Marialy Rivas

Marialy Rivas is a Chilean lesbian filmmaker known for Young and Wild (Joven y alocada, 2012), an autobiographical film about a teenage evangelical girl's sexual awakening and exploration — including her desire for women — which won Best Screenplay at the Sundance Film Festival and was Chile's submission for the Academy Award. Rivas's film was a breakthrough in Chilean queer cinema and she has spoken about the experience of making a semi-autobiographical coming-out story in a socially conservative country.