Marialy Rivas

Born in Chile, award-winning director and writer Marialy Rivas spent her childhood and pre-teen years under the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Tackling questions of wealth disparities and social mobility, Rivas went to one of the most southern islands of her home country for her short documentary Melody (Mountainfilm 2015), a film about a passion for music and its ability to offer a way out of poverty. Her other films include Young & Wild, which won Best Screenplay at Sundance 2012; There is Hope, a short film made with funding in part from the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation; and Blokes.