Marialy Rivas
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Marialy Rivas is a Chilean director. Her work includes two feature films, "Joven y Alocada" and "Princesita," three short films, "Blokes," "Melody," and "Desde Siempre," commercials, music videos, and several episodes for TV shows such as HBO's "Perry Mason" and BBC's "The Jetty."
Her work has been selected in festivals worldwide, including Cannes, Sundance, Berlinale, Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, San Sebastian, Stockholm Film Festival, Havana, and Bafici.
She has received several awards, such as Best Screenplay in the International Competition at Sundance 2012, Maguey Award at San Sebastian 2012, and Best Vanguard Film at Bafici for "Joven y Alocada"; Best Short Film at San Francisco Film Festival and Miami Film Festival for "Blokes" and Best Film at Raindance for Princesita among others.
She has also directed more than 500 advertising campaigns, including President Michelle Bachelet's presidential campaign in 2005. That same year, she was elected "Best Advertising Director" in the Ojo de Iberoamerica.
Marialy Rivas is a Sundance Alumni; she has attended two of its prestigious and exclusive programs: Screenwriters Lab in 2012 and Sundance Music and Sound Design Lab at Skywalker Sound in 2015.
She obtained international funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, awarded by Sundance, to make her short film "Melody." NYTimes then selected this short film for their online series Opdocs. She has also won several grants from the Chilean government to produce and shoot her movies ("Blokes," "Joven y Alocada," and "Princesita"). Marialy's films have been produced by Fábula, a production company led by Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín, renowned Latin American producers, winners of the Oscar for Best Foreign Film with "Una Mujer Fantástica."
Her work has been selected in festivals worldwide, including Cannes, Sundance, Berlinale, Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, San Sebastian, Stockholm Film Festival, Havana, and Bafici.
She has received several awards, such as Best Screenplay in the International Competition at Sundance 2012, Maguey Award at San Sebastian 2012, and Best Vanguard Film at Bafici for "Joven y Alocada"; Best Short Film at San Francisco Film Festival and Miami Film Festival for "Blokes" and Best Film at Raindance for Princesita among others.
She has also directed more than 500 advertising campaigns, including President Michelle Bachelet's presidential campaign in 2005. That same year, she was elected "Best Advertising Director" in the Ojo de Iberoamerica.
Marialy Rivas is a Sundance Alumni; she has attended two of its prestigious and exclusive programs: Screenwriters Lab in 2012 and Sundance Music and Sound Design Lab at Skywalker Sound in 2015.
She obtained international funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, awarded by Sundance, to make her short film "Melody." NYTimes then selected this short film for their online series Opdocs. She has also won several grants from the Chilean government to produce and shoot her movies ("Blokes," "Joven y Alocada," and "Princesita"). Marialy's films have been produced by Fábula, a production company led by Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín, renowned Latin American producers, winners of the Oscar for Best Foreign Film with "Una Mujer Fantástica."
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