Directing

Marta Hernaiz Pidal

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Known For

I Am FrankeldaI Am Frankelda · 2025
I Am Frankelda
8.02025
MovieAnimationFantasy
A gifted young writer in 19th-century Mexico journeys into her subconscious and comes face to face with characters from her own spooky stories.
Polka-DotPolka-Dot · 2020
Polka-Dot
2020
Movie
An impressionistic emotional struggle between a girl with a prefabricated heart and a mysterious puppet-master. Inspired by the chapter "The Girl with the Pre-Fabricated Heart" from the surrealist film "Dreams That Money Can Buy" (1947) by avant-gardist and dada artist Hans Richter.
FineFine · 2016
Fine
2016
MovieDramaComedy
A short film about the endless fight of two woman. A Mexican and Bosnian co-production set in Sarajevo.
PangaeaPangaea · 2015
Pangaea
2015
MovieDrama
Dementia draws a woman into a world of memory loops, losing her love her spirit, her present her past.
CenoteCenote · 2020
Cenote
5.02020
MovieDocumentary
Cenotes—sources of water that in ancient Mayan civilization were said to connect the real world and the afterlife. The past and present of the people living in and around them intersect, and distant memories echo throughout immersive scenes of light and darkness.
Letters from the Ends of the WorldLetters from the Ends of the World · 2021
Letters from the Ends of the World
4.02021
MovieDocumentary
A world in lock-down. As a global pandemic unfolds, 13 international filmmakers pen cinematic letters from their places of isolation, whether home or far from home. A work of accidental science-fiction from the Bistrik7 collective, graduates of Béla Tarr's Sarajevo film.factory.
The Chaotic Life of Nada KadicThe Chaotic Life of Nada Kadic · 2018
The Chaotic Life of Nada Kadic
6.72018
MovieDrama
A single mother discovers that her daughter displays signs of autism.
La asunción de JoséLa asunción de José · 2016
La asunción de José
4.72016
Movie
A heartless poet wants to rewrite his lost stories while talking with Ines, the woman who takes care of his fundamental needs.

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FifalianaFifaliana · 2022
Fifaliana
2022
MovieDocumentary
Zaevo's husband left her when she was on the brink of life or death while going through an obstructed labor. Now she is 16 and suffers from a terrible wound on her bladder that keeps her apart from her family and society. A glimpse of hope appears when a group of Latin-American and Spanish doctors travel to South Madagascar. Their goal is to cure patients with obstetric fistula, a taboo condition that keeps over 2 million women away from society. A documentary about people helping other people. An emotional and unprecedented insight into the heart of a modest surgery room where struggle and doubt emerge as the doctors battle with the limited resources they have available and the patients walk in knowing that this is the only hope to cure their illness. What's it like to have the power to cure others, while simultaneously confronting the limitations and vulnerabilities of your own human nature?

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