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THE GUARDIAN
( ★★★★ out of 5) Peter Bradshaw
“A fierce, valuable, compassionate film.”
CRITERION CAST
"One of the year’s most impressively made documentaries, a film that’s as occasionally surreal as it is persistently moving."
THE NEW YORK TIMES (Critics Pick)
"Gabrielle Brady’s ethereal, intensely moving documentary explores, with great delicacy, the agony of living in limbo."
"To a film that moved us deeply, impressed us immensely and made us feel we were witnessing nothing less than the emergence, fully formed, of a major new cinematic talent."

— Tribeca Jury

About

Gabrielle is a director and screen writer who makes hybrid films, working in creative collaboration with film protagonists. Gabrielle’s award-winning debut ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS, made with Narrative Therapist Poh Lin Lee, received critical acclaim after its world premiere at Tribeca film festival where it won Best Documentary. The film was shown internationally at over 80 film festivals and went on to have theatrical releases in the US, UK, Germany and Australia. The film has received over 30 international awards including the Byens-Chagoll Award at Visions du Reel, Human Rights Award at IDFA, and the Grand Jury prize at the Mumbai Film Festival. The film was nominated for an Independent Spirit award, BAFTA, and at the Australian Academy Awards (ACCTA).

Gabrielle is in post- production of her second feature length film THE WOLVES ALWAYS COME AT NIGHT-   a Mongolian/ German/ Australian co-production supported by BBC Storyville and ARTE. Gabrielle’s work has been featured at the Museum of Moving Image NY, Institute of Contemporary Arts London and The Eye in Amsterdam and has been selected as a ‘Critics Pick’ by the New York Times.

Gabrielle studied Documentary Direction at La Escuela Internacional de Cine in Cuba and has previously studied Theatre Media at the CSU University Australia. She is in development for her debut fiction project RARE BIRDS which was selected for the LIM script program 2023. Gabrielle is a Berlinale talents and Doc station Alumna and has previously attended residencies at Villa Kamagowa Kyoto, Fogo Island Arts and Guanajuato AiR Film Residency.

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