial production companies in the current market are solely focused on finding technical solutions for a creative brief informed by advertising companies. We offer a film-like experience from the smallest to the most high-end commercial and creative/cultural productions.
Work selection
Client: Motorola
Director: Hector Herce
Client: Leche Gloria
Director: Miqy de la
Barra
Client: Self
Director: Sofia Quirós
Client: Facebook
Director: Coral Brown
Client: Self
Director: Heinz
Köbernik
Client: PromPerú
Director: Victor Checa
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https://mercuria.cargo.site/
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of our company and investment returns.
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KINOPTIK TEGEA 5.7mm F1.8
SONY A7S MARK II - 4K
CANON EOS C200 PL MOUNT
LENTES SIGMA 50-100MM / 18-35MM T2 PL MOUNT
