Press
Reviews of A River Below
“Skillfully — and quite compellingly — navigates the murky complexities of contemporary reality filmmaking.”
“Bold and urgent… magnificent.”
“An ethical hall of mirrors.”
“Grieco’s film is the rare specimen that turns the focus back onto the activists themselves”
“Grieco gets down in the muck with his subjects, and by the time they’re done tussling, no one gets away clean.”
“A haunting documentary that asks urgent questions in this age of extinction crisis.”
“The way Grieco teases out the knotty narrative make for a haunting exploration of an ethical morass, where vilification is easy, but deconstructing power much more difficult.”
“Grieco’s film highlights the double-edged nature of eye-opening visuals, which are just as apt to enrage others and endanger the messenger as they are to achieve noble ends.”
Reviews of Marmato
“Grieco's detailed, patient chronicle of a Colombian gold rush is equal parts passion and compassion project.”
“Offers a fascinating glimpse into life in a tough and resilient community where they are struggling to protect their way of life”
“Among the festival's (Sundance) most memorable films and made with exceptional artistry.”
“A stunning documentary about gold miners in a Colombian town trying to maintain their traditional ways in the face of global corporate interests”
“I won’t soon forget the images in my head of Marmato, Colombia.”
Festivals & Awards
A River Below
Tribeca Film Festival, 2017
Winner, Environmental Award – Sheffield International Documentary, 2017
Winner, Audience Award Festival – Zurich Film Festival, 2017
Winner, Best Documentary – West Film Festival, 2017
Hot Docs International Documentary Festival, 2017
CPH:DOX, 2017
Melbourne International Film Festival, 2017
Traverse City Film Festival, 2017
Camden International Film Festival, 2017
Mill Valley Film Festival, 2017
Guanajuato International Film Festival, 2017
Bergen International Film Festival, 2017
Movies That Matter Film Festival, The Hague, 2017
Marmato
Sundance Film Festival, 2014
Winner, Grand Jury Award Best Documentary – Seattle International Film Festival, 2014
Winner, Best Documentary & Best Colombian Film & Audience Award – Cartagena International Film Festival, 2014
Winner, Best Editing – Ashland International Film Festival, 2014
Winner, Special Jury Prize – Havana International Film Festival, 2014
Winner, Best Feature Length Mountain Film Banff Film Festival, 2014
Winner, Audience Award Best Documentary – Flagstaff Film Festival, 2014
Winner, Best Environmental Storytelling – Yale Environmental Film Festival, 2014
Winner, Best Documentary – Sedona Film Festival, 2015
Abu Dhabi International Film Festival, 2014
Dok Leipzig, 2014
DOCNYC, 2014
Movies That Matter Film Festival, The Hague, 2015
The Body Politic
Top 10 Audience Favorite – Sheffield DocFest, 2023
Audience Choice Award Winner Feature Documentary – Heartland Int. Film Festival, 2023
Chairperson’s Award for Feature Documentary – Zanzibar Int. Film Festival, 2023
Audience Award Winner Feature Documentary – Anchorage Int. Film Festival Runner Up, 2023
Audience Choice Award Winner Documentary Film – Omaha Film Festival, 2024
Cultrera Cuts Editing Award Nominee – Salem Film Fest, 2024
Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature, Directors' Choice Emerging Filmmaker Award, Audience Award 2nd Runner-Up for Best Documentary Feature – The Woods Hole Film Festival, 2024
Emerging Filmmaker Award – Chagrin Documentary Film Festival, 2024
Grants and Fellowships
Guggenheim Fellowship for the Creative Arts - Fellow 2019
Sundance Documentary Fund - Luminate Grant - 2019
Catapult Film Fund Grant - 2019
DocNYC 40 under 40 Documentary Talents - Fellow 2018
Candescent Award - 2014
Sundance Institute - Documentary Film Fund, 2013
Ford Foundation - Just Films Grant 2013
Sundance Producers Lab - Fellow 2013
Sundance Sound and Music Lab - Fellow 2013
Fledgling Fund - Production and Outreach grants 2013, 2014
Bertha Foundation - Brit Doc Connect Fund, 2013
MacArthur Foundation - Documentary Grant 2012
Cinereach Ltd. - Film production grants 2008, 2010, 2013