After studying Audiovisual Production at EMAV (Barcelona), Tess Masero Brioso (Tordera, 1989) pursued a 16mm Cinematography
program at BCFE in Dublin (Ireland) as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Audiovisual Studies at DKIT in Dundalk (Ireland).
Specialized in Cinematography and Directing, she completed her first independent feature film as director of photography at
the age of 24. Her projects have taken her to diverse locations such as Turkey, Ireland, Mexico, Cuba, and Honduras, and she
has contributed to major international productions including Lily Sometimes (Fabienne Berthaud, 2010), starring Diane Kruger
and Ludivine Sagnier, and Cold (Eoin Macken, 2013), with Tom Hopper.


Tess has directed several short films as a director, director of photography, and screenwriter. Soeurs entre éclipses won the
Rodando Prize in Navarra with Isabel Coixet at NIFF 2021. Crisis was purchased by TVE, and Catenaria (written by Náyade
Gómez) received second prize at the 11th Subtravelling International Short Film Festival in BCN (2022). Rosa received a
special mention at the 10th Subtravelling International Short Film Festival in BCN (2019). Donde crece la hierba, directed by
María Monreal, with Tess as director of photography, won the Notodofilmfest 2022 and the CIMA Prize 2023. It was also awarded
at the Alfàs del Pi Festival, where Tess received the Best Cinematography Award (2024).


More recently, her short film Más que palabras was a finalist in the RNE Short Film Competition 2024 and received a special
mention at the Subtravelling International Short Film Festival in BCN (2024), among others.


She is currently in the editing phase of her first documentary, produced by 39 Escalones and Orbe Films. In 2025, Tess
received two grants from ICEEC for the production of two fiction short films scheduled for 2026. Another of her feature
films, Cuando el río suena, was selected for the pitch sessions at the Another Way Festival 2025. Her documentary project
Dos madres, dos padres, was also selected for the Abycine 2025 Tax Incentive Days.

Awards and Nominations

  • Official Selection for Más que palabras short film, at the II International Film Festival Blanes Costa Brava, Spain, 2025.
  • Official Selection for Más que palabras short film, at the Très Court International Film Festival, France, 2025.
  • Official Selection for Más que palabras short film, at the Cinemafost, Spain, 2025.
  • Official Selection for Más que palabras short film, at the San Roque International Short Film Festival, Spain, 2025.
  • Official Selection for Más que palabras short film, at the Festival Inclusivo de Cortometrajes Gallo Pedro, Spain, 2024.
  • Official Selection for Más que palabras short film, at the 5th Youth Film Festival Ideas for Peace, Colombia, 2024.
  • Special Mention for Más que palabras short film, at the Subtravelling International Short Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain, 2024.
  • Finalist for Más que palabras short film, at DePelicula (RNE), Madrid, Spain, 2024.
  • Winner – Best Cinematography for Cuando Crece la Hierba short film, at Alfàs del Pi Film Festival, Alicante, Spain, 2023.
  • Winner for Hermanas entre eclipses short film, at Ull Nu Film Festival (Arxiu Nacional), Andorra, 2022.
  • Winner – 2nd Prize for Catenaria short film, at the Subtravelling Film Festival, Spain, 2022.
  • Official Selection for Sisters Between Eclipses short film, at the International Film Festival Dreamer, Kazakhstan, 2022.
  • Official Selection for Sisters Between Eclipses short film, at the Celaya Experimental Film Fest, Mexico, 2022.
  • Official Selection for Sisters Between Eclipses short film, at the Flickyy International Creative Festival, India, 2022.
  • Official Selection for Sisters Between Eclipses short film, at the Film Night at the Castle, Slovakia, 2022.
  • Official Selection for Sisters Between Eclipses short film, at the Directed By Women Film Festival, Spain, 2022.
  • Official Selection for La Compra short film, at the 17th International Asto Short Film Festival, Greece, 2022.
  • Official Selection for From The Stomach short film, at the International Film Festival OMOVIES @ SCHOOL, Italy, 2022.
  • Official Selection for From The Stomach short film, at Stirandfry Shorts, UK, 2022.
  • Official Selection for From The Stomach short film, at the Flickyy International Creative Festival, India, 2022.
  • Official Selection for Catenaria short film, at the International Short Film Festival Thane, India, 2022.
  • Official Selection for Catenaria short film, at the Flickyy International Creative Festival, India, 2022.
  • Official Selection for Thank You short film, at Pandémica Semana del Cine, Mexico, 2022.
  • Official Selection for Thank You short film, at Vilafamés International Film Festival, Spain, 2022.
  • Official Selection for Thank You short film, at the 45th Lugo Film Week, Spain, 2022.
  • Official Selection for I Will Never Die short film, at the Reel Mood Content Festival, 2021.
  • Semi-Finalist for Rosa short film, at the Umano International Short Film Festival, 2021.
  • Finalist for Rosa short film, at the Ull Nu Film Festival, Andorra, 2021.
  • Winner for Hermanas Entre Eclipses short film, at the Navarra International Film Festival – Rodando con Isabel Coixet, Spain, 2021.
  • Official Selection for Seed short film, at the LTUE Film Festival, USA, 2021.
  • Official Selection for Rosa short film, at the Orange Film Festival, Canada, 2020.
  • Finalist for Ants – An Inside Job short film, at the CortoNero_Noir Film Festival, Italy, 2020.
  • Official Selection for Rosa short film, at the Airdrie Film Festival, Argentina, 2020.
  • Official Selection for Rosa short film, at the PuntoDiVista Film Festival, Italy, 2020.
  • Official Selection for Rosa short film, at the Hidalgo International Film Festival, Mexico, 2020.
  • Official Selection for Rosa short film, at FICMA Salamanca, Spain, 2020.
  • Official Selection for Rosa short film, at Kursaal Film Festival San Sebastián, Spain, 2020.
  • Official Selection for Rosa short film, at the Urban Films Festival, France, 2020.
  • Official Selection for Rosa short film, at the Visioni Verticali Film Festival, Italy, 2020.
  • Semi-Finalist for Rosa short film, at FESTIYAQ Film Festival, Spain, 2020.
  • Official Selection for La Compra short film, at the International Coronavirus Short Film Festival, India, 2020.
  • Official Selection for Rosa short film, at ACCSFF, India, 2020.
  • Official Selection for Rosa short film, at the Festival de Courts Métrages de Boucherville, Quebec, Canada, 2020.
  • Official Selection for Lucia’s Plaster short film, at the KIXE PBS Age of Nature Film Fest, California, USA, 2020.
  • Official Selection for Ants – An Inside Job short film, at the KIXE PBS Age of Nature Film Fest, California, USA, 2020.
  • Official Selection for The Mercurial Mirror short film, at the Gallup UFO Film Festival, New Mexico, USA, 2020.
  • Official Selection for Ants – An Inside Job short film, at FIIN – Festival Internacional de Imagem de Natureza, Portugal, 2020.
  • Finalist for Last Stop short film, at the Elizabethtown Film Festival, USA, 2020.
  • Finalist for Refraction short film, at the Elizabethtown Film Festival, USA, 2020.
  • Semi-Finalist for La Compra short film, at the Festival Internacional de Cine La Perla, Ecuador, 2020.
  • Official Selection for I Will Never Die short film, at Zinetxiki Zinemaldia – International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Bilbao, Spain, 2020.
  • Official Selection for Lucia’s Plaster short film, at Zinetxiki Zinemaldia – International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Bilbao, Spain, 2020.
  • Official Selection for Lucia’s Plaster short film, at the Imagine Science Film Festival, New York, USA, 2020.
  • Official Selection for The Mercurial Mirror short film, at McMinnville Sci-Fi Film Festival, USA, 2020.
  • Official Selection for Lucia’s Plaster short film, at the Climate Changemaker Teen Film Festival, California, USA, 2020.
  • Winner – Jury Mention for Rosa short film, at the Subtravelling International Short Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain, 2019.
  • Official Selection for Last Stop short film, at the Festival Internacional de Cine Silente, Puebla, Mexico, 2019.
  • Official Selection for Lucia’s Plaster short film, at GEOFILMFESTIVAL, Italy, 2019.
  • Semi-Finalist for A Window To The Past short film, at the International Moving Film Festival, Iran, 2019.
  • Finalist for A Window To The Past short film, at the Common Good International Film Festival, Claremont, USA, 2019.
  • Official Selection for Seed, Refraction and Last Stop, at the Cefalù Film Festival, Palermo, Italy, 2019.
  • Official Selection for Lucia’s Plaster, Refraction and I Will Never Die, at the Music Shorts Film Festival, Missoula, USA, 2019.
  • Official Selection for A Window To The Past short film, at the Environmental Short Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2019.
  • Semi-Finalist for The Mercurial Mirror and Seed, at the Cayenne Short Film Festival, New York, USA, 2019.
  • Semi-Finalist for The Mercurial Mirror short film, at the NanoCon International Film Festival, Washington, USA, 2019.
  • Official Selection for Refraction short film, at the Athens Fashion Film Festival, Greece, 2019.
  • Official Selection for A Window To The Past and An Afternoon in the South, at VID & SOUND BIME PRO, Bilbao, Spain, 2018.
  • Official Selection for Refraction short film, at The Lift-Off Sessions Film Festival, Pinewood Studios, UK, 2018.
  • Official Selection for Seed short film, at Festival Boca do Inferno, São Paulo, Brazil, 2018.
  • Official Selection for Lucia’s Plaster short film, at Marano Ragazzi Spot Festival, Napoli, Italy, 2018.
  • Official Selection for An Afternoon in the South and Pigeons, at Scampia Short Film Competition, Napoli, Italy, 2018.
  • Official Selection for The Mercurial Mirror short film, at the El Paso IMPACTFest Film Festival, Texas, USA, 2018.
  • Official Selection for The Mercurial Mirror short film, at the Global Youth Film Festival Rangpur, Bangladesh, 2018.
  • Winner – 2nd Prize for Last Stop short film, at the Baix Films Festival, Spain, 2018.
  • Semi-Finalist for Seed, Last Stop and The Mercurial Mirror, at A Rebel Minded Festival, Brooklyn, USA, 2018.
  • Official Selection for Lucia’s Plaster short film, at the International Ecological Film Festival To Save and Preserve, Russia, 2018.
  • Official Selection for Seed short film, at the NanoCon International Science-Fiction Film Festival, Longview, USA, 2018.
  • Official Selection for Lucia’s Plaster short film, at the Sustainability Shorts Film Festival, Illinois, USA, 2018.
  • Official Selection for Radha short film (Cinematography), at Cannes Short Film Corner, Cannes, France, 2017.
  • Semi-Finalist for OCD documentary, at CUFF – Community Underground Film Festival, Pennsylvania, USA, 2017.
  • Official Selection for Gray Headed Schoolchildren short film, at the KRAF Film Festival, Croatia, 2017.
  • Official Selection for I Will Never Die music video, at the Mt Buller Short Film Festival, Australia, 2017.
  • Winner – 2nd Prize, Sant Jordi Short Written Story Contest, Tordera, Spain, 2012.
  • Finalist for Bruises short film, at the 5th Film Festival La Jaula, 2011.
  • Winner – 2nd Prize for 3 short film, at Correcurts Film Contest, Tordera, Spain, 2011.
  • Official Selection for OCD documentary, at the 6th Guth Gafa International Documentary Festival, June 2011.
  • Winner – 2nd Prize for Barnagraphic mocumentary, at the Young Values CaixaFòrum Competition, June 2010.
  • Broadcast Rights Purchase for The Crisis stop-motion short film, by RTVE La 2, Spain, May 2010.
  • Finalist for Barnagraphic mocumentary, at the Subtravelling Metro Barcelona Contest, 2009.
  • Finalist for The Crisis stop-motion short film, at the IX International Videominute Contest, Zaragoza University, 2009.
  • Winner – 1st and 2nd Prize, Short Written Stories Contest Bollere, Blanes, Spain, 2008.
  • Winner – 1st Prize, Sant Jordi Book Marker Contest, Tordera, Spain, 2007.
  • Winner – 2nd Prize, Sant Jordi Literary Contest, Tordera, Spain, 2006.
  • Winner – 1st Prize, Sant Jordi Literary Contest, Tordera, Spain, 2005.

Publications and Reviews