Image Lara, Gabriela She studied communication at the Iberoamerican University (UIA, in Spanish), Mexico City, actor direction at the International School of Film and Television (EICTV, in Spanish) of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, and received a master’s degree in film directing from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), Czech Republic. She was part of Berlinale Talents in 2006. She has participated in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). She competed with her short fiction film Still Life (2006) in the 5th FICM and in the 10th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF). In the same edition of GIFF, she won First Place in the category of Feature Film at the 6th National Screenwriting Competition, for her screenplay Restaurante. This feature film project was part of the production workshop Morelia LAB at the 6th FICM. In the same edition of FICM she participated with her short fiction film Army of me (mi armada) (2007). In 2013, she received a grant from the Fiscal Stimulus for Investment Projects in National Film Production and Distribution (EFICINE) to make her first feature film Restaurante, which is still in the pre-production stage. Other Movies Naza Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More 5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More Related News The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26 Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Lara, Gabriela She studied communication at the Iberoamerican University (UIA, in Spanish), Mexico City, actor direction at the International School of Film and Television (EICTV, in Spanish) of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, and received a master’s degree in film directing from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), Czech Republic. She was part of Berlinale Talents in 2006. She has participated in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). She competed with her short fiction film Still Life (2006) in the 5th FICM and in the 10th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF). In the same edition of GIFF, she won First Place in the category of Feature Film at the 6th National Screenwriting Competition, for her screenplay Restaurante. This feature film project was part of the production workshop Morelia LAB at the 6th FICM. In the same edition of FICM she participated with her short fiction film Army of me (mi armada) (2007). In 2013, she received a grant from the Fiscal Stimulus for Investment Projects in National Film Production and Distribution (EFICINE) to make her first feature film Restaurante, which is still in the pre-production stage.
Naza Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More
5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More
The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More
The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26 Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26
