Mayro Romero (Manabí, Ecuador, 1995) is a filmmaker. Their work focuses on the possibilities of daydreaming as a form of autoethnographic writing, addressing themes related to trans childhoods and imagination in constant dialogue with memory and new uses of archives.
Their documentary short "La luna me sigue" screened at the EDOC19 International Documentary Film Festival, FECI Bogotá International Independent Film Fair and FLACQ Quito Latin American Film Festival, among others.
They hold a degree in Film from the Universidad de las Artes del Ecuador, specializing in directing and screenwriting. In 2022 they were selected for the 17th Talents Buenos Aires and took part in the research seminar on Technologies of Memory: Archive, Writing and Attestation organized by the expanded MUAC Campus in Mexico.
They recently premiered their latest documentary short, “Lxs Argonautas”, a film that explores the emotional weight of war on queer childhoods.