Biografia
Gabriela Garcia Medina is a Cuban-American filmmaker. Her short film Little Con Lili(2019) won Best of Fest at HBO Women in Comedy Festival (2019), Best Short Contest NBC (2019), winner of LALIFF Best Short Film (2019), nominated for Best Short Comedy at Palm Springs ShortFest (2020), and was distributed by HBOMax. Gabriela's short film The 90 Day Plan (2019), won Best of Fest at HBO Women in Comedy Festival (2020), Best Short Film - Powderkeg/Feigco Entertainment (2020), official selection at LAAPFF (2020), official selection PBS LatinXperiene (2020), acquired by WarnerMedia OneFifty (2020), and was distributed by HBOMax. Gabriela's musical comedy Bertie the Brilliant (2022) was made in collaboration with WarnerMedia OneFifty and Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB). Bertie the Brilliant premiered at the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences as part of the NFMLA In Focus: LatinX & Hispanic Cinema, it was an official selection to PBS Short Film Festival (2023), Pride LA, Outfest Family Fusion (2023), and the Oscar-qualifying Chicago International Children's Film Festival (2023) and Hollyshorts Film Festival (2023), and is available on PBS.
Gabriela's feature film Little COn Lili was top five on the LatinX List (The Black List, 2023), and is in development with Mandalay Pictures. Her romantic musical comedy Medio Summer is in development with Macro and Marc Platt Productions. Gabriela's television series Amores y Mentiras will be developed as part of the Rideback Rise (2023/2024) fellowship program. Gabriela is NFMLA Filmmaker of the Year (2023), She's an Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts & Sciences Film Accelerator fellow (2022), a Film Independent Directing Lab fellow (2020), and a Hedgebrook Screenwriting Lab fellow (2016). Gabriela received her BFA from UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television, with a major in Theater, and a double minor in Chicano/a Studies and African American Studies. She holds two MFA degrees from California Institute of the Arts. Prior to being a filmmaker, Gabriela was a spoken word poet. She has performed at over 1000 colleges/universities and has opened the stage for artists including Pitbull, Mos Def, and the Black-Eyed Peas, as well as for political figures including Kamala Harris, Maxine Waters.
