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Mahiara Sáenz Piña

Born May 26, 2003 · Santiago de Chile, Chile (age 23)

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 experim…

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Insomnia

Insomnia · 2025

MovieDramaRomance

An unexpected connection is born in the midst of deep and emotional insomnia.

Hagiofobia

MovieHorrorFantasy

In 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.

The Vowel A

MovieDocumentary

The 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.

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Insomnia

Insomnia · 2025

MovieDramaRomance

An unexpected connection is born in the midst of deep and emotional insomnia.

Producer

Hagiofobia

MovieHorrorFantasy

In 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.

Director

The Vowel A

MovieDocumentary

The 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.

Executive Producer