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SCREEN DAILY
"Profound. Striking visual storytelling".
(The wolves always come at night)
THE CURB
"Powerful collaborative filmmaking like this is a rarity to be treasured."
(The wolves always come at night).
THE NEW YORK TIMES (Critics Pick)
"Gabrielle Brady’s ethereal, intensely moving documentary explores, with great delicacy, the agony of living in limbo."
(Island of the hungry ghosts)
THE GUARDIAN
“A fierce, valuable, compassionate film.”
★★★★ Peter Bradshaw
(Island of the hungry ghosts)

About

Gabrielle Brady is a writer and director. Her latest feature, THE WOLVES ALWAYS COME AT NIGHT  (2024), premiered in competition at Toronto International Film Festival and was selected as Australia’s official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. The film has received multiple awards and screened worldwide at festivals including BFI London, IDFA, Marrakesh, and CPH:Dox.

Gabrielle’s debut feature, ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS  premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, winning Best Documentary. It went on to receive over 30 international awards including Vision Du Reel, IDFA and Mumbai International Film Festival. The film was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, a BAFTA and a Cinema Eye Award.  Her work has been showcased at the Museum of Moving Image New York, the Australian Centre for Moving Image, and the Institute of Contemporary Arts London, and was named a New York Times ‘Critics Pick’.  She has directed several short films commissioned by The Guardian and the Art Gallery of NSW.

Gabrielle previously studied directing at La Escuela Internacional de Cine (EICTV) in Cuba and Theatre Performance at Charles Sturt University, Australia. She has attended residencies and workshops including Berlinale Doc Station, Villa Kamogawa and the AiR residency program in Guanajuato.

Gabrielle is a script tutor and consultant. She works for Le Groupe Ouest and the Less is More program and has mentored and given film workshops for organisations including Field of Vision, DFFB, AFTRS, Film University Babelsberg, and the Scottish Film Institute.

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