Writing
Mahiara Sáenz Piña
Born
2003-05-26 (23)
Place of birth
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Known for
Writing
Credits
5 titles
Mahiara Meret Sáenz Piña (2003, Santiago, Chile) is an emerging filmmaker, screenwriter, and researcher. Her contemporary work explores the intersections of trauma, territory, memory, and the female experience, blending auteur cinema and political thought with atmospheric elements of magical realism and the fantastic. She has written, produced, and directed several academic short films and experimental pieces focused on memory, the body, and social marginality. Currently, her debut feature film in development, La Lengua de la Pampa, features a completed screenplay and was selected for JIIFF Generación J 2026, an instance where she represented Cinema Chile and earned a full scholarship for a …
Known for
NRIn a totalitarian religious community, a docile, medicated young woman begins to hide a mysterious girl who awakens her repressed desires. What begins as an act of rebellion turns into a dark metamorphosis: under the harassment of her fanatical mother, the young woman confuses the real with the forbidden.
Hagiofobia
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NRThe story of Luisa Kiara Marabolí Barrientos a transgender woman, and her journey from living 44 years in obscurity under an imposed identity to becoming a proud social leader and role model in her community.
The Vowel A
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NRAn unexpected connection is born in the midst of deep and emotional insomnia.
Insomnia
2025
Behind the camera
NRIn a totalitarian religious community, a docile, medicated young woman begins to hide a mysterious girl who awakens her repressed desires. What begins as an act of rebellion turns into a dark metamorphosis: under the harassment of her fanatical mother, the young woman confuses the real with the forbidden.
Hagiofobia
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NRIn a totalitarian religious community, a docile, medicated young woman begins to hide a mysterious girl who awakens her repressed desires. What begins as an act of rebellion turns into a dark metamorphosis: under the harassment of her fanatical mother, the young woman confuses the real with the forbidden.
Hagiofobia
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NRThe story of Luisa Kiara Marabolí Barrientos a transgender woman, and her journey from living 44 years in obscurity under an imposed identity to becoming a proud social leader and role model in her community.
The Vowel A
—
NRAn unexpected connection is born in the midst of deep and emotional insomnia.
Insomnia
2025
NRAn unexpected connection is born in the midst of deep and emotional insomnia.
Insomnia
2025